What happened
Legora CEO Max Junestrand says the Stockholm-founded legal AI company, started in 2023, uses OpenAI models to power core legal workflows, and cites one Fortune 100 customer with 90% faster contract turnaround and more than $20 million saved on external litigation and diligence.
Why it matters
That customer result suggests AI agents can take over large-scale contract review and due diligence, freeing legal teams for higher-value judgment work — a shift Legora's own general counsel illustrates by cutting NDA review time.
WHO IT HITSIn-house legal teams and law firm associates who spend hours on contract review and due diligence may see routine document work increasingly handled by AI agents, reshaping how junior lawyers spend their time.
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Legora's story illustrates how a legal AI startup is integrating OpenAI models both into its customer-facing product and into its own operations. The company, founded in Stockholm in 2023, has grown rapidly: General Counsel Emma Kadri Bergström says the business expanded from three offices to 18, completed three financing rounds and made five acquisitions in the past year. That pace of growth puts pressure on internal legal teams, which Legora addresses by automating routine reviews like NDAs.
The measurable results — a 90% faster contract turnaround and over $20 million saved for one Fortune 100 customer — point to AI agents handling broader scopes of work, such as reviewing thousands of contracts in due diligence. Legora's CTO Jacob Lauritzen describes coding agents cutting bug-fix time to around five minutes and enabling engineers to prototype 20 solutions simultaneously, which in turn speeds up product improvements for customers.
Looking ahead, Legora expects agents to take on longer-running tasks with greater autonomy, like overnight due diligence across millions of pages, while faster models enable real-time collaboration between lawyers and AI. The company's roadmap is revisited biweekly as model capabilities advance, suggesting the product will keep shifting alongside OpenAI's releases.
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