Multidimensional challenges require interdisciplinary teams
Founded 2022 at Harvard · Made in India · India's first AI paralegal
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Meet our people
Made by the world with love in India


Hemanth Bharatha Chakravarthy
CEO
What: Generalist, chief scientist
Why: Democratizing information and reducing the cost of legal process are rights‑based problems.
Personal: Fiction writer and politics wonk.


Anya Batra
COO
What: Engineer; coordinates PM and growth
Why: Legal issues are often complicated, not complex. I wanted to surpass my methods, measurements, and inside views.
Personal: Cosmetics-maker, powerlifter.
Em McGlone
CTO
What: Creator of jhana's data engine
Why: Positive feedback from overburdened court staff and judges; prefers living in Bangalore.
Personal: Video games, maps, and IPAs.

Priyadarshini Sh..
Fdg. Mem. & Dir. Product
What: Mapping legal problems to AI solutions
Why: AI can bridge last miles; wanted to leverage practice and legaltech experience.
Personal: Piano and workouts; baking and decluttering.


Pranav Khandelwal
Dir. Business
What: Customer success, growth, partnerships
Why: Structured, data‑driven strategy unlocks scale, efficiency, and durable impact.
Personal: Former agro-trader and Bengaluru startup history nerd.


Smita Gupta
Dir. Judiciary & Public Sector
What: Project Lead of jhana Courtroom
Why: If technology has become process, building usable tools is institution-building.
Personal: Strongly identified with Delhi, where I was born, and its culture and history.

Amanullah Qaiser
GC & Dir. Legal Research
What: Benchmarks, evals, data annotation
Why: Being surrounded by ML engineers made me realize that legal data is underserved.
Personal: Cricket fan; financial markets hawk.

Tushar Anand
Dir. Science & AI
What: Works on agents and token manifolds
Why: Harnessing data and technology to drive innovation at scale.
Personal: Occasional writer, politics junkie.


Pallavi Kishore
SDE
What: Product experience, user interface
Why: TODO
Personal: —

Aditya Jayakrishnan
Design Principal
What: AI interface design, philosophy of work
Why: Legal costs have not fallen proportionately with compute costs.
Personal: Football, long-form journalism.
Nandini Tandon
SDE II
What: Design and user journey
Why: Courts are in a design crisis; we can fix it.
Personal: New to Bangalore!

Srivarsen
SDE I
What: Databases, full-stack
Why: Well‑engineered systems make work fun.
Personal: Anime, games.

Siddhi Mantri
Manager, Mumbai
What: Growth and alliances in Maharashtra
Why: Accessible technology unlocks justice and enables fearless ecosystems.
Personal: Good food and stories; pottery and sketching.

Akash Kannan
Manager, Chennai
What: Growth and alliances in Tamil Nadu
Why: Bridging law and technology transforms justice for common people.
Personal: Documentary photographer and fast walker.

Pranav Ram..
Adv. & Legal Engineer
What: New frontiers in law and tech
Why: Product moves faster than commercial relationships.
Personal: Screenwriter & weekend yogi
Credits
Ben Hoffner-Brodsky
Fmrly. World Bank DE JURE, US Dept. of State, US Treasury, J-PAL; Harvard dropoutSubhaprad Mohanty
Asst. Prof. of Law @ NLU Odisha; PhD Scholar, IIT DelhiAvanti Deshpande
AOR, SCI; Justice Leila Seth Fellow; ILS LawPranav Ramakrishnan
LLM, UC Berkeley; LLB, JGLS; BE (CS), SSNSonal Gupta
AOR, SCI; SymbiosisAnannya Pramanik
NLS BangalorePratham T
NLS BangaloreAnuvind Praveen
NUALS KochiVedansh Bagadia
NMIMS CSIshir Bhardwaj
IIIT Delhi CSAyush Chauhan
Stanford CSArav Dhoot
Columbia CSAmira Bhutani
Columbia EconAnkit Wilfred
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