Rohan Pavuluri

Rohan Pavuluri is an American entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Upsolve,[1][2][3] a nonprofit organization that helps low-income Americans file for bankruptcy, and the Chief Business Officer at Speechify.[4]

Early life and education

Raised in the North Side of Chicago, Illinois,[5] Pavuluri attended Phillips Exeter Academy[6] for high school. He graduated from Harvard University in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in statistics.[7]

Career

Upsolve

As an undergraduate art Harvard, Pavuluri conducted research in the Harvard Law School Access to Justice Lab, working on self-help packets for people to file for bankruptcy on their own.[8][9] During his sophomore year, Pavuluri explored the concept of an online web application that could help low-income families through the bankruptcy process for free. His pitch for this idea received a $10,000 prize from the i3 Innovation Challenge[10] and additional grants from the Harvard Institute of Politics and Harvard Center for Public Interest.[11]

Pavuluri later moved to Brooklyn, where the Robin Hood Foundation had offered him a free desk and mentorship.[12][13] He conducted research at the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, where he met bankruptcy attorney Jonathan Petts.[14] In 2016, Pavuluri co-founded Upsolve with Petts.[15]

For his work on Upsolve, Pavuluri was included in the TIME100 Next 2021 List in the Innovators category.[16] In 2022, Pavuluri received the Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award from the University of Denver's Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), which recognizes early-career leaders working to reform the legal system.[17]

Other Work

Pavuluri was the Board Director at the National Access to Justice Center at Fordham Law School[18] and was a member of the Civil Justice for All Project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[19] He is a TED Fellow.[20]

In 2022, Pavuluri joined Speechify, where he is the Chief Business Officer.[21] He also is the volunteer board chair of Upsolve.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Upsolve: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020". TIME. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  2. ↑ Peters, Adele (2018-10-09). "Bankruptcy is a powerful tool for fighting predatory bills. This app helps you do it for free". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Upsolve is helping Americans understand that bankruptcy is a core part of their identity". Quartz. 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  4. ↑ Council, Stephen. "OpenAI faces stark doubts about ChatGPT ads. It's beginning the long fight to prove them wrong". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  5. ↑ Ihejirika, Maudlyne (2020-08-02). "Founder of start-up helping poor erase debt for free: Legal fees block 'civil right'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Rohan Pavuluri '14". Phillips Exeter Academy. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  7. ↑ "Interview with Upsolve Founder, Rohan Pavuluri '18". seas.harvard.edu. 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  8. ↑ "Using technology to fight poverty". seas.harvard.edu. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  9. ↑ Peters, Adele (2018-10-09). "Bankruptcy is a powerful tool for fighting predatory bills. This app helps you do it for free". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  10. ↑ Fisher, Daniel. "Too Broke To Go Bankrupt? Harvard Student Uses Software To Tackle Problem For Poor". Forbes. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  11. ↑ "How To Change the World and Have Harvard Pay For It | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  12. ↑ 4f36cf5f0389a182@harvard.edu (2019-08-09). "Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve: helping low-income families deal with debt | Harvard Magazine". www.harvardmagazine.com. Retrieved 2026-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ trbsagar (2020-09-21). "CURIOUS MINDS: People should have the right to solve their legal problems without a lawyer, says UpSolve's Rohan Pavuluri". Thomson Reuters Institute. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  14. ↑ Journal, A. B. A. "Jonathan Petts and Rohan Pavuluri joined forces and took on Chapter 7 bankruptcy". ABA Journal. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  15. ↑ Peters, Adele (2018-10-09). "Bankruptcy is a powerful tool for fighting predatory bills. This app helps you do it for free". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  16. ↑ "2021 TIME100 Next: Rohan Pavuluri". TIME. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  17. ↑ "Upsolve's Rohan Pavuluri Named 2022 Recipient of IAALS' Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award | IAALS". iaals.du.edu. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  18. ↑ "Rohan Pavuluri". Legal Talk Network. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  19. ↑ "Rohan Pavuluri | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org. 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  20. ↑ "Rohan Pavuluri | TED Fellows". fellows.ted.com. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  21. ↑ Council, Stephen. "OpenAI faces stark doubts about ChatGPT ads. It's beginning the long fight to prove them wrong". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  22. ↑ "Rohan Pavuluri - Board Chair, Co-Founder". Upsolve. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
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