# Utkarsh Saxena

Co-founder and CEO, Adalat AI. TIME100 AI 2026, Innovators. His first case as a court clerk was a man jailed 12 years awaiting trial; his AI now speeds up 5,500 Indian courtrooms. ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/utkarsh-saxena/))

- 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 ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/utkarsh-saxena-2048636a), [adalat.ai](https://www.adalat.ai/about-us))
- Career: Adalat AI (Co-founder and CEO, 2023 to now); World Bank (Environmental Economist, 2022–2023); Boston Consulting Group (Management Consultant, 2020–2022); Government of India (Consultant, 2013–2018); Centre for Policy Research (Research Assistant, 2012–2013); Supreme Court of India (Attorney (earlier law clerk to Justice D. K. Jain), 2012–2023) ([adalat.ai](https://www.adalat.ai/about-us), [time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/utkarsh-saxena/), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/utkarsh-saxena-2048636a))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/utkarsh-saxena/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/utkarsh-saxena

- 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](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/utkarsh-saxena/))
- Co-wrote the Economic Survey of India 2017-18 chapter on court delays, Timely Justice, while working for the Chief Economic Adviser. ([adalat.ai](https://www.adalat.ai/about-us))
- Kerala made Adalat AI mandatory statewide, which Stanford Law's CodeX group called the first judiciary-mandated AI system anywhere. ([law.stanford.edu](https://law.stanford.edu/2025/10/16/adalat-ai-codex-group-meeting-october-16-2025/))
- Adalat AI was the first nonprofit Y Combinator had backed in nearly five years. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adalat-in_adalat-ai-is-now-backed-by-y-combinator-ugcPost-7495831216403668992-Ij2m?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHB049sB9iZaQB8I-rwHoVs5eDTvyWUHXSg))
- Adalat's court transcription now runs in 5,500 courtrooms across 11 Indian states. ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/utkarsh-saxena/))
- On India's court backlog: "The process has become the punishment." ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/utkarsh-saxena/))