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Utkarsh Saxena

Utkarsh Saxena is co-founder and CEO of Adalat AI, a legal-tech nonprofit that builds artificial intelligence tools for courts. In 2012 he served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of India, and in 2017 he joined the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser at the Ministry of Finance. From October 2022 he worked with Oxford researchers on research applying economic methods to legal settings, and he is a DPhil student at Oxford. He co-founded Adalat AI with Arghya Bhattacharya in early 2024, and the Kerala High Court made its speech-to-text tool mandatory for district courts, with use beginning in November 2025. TIME named him among the 100 most influential people in AI in 2026, and he won a 2026 Elevate Prize.

Now at
Adalat AI

Timeline

  1. 2012

    A clerk at the Supreme Court

    In 2012 he serves as a law clerk to Justice D. K. Jain at the Supreme Court of India.

  2. 2017

    A chapter in the Economic Survey

    In 2017 he joins the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser at the Ministry of Finance, where he co-authors a chapter of the Economic Survey of India (2017–18).

  3. Since 2022

    Doctoral research at Oxford

    From October 2022 he works with Oxford researchers on research applying economic methods to legal settings.

  4. 2024

    Co-founding Adalat AI

    He co-founds Adalat AI with Arghya Bhattacharya in early 2024.

  5. 2025

    A Kerala mandate for transcription

    The Kerala High Court makes Adalat AI's speech-to-text tool mandatory for district courts, with use beginning in November 2025.

  6. 2026

    Honours from TIME and Elevate

    TIME lists him among the 100 most influential people in AI in 2026, and he wins a 2026 Elevate Prize.

  7. August 2026

    Adalat AI joins Y Combinator

    Adalat AI, an Indian legal-tech nonprofit that builds AI tools for courts, is selected for Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch.

  8. As of October 2026

    Running Adalat AI as CEO

    He serves as chief executive of Adalat AI and is a DPhil student at Oxford.

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  1. Utkarsh Saxena | 2026 Elevate Prize Winner – Adalat AI elevateprize.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. DPhil student Utkarsh Saxena named by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people in AI | Blavatnik School of Government bsg.ox.ac.uk. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. From IIITH to Adalat AI: building India’s justice tech stack for timely justice blogs.iiit.ac.in. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. An AI speech-to-text tool will be introduced by Keralan courts to capture witness statements theswipeup.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Four DRK Entrepreneurs Named 2026 Elevate Prize Winners drkfoundation.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Legal-tech nonprofit Adalat AI joins Y Combinator barandbench.com. Checked 14 October 2026.