# Dev Shrotri

> Dev Shrotri is the founder and CEO of CloudLex, a New York based cloud platform built exclusively for plaintiff personal injury law firms. An engineer by training with an MBA from Columbia Business School, he spent years running legal support services before building CloudLex in 2015 to replace the antiquated legacy systems and one-size-fits-all tools that trial lawyers had been stuck with. The company has grown to roughly 110 employees, raised about $7.7 million, and in 2025 launched Lexee, an AI assistant designed specifically for personal injury practice.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at CloudLex
- **Organizations:** CloudLex, Lexvia Inc., Ernst & Young, Sprint Communications
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration (MBA), Columbia Business School, Master's degree (Computer Science & Engineering), University of South Carolina
- **Known for:** Founded CloudLex, one of the first practice management platforms focused exclusively on plaintiff personal injury law, Grew CloudLex to roughly 110 employees, Raised approximately $7.7 million in venture funding for CloudLex

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Software Consultant at Sprint Communications in Kansas City, working on the Local Number Portability System (LNP)
- **Early career** — Consultant at Ernst & Young in New York, advising telecom, media and networks clients
- **Pre-2015** — Founded and managed Lexvia Inc., a large civil litigation support service providing information management, remote paralegal support and case management to plaintiff law firms
- **2015** — Founded CloudLex in March 2015, a cloud platform built exclusively for plaintiff personal injury law firms
- **2022** — CloudLex reported roughly $12.7M revenue with a team of around 80
- **2025** — CloudLex launched Lexee, an AI assistant built specifically for personal injury law

## Achievements

- Founded CloudLex, one of the first practice management platforms focused exclusively on plaintiff personal injury law
- Grew CloudLex to roughly 110 employees
- Raised approximately $7.7 million in venture funding for CloudLex
- Previously built Lexvia into one of the larger civil litigation support services in the U.S.
- Co-authored a book chapter on agent-based systems published by Carnegie Mellon and Springer Verlag
- Contributed to graduate research on multi-agent intelligent software systems involving EPA and DARPA projects

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — CloudLex unveiled Lexee, an AI initiative built exclusively for personal injury law.
- **2025-07** — CloudLex announced a $3.7M funding round led by Aligned Partners to accelerate growth of its legal cloud.

## Links

- Website: https://cloudlex.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dev-shrotri/

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