# Jay Madheswaran

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Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of Jay Madheswaran (CEO, Eve) talking, from an interview on a16z Podcast published Oct 30, 2026.

- Role: CEO, Eve

## What Jay Madheswaran said

- [AI can make smaller legal cases viable for contingency firms](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-can-make-smaller-legal-cases-viable-for-contingency-firms/)
  a16z Podcast · Oct 30, 2026 · 5 min
  > “So that is why 96% of cases on the labor and employment side, for example, gets rejected.” — Jay Madheswaran · [7:09](https://realalpha.app/v/iRMmPjunm3Q/?t=429)
- [Eve builds legal knowledge from cases that never become public](https://realalpha.app/s/eve-builds-legal-knowledge-from-cases-that-never-become/)
  a16z Podcast · Oct 30, 2026 · 5 min
  > “what is the best thing I can do at this particular moment to improve the outcome of the case.” — Jay Madheswaran · [23:59](https://realalpha.app/v/iRMmPjunm3Q/?t=1439)
- [Routine legal back-and-forth may move between agents](https://realalpha.app/s/routine-legal-back-and-forth-may-move-between-agents/)
  a16z Podcast · Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min
  > “I think a lot more cases are going to have teeth and all the routine back and forths, I think is going to happen through agents talking to agents.” — Jay Madheswaran · [30:09](https://realalpha.app/v/iRMmPjunm3Q/?t=1809)
- [AI could help niche firms compete beyond their local markets](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-could-help-niche-firms-compete-beyond-their-local-markets/)
  a16z Podcast · Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min
  > “about half of it goes towards labor spend, 30% goes to marketing, and the rest maybe is profit” — Jay Madheswaran · [36:44](https://realalpha.app/v/iRMmPjunm3Q/?t=2204)

## The episode

- [Why AI Could Turn Small Law Firms Into Billion-Dollar Businesses](https://realalpha.app/v/iRMmPjunm3Q/) · a16z Podcast · Oct 30, 2026