Utkarsh Saxena
Co-founder and CEO, Adalat AI
His first case as a court clerk was a man jailed 12 years awaiting trial; his AI now speeds up 5,500 Indian courtrooms.
- Born
- Not published
- Now
- Co-founder and CEO, Adalat AI
- Studied
- University of Oxford, Harvard University, University of Delhi
Interesting facts
- Turning point
His first case as a Supreme Court clerk involved a man who had spent more than 12 years in prison waiting for his trial to begin.
time.com - Before AI
Co-wrote the Economic Survey of India 2017-18 chapter on court delays, Timely Justice, while working for the Chief Economic Adviser.
adalat.ai - First
Kerala made Adalat AI mandatory statewide, which Stanford Law's CodeX group called the first judiciary-mandated AI system anywhere.
law.stanford.edu - First
Adalat AI was the first nonprofit Y Combinator had backed in nearly five years.
linkedin.com - Numbers
Adalat's court transcription now runs in 5,500 courtrooms across 11 Indian states.
time.com - In their words
On India's court backlog: "The process has become the punishment."
time.com
Career
- Adalat AICo-founder and CEO2023 to now
- World BankEnvironmental Economist2022–2023
- Boston Consulting GroupManagement Consultant2020–2022
- Government of IndiaConsultant, Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance2013–2018
- Centre for Policy ResearchResearch Assistant2012–2013
- Supreme Court of IndiaAttorney (earlier law clerk to Justice D. K. Jain)2012–2023
Education
- PhD, Public policy, University of Oxford, 2026
- MPA/ID, International development, Harvard University, 2020
- LLM, Public and constitutional law, Harvard University, 2014
- BA (Hons) / LLB, Economics; law, University of Delhi, 2012