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EVE

EVE

CategoryLegal AILast round · $47M · 2024Site ↗
  • Andreessen Horowitz
  • Lightspeed
  • Menlo Ventures

Firm matter files + medical records + LLM APIs + plaintiff workflow.

01

Public data / API layer

Firm matter files
Firm matter filesYours
Medical records
Medical recordsYours
ICD-10
ICD-10Public
CPT/HCPCS codes
CPT/HCPCS codesLicensed

Internal replication score

Medium
0.65

Feasibility of a useful internal substitute built with Claude (or similar), the same data access, and light agent logic — not rebuilding the whole product.

IRS = 0.30·D + 0.25·L + 0.20·O + 0.15·R + 0.10·Sthis record · 65%
  • D

    Data accessibility

    weight 0.300.70
    • 1.0mostly customer-owned / public / standard third-party sources
    • 0.5mixed accessibility
    • 0.0hard-to-access or proprietary source layer
  • L

    LLM substitutability

    weight 0.250.85
    • 1.0mostly retrieve / prompt / cite / summarize / classify / compare
    • 0.5mixed standard + custom behavior
    • 0.0strongly custom model behavior (fine-tunes on proprietary data, etc.)
  • O

    Output simplicity

    weight 0.200.60
    • 1.0straightforward internal work product (memo, list, reply, SQL query)
    • 0.5moderately specialized
    • 0.0highly specialized (e.g. FDA-graded clinical text)
  • R

    Review / risk tolerance

    weight 0.150.40
    • 1.0internal use with human review is acceptable
    • 0.5moderate risk
    • 0.0very low tolerance for error (e.g. external legal filings)
  • S

    Surface complexity

    weight 0.10inverse — higher means less surface dependence0.50
    • 1.0a simple internal shell is enough
    • 0.5polished workflow matters somewhat
    • 0.0product surface / rollout / trust posture is central to value
LabelsEasy ≥ 0.67Medium ≥ 0.34Hard < 0.34

Missing factor rows use heuristics from wrapper scores. Editorial heuristic, not investment advice.

Build it yourself→

Recreate the workflow inside your org.

Internal build

Build it yourself

Same firm files + medical records + frontier LLM API + retrieval prompts — loses SOC 2, HIPAA certification, nightly audit automation.

Internal use only. Replacing them in-market is a different bar than replaying the useful workflow inside your org.

01 · Connectors & flow

Firm matter files
Firm matter files
Medical records
Medical records
ICD-10
ICD-10
CPT/HCPCS codes
CPT/HCPCS codes

Internal build map

Data in

Connectors
Connectors

Agent layer

Planner
Tools + retrieval
Reasoning model

Logic

LLM API
retrieve
chronology
cite
draft
permissions
not custom weights

Outputs

Internal search
Answer
Citations

02 · Claude / agent prompt

Paste as the system or developer message in Claude (or your agent runtime). Scroll to read; Copy grabs the full text.

Claude / agent prompt

// Plaintiff case assistant You are a legal assistant inside [YOUR_FIRM], a plaintiff personal injury or employment law firm. You help attorneys analyze case files, draft documents, and surface key facts using ONLY materials the attorney is allowed to access: case files, medical records, discovery materials, firm templates. ## What you must do 1. Retrieve first: Pull documents from the case folder before answering. Never guess case facts. 2. Cite rigorously: Every factual claim must cite a document, page number, or exhibit. Use inline citations. 3. Surface conflicts: If medical records conflict or damages are unclear, flag it explicitly. 4. Scope: Medical chronologies, demand letters, discovery responses, case intake summaries, value audits. Nothing external-facing without attorney review. 5. Firm voice: Match the firm's tone and style. Learn from prior approved drafts. 6. Medical codes: Use ICD-10 and CPT/HCPCS codes when summarizing injuries and treatment. ## What you are not Not a replacement for attorney judgment. All outputs require human review before filing or sending to opposing counsel. Internal use only — not cleared for client-facing delivery. ## Refusal Refuse if asked to draft filings without complete case facts, generate privileged strategy visible to clients, or make settlement recommendations without attorney instruction. Ask for missing documents or clarifying instructions. ## Safety Internal posture. All case materials stay within firm systems. Attorney review gates all external use. Medical information handling follows firm HIPAA protocols.

03 · Result

Summarize the key injuries and treatment timeline for Smith v. ABC Corp.
Medical records, Dr. Johnson report

Plaintiff sustained L4-L5 herniation on 3/12/23. MRI 3/20/23. Physical therapy 4/1–6/15. Epidural injection 7/10/23.