Dan Mishin

Today, we hear from @mishindan1 (Founder & CEO of @manifest_os) on what changes when AI becomes the operating layer underneath legal services, and why the next era of law will be defined by measurable outcomes, not billable hours. ⚖️ quiet.com/essays/beyond-…

Manifest OS, the company powering AI-native law firms with outcomes-based fixed pricing designed to replace the traditional billable hour, has raised a $60M Series A at a $750M valuation—reportedly the largest Series A in legal technology history. The round included Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, First Round Capital, and Quiet Capital, and supports its mission to make high-quality legal services more accessible and predictable for businesses and consumers. Founded and led by CEO Dan Mishin, Manifest OS is building an AI-driven legal operating system that combines software, brand standardization, and centralized back-office infrastructure to improve speed, transparency, and efficiency across legal services. FOUNDER: Dan Mishin INVESTORS: Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, First Round Capital & Quiet Capital AMOUNT: $60,000,000 VALUATION: $750,000,000 HQ: New York #VentureCapital #ManifestOS #DanMishin #TradedVC

@deedydas Deedy my man! Thank you for sharing this! Proud to call you a friend 🙌

This man dropped out of high school in Ukraine, taught himself English, forced his way into America and started 2 huge companies by 33. Here's the incredibly inspirational never-before-shared story of my friend, Dan Mishin: > be me > 11yo Ukrainian kid > family trip to Europe, get robbed > cope by sleeping in cheap Berlin hostel > newgoals.png > 1. learn English, 2. build hostel > get home, evict grandma > list parents' apartment on booking [dot] com > somehow this works > scale to 1000 hostel beds in 13 cities as a teenager > fast forward, 18yo > "Best Young Entrepreneur in Russia" > prime time Russian TV calling me a prodigy > ..but company has one week of runway > about to default on debt > three days later sign $100M line of credit > salvage business > realize i must move to America > move to America > America rentals are hard > concretejungle.png [nyc] > rejected by literally every landlord > cold email one angel investor > "give me $100k AND introduce me to 40 investors" > he says fine > raise $3M pre-seed in three weeks > build June Homes > scale company to 11 cities > raise $65M from top investors > $50M profit > turn 31 > "wait i don't actually care about real estate" > knows immigration law is a pain > $10k+ to push paper > build the fix > fixed fees, no billable hour, centralized back office > 3x faster response times, 20% higher approval rates > 3,000 immigration cases in > raise $60M at $750M valuation > largest Series A in legal tech history from top VCs [$750M] > announces Manifest > immigration is only step 1 When we think of tech founders, we often think of books-smart, CS majors at Stanford who built a cool app. Founders don't usually look like Dan. He embodies that true entrepreneurial zeal. If you meet him, you instantly feel a bubbling infectious energy of someone who cannot be phased by obstacles. I share this because it's a story of inspiration for many who might feel like entrepreneurship isn't for them because they don't fit the mold. Dan's story is proof that no matter how limited the opportunities you have, if you have fortitude, nothing in the entire world can stop you.

Putting better AI tools into the hands of firms still operating the same way, with the same incentive structure, isn’t the solution that many think it is. The billable hour has been the default for decades and decades. Lawyers spend roughly two-thirds of their day on admin and coordination rather than actual legal work, and billing rates keep climbing. @mishindan1 is a repeat founder and an immigrant, so he’s experienced the cost, opacity, delays, and intricacies of the legal system directly as he stressed over his own immigration status while building multiple venture-backed companies. Rather than arming existing firms with better software, his bet was to build a completely new kind of firm from the ground up: @ManifestLaw_, powered by @manifest_os — pairing AI-driven workflows with fixed-fee, outcomes-based pricing to make sure the incentives line up. They started in corporate immigration, where the status quo is especially painful, as Dan knows all too well, and now they’re expanding globally. Manifest has had over 3,000 client engagements ranging from startup founders to some of the largest technology companies in the world. Proud to be early backers of Dan and the Manifest team at @firstround as they celebrate their Series A today.

@mishindan1 is a heat-seeking missile of a founder. At it's current pace, @manifest_os is going to be the biggest legal firm in the world in the not too distant future.

I've watched brilliant friends get held back by the immigration system because of how broken it is. As an immigrant myself I'm excited that @manifest_os has raised the largest Series A in legal tech to rebuild legal services for the Al era led by @MenloVentures alongside @kleinerperkins, @firstround and @QuietCapital . It's a new model moving from billable hours to outcomes with more transparency and access. The future of law should be faster, clearer, and accessible to everyone. Congrats to @mishindan1 and team! @shawnvc @CroomBeatty

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