01/16/2025

AI

Enterprise

Eve Legal – Revolutionizing Plaintiff Law

Eve Co-Founders pictured left to right: David Zeng, Jay Madheswaran, and Matt Noe.

Every year, law firms process millions of complex legal documents, handling everything from personal injury to employment disputes and civil rights violations. Attorneys and their staff spend countless hours reviewing records, drafting demands, preparing discovery responses, and managing case documentation — time that could be better spent advocating for their clients. The existing tools just can’t handle these unstructured document workflows effectively, leaving firms overwhelmed and clients at risk of settling for less than they deserve. When it comes to ideal use cases for the latest AI advances, these law firm workflows are a perfect match.

Eve’s team brought experience from Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Rubrik, where they saw firsthand how law firms were struggling with document-heavy workflows and legacy software. With their deep background in generative AI, they knew they could tackle this challenge head-on and reshape these workflows — and the industry — from the ground up. We at Lightspeed couldn’t have agreed more, which is why we led Eve’s seed investment.

Fast forward to today, and the company has built an incredible platform with skyrocketing customer growth and revenue. We’re thrilled to support their next phase of growth as they’ve raised a $47 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from both existing investors, Lightspeed and Menlo Ventures. They’ve evolved from their document automation roots into something much bigger: a comprehensive platform for law firms, powered by the latest advances in AI.

Eve’s platform learns and adapts to each firm’s unique workflows, understanding their preferences and standards. For personal injury practices, it quickly creates detailed medical chronologies, spots case risks, and calculates damages — all while preserving each firm’s specific approach to case strategy. Crucially, it’s built with trust and safety frameworks specifically designed for plaintiff law.

The results have been game-changing. Discovery responses that used to eat up 20 hours now take less than one. Law firms are handling twice as many cases without adding staff, all while seeing better financial outcomes.

Eve is now partnering with more than 100 law firms and has seen their revenue surge by over 500% year-over-year. But what really matters is what this means: thousands more plaintiffs getting access to quality legal representation.

As Eve’s earliest backers, we’re proud to strengthen our partnership with Jay and the team. We’ve watched them grow from an idea hatched within our walls into a company making legal representation more accessible and effective. If you want to help transform the legal industry for the better, Eve is hiring across engineering, sales, customer success, and marketing.

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