If a case won't earn a lawyer at least $5,000 in fees, most won't take it. AI is starting to change that math. Eve co-founder and CEO Jay Madheswaran joins a16z's Alex Rampell to explain how AI can automate plaintiff law from the first client call through settlement, and how one firm used Eve to go from about 100 clients per attorney to 500. They also discuss why legal software is secretly a labor market, why a single case can take 10,000 back-and-forths, why agents may soon negotiate with other agents, and what happens to the legal system when filing a case gets dramatically cheaper. 0:51 Plaintiff law vs. Big Law 3:50 Why lawyers won't take a small case 8:42 How AI grows a law firm's revenue 13:57 From 100 to 500 clients per attorney 15:53 Legal software's hidden labor market 20:25 Why Eve beats raw AI models 27:00 When both sides have AI 29:13 What's left for human lawyers 33:01 A lawsuit filed by AI in 4 hours 35:15 Can a small firm hit $1B in revenue? 39:16 Law's shift to outcome pricing 46:08 10,000 touches in one case 49:37 How AI beat the Thanksgiving trick YouTube: https://youtu.be/iRMmPjunm3Q @jayanthmadhesw1 @arampell