Following the shooting of Laquan McDonald, computer science major Devshi Mehrotra wanted to use tech to help fight for racial justice. She co-founded JusticeText, an AI platform that generates transcripts & synthesizes video evidence from criminal cases. peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/justi…

Last March in Wisconsin, an AI program used to analyze police bodycam footage detected alleged police misconduct that helped get a case dismissed. I dug into AI speech startups seeking to analyze the glut of police bodycam footage for MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com/2024/04/16/109…

"JusticeText did bring to light possible evidence of police malfeasance—specifically, destruction of apparently and potentially exculpatory evidence." Read how a lawyer used JusticeText to challenge her county's problematic BWC policy in the MIT Technology Review. technologyreview.com/2024/04/16/109…

I interviewed 12 very successful founders about how they developed leadership skills? The answers surprised me…Nope, not HBS, McKinsey or training programs. The answer was that they had to organize volunteers at a young age. Some led church groups, student orgs, local

Join us in NYC! Our next True Talk is coming up on May 22 at The Cinema in NeueHouse with True's Clarence Bethea, JusticeText's Devshi Mehrotra, and Ernesta (previously Peloton)'s John Foley. We'll enjoy a fireside chat exploring the ups, downs, twists, and turns of the

grateful for another awesome Bloomberg Beta AI After Hours demo night at #NYTechWeek! so fun to watch the pace of AI innovation continue to grow. huge thank you to all the brilliant demoers Andrew Van Beek Alice Albrecht Tyler Angert Linus Devshi Mehrotra 🤖

🎤 Grateful to True Ventures for giving me the opportunity to share my story building JusticeText alongside the brilliant John Foley (IPO'ed Peloton) and Clarence Bethea ($30m raised, exited UpsieHQ).

Always great to see Parameter Ventures portfolio companies demoing their products during #NYTechWeek! Congratulations Devshi Mehrotra and the team at JusticeText on continuing to lead the way in human-centered AI (and thank you to our friends at Bloomberg Beta for hosting).

Our CEO Devshi Mehrotra presented at the closing plenary of the MITSolve annual conference, spotlighting the work we are doing to build human-centered technology for the Massachusetts criminal justice system. Watch her full presentation: youtube.com/watch?v=cjwOgf…

The KY Dept. of Public Advocacy receives less funding than state prosecutors by more than 60% — and has consistently done so since 2012. Could an artificial intelligence tool help public defenders manage their caseload? kentucky.com/news/local/cri…

Startup Showdown Winner! 🎉 JusticeText, led by CEO and Co-Founder Devshi Mehrotra, is transforming the way public defenders and criminal defense attorneys handle audiovisual evidence with their AI-powered platform. With the support of full-stack engineering leader Leslie

Such an honor to be recognized by the American Legal Technology Awards for our work at JusticeText. Grateful to be in community with other legal innovators who are working to build a more just and accessible legal system. 🎉

I am so proud of everyone around me who has a dream and brings it to life, especially with little to no guidance. It really is not easy. It’s way easier to take the path of least resistance.

JusticeText puts AI to work for public defenders trib.al/gHxWdFf

A decade ago, a wave of whistleblowers, mostly women of color, called out bias in algorithms, and now a new generation of entrepreneurs is getting down to work on countering the problem. Read about Devshi Mehrotra in my Axios series on women in AI. axios.com/2024/11/08/ai-…

The answer can’t be: “We’re not going to use AI.” There are too many positive applications. JusticeText co-founder Devshi Mehrotra makes this point loud and clear by providing resource-strapped public defenders with AI tools to better serve clients. link.chtbl.com/iKIbQDwN

A great example of AI put to wonderful use

Public defenders are chronically under-resourced and overburdened with caseloads. JusticeText's AI software helps lessen the load and make our criminal legal system more just. Hear from co-founder Devshi Mehrotra on Reid Hoffman's podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/184NNG… #AI

200+ founders. 3 days. Pure magic at the stunning Ojai Valley Inn. Huge thanks to True Ventures for an incredible Founder Camp! I learned so much on how we can use AI to level up our tech for public defenders and amplify our mission at JusticeText . Ready to get back to work. 🚀

Meet Devshi Mehrotra, a 2025 Festival Fellow and the co-founder and CEO of JusticeText. Her startup is using AI to help public defenders better serve their low-income clients and promote accountability and transparency within the criminal justice system: bit.ly/44mIfSV