Jhana AI is Set to Disrupt India’s Legaltech with AI-Powered Research [Video]

Earlier this year, a lawyer in the US, overwhelmed by work pressure, turned to ChatGPT for assistance, but the chatbot generated false scenarios, resulting in the lawyer’s dismissal.

While large language models (LLMs) can produce inaccurate information, they are still undeniably a valuable tool for legal professionals.

Jhana.ai, a Bengaluru-based startup, recently launched an AI-powered legal research and drafting tool, Jhana, for the Indian practice. The co-founders claim they’re building an “intelligent legal system”.

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Founded by Benjamin Hoffner-Brodsky, Em McGlone & Hemanth Bharatha Chakravarthy, Jhana recently raised $1.6 million from Together Fund with participation from Shyamal Anadkat from OpenAI, and Kunal Shah from Cred, among others.

“What we’re trying to build is a sort of paradigm shift that centralises all the datasets lawyers utilise, enabling them to be accessed and employed in various ways through AI,” Hemanth Chakravarthy, a co-founder at Jhana.ai, told AIM.

The idea is to help the lawyers …