Amrutha Moorthy, founder of legal-tech platform Patenti, and winner of Gold of the Special Recognition Women Innovators Award at the Salesforce-powered All About AI | Tech4Good Awards and Summit, explains why IP needs trusted, explainable AI
This story opens the Tech4Good Catalyst Series, highlighting founders who are using AI to build what India needs.
Patenti Technology Solutions is an India-based legal-tech platform founded by Amrutha Moorthy. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to turn complex patent data into clear, finance-ready insights so innovators, companies and public institutions can understand what their intellectual property is worth and how to monetise it.
By using AI to interpret patent context and valuation benchmarks, Patenti turns static IP documents into explainable outputs that founders, businesses and policymakers can trust. This use of responsible, explainable AI in a high-stakes domain led to its Gold recognition in the Special Recognition Women Innovators category at the recent All About AI | Tech4Good Awards and Summit in Mumbai.
By using AI to interpret patent context and valuation benchmarks, Patenti turns complex IP data into clear, actionable insights that founders, businesses, and policymakers can use with confidence.
To understand this mission better, the India Newsroom team spoke with Amrutha Moorthy, Founder of Patenti
Q. What does this recognition represent for you at this stage of your journey?
This recognition is deeply encouraging. It affirms that the work we are doing is both technically credible and socially meaningful. As a solo, bootstrapped founder in a capital-intensive AI space, this validation reinforces that the problem we are solving truly matters.
I was recently selected for a fellowship at the University of Oxford, which will enable Patenti to engage more closely with global IP and AI practitioners and strengthen the relevance of our mission.
More than anything, this recognition fuels my resolve. It is not a destination. It is a clear signal to keep building with intention, discipline and scale.
Q. What blind spot in the patent ecosystem did Patenti decide to fix first?
The primary blind spot is the lack of clarity individual innovators have regarding the monetary worth of their patents. IP valuation is traditionally confined to high-stakes events like company valuation or court infringement. Patenti chose to democratise this understanding.
Q. How does Patenti make complex IP decisions simple for people who are not IP experts?
Patenti automates the valuation process by aggregating market benchmark data and applying standard methodologies used by registered valuators. It translates expert-level valuation frameworks into guided, human-readable outputs, turning a specialised legal-financial process into an actionable decision for founders.
Q. Trust is everything in IP. How do you ensure Patenti’s AI outputs are accurate and reliable?
We ensure reliability by backing every conclusion with AI explainability. Our AI is fine-tuned to provide human-like reasoning for each result, treating explainability not as a feature, but as a prerequisite for critical IP decisions.
Q. Every startup needs a trusted ecosystem to grow. Which technology partners have shaped Patenti’s journey, and what makes them important to you?
Our journey is both mobilised and shaped by the partners in the ecosystem. Major cloud platforms serve as our Technology Partners, enabling our use of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Document AI, while we build proprietary AI for an essential Intellectual Property (IP)-first perspective. Corporate Partners are key for their IP literacy and portfolio focus, allowing us to co-host events and connect innovators to an ecosystem where their patents are truly valued.
Q. Are you familiar with Trailhead, Salesforce’s learning platform, and do you think resources like these can support more women in tech and IP-focused careers?
Yes. Platforms like Trailhead encourage everyone, including women to bridge the inventor gap. By increasing AI literacy, they ultimately increase IP literacy. Combined with supportive policy, such resources can catalyse a new generation of women-led innovation.
Legal-tech has often spoken in code. Patenti speaks in clarity. By turning patents from abstract rights into measurable value, it does more than protect innovation. It unlocks it.
