Jacob
Co-founder and CEO of Legora, responsible for the company's overall operations and the establishment of its engineering organization, and leading the company to rapid growth.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Legora reached $100 million in revenue in 18 months, then added another $100 million in the following 6 months.
The frontier form of AI changes every 6 to 12 months, and developers need to continuously try new tools and grant them access.
Jacob believes agents will take over trivial tasks in legal research, while human lawyers focus on judging risk preferences.
Legora's CEO Jacob joined a few weeks after YC and built the entire engineering organization from scratch.
Product lead Jacob believes that Copilot's core raison d'être is to help people get work done, which requires deep understanding of enterprise context, work data, and what IT departments accept as a solution.
The author ultimately does not genuinely expect Anthropic to open its weights; the letter reads more like a rhetorical strategy to expose the double standards behind the safety narrative.
The author believes that concentrating safety research capabilities in the hands of a small number of commercial companies is in fact the least safe arrangement.
The author argues that truly adhering to AI safety principles should involve opening model weights, enabling the broader research community to examine the internal mechanisms of models.
Developer Jacob published an open letter on his personal blog addressed to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, titled "If You're Serious, Open the Weights."
SUDARI was made by developer Jacob.
All Facts (9)
Legora reached $100 million in revenue in 18 months, then added another $100 million in the following 6 months.
50%UnverifiedThe frontier form of AI changes every 6 to 12 months, and developers need to continuously try new tools and grant them access.
50%UnverifiedLegora's CEO Jacob joined a few weeks after YC and built the entire engineering organization from scratch.
50%UnverifiedProduct lead Jacob believes that Copilot's core raison d'être is to help people get work done, which requires deep understanding of enterprise context, work data, and what IT departments accept as a solution.
50%UnverifiedThe author ultimately does not genuinely expect Anthropic to open its weights; the letter reads more like a rhetorical strategy to expose the double standards behind the safety narrative.
50%UnverifiedThe author believes that concentrating safety research capabilities in the hands of a small number of commercial companies is in fact the least safe arrangement.
50%UnverifiedThe author argues that truly adhering to AI safety principles should involve opening model weights, enabling the broader research community to examine the internal mechanisms of models.
50%UnverifiedSUDARI was made by developer Jacob.
50%UnverifiedJacob believes agents will take over trivial tasks in legal research, while human lawyers focus on judging risk preferences.
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