Hot Off The AI Furnace - October 30th

The AI Hot 100 Summit 2026 is back for its third edition on May 7th, 2026 in New York City. The only AI Summit built for real connections where startup innovation meets enterprise implementation.

 🚀 AI Hot 100 Summit Speaker Alert: Unicorn Founder of Legora Joins the Lineup - the Euro Legal AI Giant Challenging Harvey

We’re thrilled to announce that an AI unicorn founder is taking the stage at The AI Hot 100 Summit 2026:

Max Junestrand, Co-founder & CEO at Legora.

Max Junestrand is the co-founder and CEO of Legora, one of the fastest-growing legal Al startups in the world.

Legora has just announced that they've raised $150M in Series C funding at a $1.8B valuation led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Congratulations to the team!

Legora is the #1 challenger to Harvey Al, in what has been touted as a two horse race to win the legal Al market.

In just 15 months, Max and his team scaled from 10 to 100+ people, raised $230M, and cracked the challenge of selling to one of the most skeptical industries.

Today, Legora's Al workspace is used by tens of thousands of lawyers, including top law firms like Goodwin and Cleary Gottlieb. They are expected to book $40M in ARR this year.

Max will be joining executives from OpenAI, NVIDIA, Haleon plc, Anthropic, Cursor, Eleven Labs, Adobe, Walmart, & more.

Interested in joining the action? Showcase your brand alongside the biggest companies in AI or register now for early bird pricing to save $700+ on your pass.

Interested in Speaking at The AI Hot 100 Summit?

The AI Hot 100 will spotlight bold voices and transformative ideas redefining AI. If you’re driving AI innovation in enterprise, we want to hear from you. The call for speakers is filling fast. Applications are due on November 28 at 5 PM ET, but they're reviewed on a rolling basis, so the earlier you submit the better!

Make your mark on the most forward-thinking event in AI. Apply to speak today!  

Highlights from the 2025 Summit - “Buy vs Build: What Enterprises Actually Consider” w/ McKinsey, Crunchbase, Ringier AG, and Invisible Technologies

Listen to the CTO at Invisible Technologies talk about how AI Budgets from Two Years Ago Were Mostly a "Waste of Money."

Speakers: Petra Ehmann (Group Chief AI Officer, Ringier AG), Megh Gautam (Chief Product Officer, Crunchbase), Tey Bannerman (Former AI Partner, McKinsey & Co), Alexius Wronka (CTO, Data & Growth at Invisible Technologies).

Watch the full Buy vs Build Panel hosted at the AI Hot 100 Summit 2025, delving into what enterprises actually consider when deciding whether to build tech in-house or go with a vendor.

👀 ICYMI - Access the AI Hot 100 Market Report 2025

On July 10th, we dropped the 2025 AI Hot 100 Market Report by The AI Furnace. Here, we highlighted the Hot 100 startups building in AI in North America this year.

👉️ Check out the full report

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