Ep 145: Legal Tech’s Latest Unicorn: A Conversation with Everlaw Founder AJ Shankar

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this month, e-discovery company</span> <a href="https://www.everlaw.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Everlaw</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion. It had already been a big year for the company, which saw 80% year-over-year growth, the launch of several new products, and its first-ever user conference. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To discuss these developments, host Bob Ambrogi is joined by</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajshankar"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AJ Shankar</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, Everlaw’s founder and CEO, He brings us up to date on the company’s latest developments and his plans for further expanding the product and its market, including expanding Everlaw’s platform beyond e-discovery into broader areas of legal technology. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shankar was previously on this podcast</span> <a href= "https://www.lawsitesblog.com/2019/04/lawnext-episode-33-aj-shankar-founder-and-ceo-of-everlaw.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in April 2019</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, where he discussed the company’s founding and early development. Those interested in learning more about Everlaw may want to listen to that episode as well. Shankar was a computer scientist with a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, when he founded Everlaw in 2011 as one of the earliest cloud-based e-discovery platforms. </span></p> <p><strong>Thank You To Our Sponsors</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. </span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://joinparadigm.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Paradigm<