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Can AI Turn a Small Law Firm Into a Billion-dollar Business? · a16z

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Why AI Could Turn Small Law Firms Into Billion-Dollar Businesses

What happens when AI makes legal work cheap enough to take cases lawyers couldn't afford to touch before? Eve CEO Jay Madheswaran argues that AI won't just cut costs for law firms. It could expand access to legal representation by making an entirely new class of cases economically viable. Jay joins a16z General Partner Alex Rampell to explain how Eve is…

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  1. How Many Clients Can One Lawyer Handle With Eve? at 0:01

    Jay Madheswaran says one firm in LA used Eve to go from managing about 100 clients per attorney to 500. Full answer

  2. How Does Eve Help Law Firms Take More Cases? at 12:04

    Jay Madheswaran says Eve helps a law firm take more cases by handling the work behind every call, which is what now limits growth. Full answer

  3. Can One Attorney Manage 500 Clients? at 14:52

    Jay Madheswaran says one firm in LA went from managing about 100 clients per attorney to 500, and that kind of jump is possible. Full answer

  4. Does Eve Train on a Law Firm's Cases? at 24:18

    Jay Madheswaran says Eve never trains on a law firm's own case data. Full answer

  5. How Much of Legal Representation Is AI? at 29:29

    Jay Madheswaran’s framework is that an individual still needs representation, and the work on that representation is 99% AI, maybe 99.9% AI. Full answer

  6. Will Every Legal Case Go to Court? at 34:14

    Jay Madheswaran says not every legal case will go to court. Full answer

  7. Can AI Turn a Small Law Firm Into a Billion-dollar Business? at 35:31

    Alex Rampell says a small law firm powered by Eve could become a billion-dollar revenue business. Full answer

  8. How Does Eve Answer Discovery Dumped Before a Holiday? at 50:35

    Jay Madheswaran says one law firm built an agent on Eve that sends discovery responses the same day a defense team tries to bury them before a holiday. Full answer

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