Jhana is a legal technology company building AI paralegal tools purpose-built for Indian law. The platform lets lawyers, law firms, courts, and government agencies search across more than 16 million machine-enhanced legal documents, including judgments, statutes, and case files, then generate legal arguments, drafts, and document reviews grounded in verified citations. By combining semantic and boolean search with automated citation verification, Jhana targets the time-consuming research and drafting work that consumes much of a litigator's day.
A core differentiator is Jhana's focus on the specifics of Indian jurisprudence and on citation reliability. The system verifies citations and checks compliance, addressing the well-known risk of AI hallucinating case law. The company also emphasizes data privacy, stating compliance with India's DPDPA framework and that it does not train on customer data, which matters for confidential legal work.
Jhana was founded in 2021 by Harvard classmates Hemanth Bharatha Chakravarthy, Em McGlone, and Benjamin Hoffner-Brodsky, with Anya Batra also named among the founding team. Although the company was founded at Harvard, it is built around and headquartered for the Indian market in Bengaluru. Jhana has been recognized as the Best Legal Tech Startup in Asia and Oceania by ALITA, reflecting traction in the region's legal community.
Jhana raised a $1.6M seed round led by Together Fund, the operator-led venture firm founded by Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham and Eka Software founder Manav Garg. The round included a notable roster of angels such as Shyamal Anadkat of OpenAI, Scott Davis of VMware, Kunal Shah of CRED, Razorpay's Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar, and Cory Levy. The company has also highlighted support from major cloud and AI providers including Microsoft, AWS, and OpenAI as it scales its legal research and drafting platform.