20VC: Why Token Maxing Fails — Legora CTO on AI, Taste & Great Teams

AI is no longer just about cheaper tokens — it’s reshaping engineering, product, and how startups win. In this concise recap of Harry Stebbings’ 20VC conversation with Legora CTO Jacob Lorettson, you’ll hear why opportunity cost matters more than token cost, how AI tools like Cursor and Claude Code are shifting bottlenecks from coding to review and product judgment, and why “taste” is becoming a key differentiator in enterprise software. Jacob explains how Legora routes across models like OpenAI and Anthropic, why he’d choose stronger engineers over a better model every time, and what future teams need to master in AI-native product development, leadership, and hiring. If you want the core ideas from the full episode in minutes rather than the full listen, this summary gives you the essentials. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.