max

T2 · manager / operator

Max founded Lagora, a legal AI company that raised $600M in two weeks and pioneered consumption-based pricing to align token costs with customer value.

5 calls·5 names·80% bull·last heard 23 days ago·SemiAnalysis+1
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1sthigh conviction
$LAGORALagoraposition

Lagora pioneers consumption pricing in legal AI after $600M raise in two weeks

Lagora aligns revenue with token usage via consumption pricing, maintaining positive gross margins while flat-rate competitors bleed on heavy users; expects the model to become standard across vertical AI.

2ndhigh conviction
$GOOGLAlphabet

Google should be embarrassed as Chinese model surpasses its AI standing

Google has fallen from the perceived 'AI big three' as Moonshot's Kimi K3 surpasses it, yet market perception lags with many still believing Google remains a top-three frontier lab alongside OpenAI and Anthropic.

3rdhigh conviction
$MOONSHOT-AIMoonshot AI

Moonshot's Kimi K3 ranks third globally behind GPT-4.5 and Sonnet 3.6

Kimi K3 achieves frontier-level performance at 2.8T parameters, making it the third-best model globally behind only GPT-4.5 and Sonnet 3.6, though the delayed open-weight release raises questions about serving capacity and commercialization strategy.

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CoreWeave
LOWmax·SemiAnalysis·24 days ago
CoreWeave and neoclouds in licensing talks to serve Kimi K3 on GB300s
Neoclouds like CoreWeave are likely negotiating licensing deals with Moonshot to serve Kimi K3 on latest GB300 infrastructure, creating new revenue streams for GPU cloud providers beyond raw compute rental.
"actively talking to the together fireworkses nebuses like cories of the world to figure out how uh they can sign some sort of licensing deal and have them serve like uh you know t…"
5:06
$GOOGL
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Alphabet
HIGHmax·SemiAnalysis·24 days ago
Google should be embarrassed as Chinese model surpasses its AI standing
Google has fallen from the perceived 'AI big three' as Moonshot's Kimi K3 surpasses it, yet market perception lags with many still believing Google remains a top-three frontier lab alongside OpenAI and Anthropic.
"Google in particular I think should feel incredibly embarrassed right now... everyone thought that like the clear AI big three was Google Anthropic and open AI and even when I tal…"
1:25
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Nebius
LOWmax·SemiAnalysis·24 days ago
Nebius positioned to serve Kimi K3 via licensing deal on latest hardware
Nebius (referred to as 'nebuses') is among neoclouds negotiating to serve Kimi K3 on GB300s, leveraging their GPU infrastructure for open-source frontier model hosting as a differentiated service offering.
"actively talking to the together fireworkses nebuses like cories of the world to figure out how uh they can sign some sort of licensing deal and have them serve like uh you know t…"
5:06
$MOONSHOT-AI
Moonshot AI
HIGHmax·SemiAnalysis·24 days ago
Moonshot's Kimi K3 ranks third globally behind GPT-4.5 and Sonnet 3.6
Kimi K3 achieves frontier-level performance at 2.8T parameters, making it the third-best model globally behind only GPT-4.5 and Sonnet 3.6, though the delayed open-weight release raises questions about serving capacity and commercialization strategy.
"I think the answer is a clear yes... if you look at that composite today there's like a pretty clear top three with Fable uh Soul 5.6 six and now commun 3... overall very impresse…"
0:36
$LAGORA
Lagora
HIGHmax·Sourcery VC·23 days ago· position
Lagora pioneers consumption pricing in legal AI after $600M raise in two weeks
Lagora aligns revenue with token usage via consumption pricing, maintaining positive gross margins while flat-rate competitors bleed on heavy users; expects the model to become standard across vertical AI.
"So we were actually the first legal AI company to move into consumption based pricing and I think that's really important because um it one just continues to solidify that we're t…"
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