Avi Gupta is a J.D. candidate at Yale Law School. He is interested in impact litigation, public policy, and the intersection of technology, law, and policy.

Avi attended Stanford University, where he received a B.A. in Political Science (Phi Beta Kappa) and an M.S. in Computer Science. In recognition of his accomplishments in and commitment to public service, Avi was named a Truman Scholar in 2022. At Stanford, Avi served as a Constitutional Councilor, President of the Stanford ACLU, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of Stanford Undergraduate Law Review. In 2022, he won Stanford’s Emerging Technology Policy Writing Competition for research on policies to promote job growth in the era of AI.

Before law school, Avi interned at the White House, where he contributed to President Biden's landmark executive order on AI and White House guidance on federal agency deployment and governance of AI. Avi also worked as a legislative intern in the D.C. office of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (Oregon), a public policy intern at Meta’s Oversight Board, and an AI engineering intern at Facebook, IBM Research, and Intel. Avi also co-founded LifeMech, a non-profit that developed a low-cost, FDA-authorized ventilator during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Avi plans to leverage his legal education to drive social change. He is committed to pursuing a path in public service at the intersection of technology, policy, and law. He believes that effectively harnessing and regulating technology is among the defining challenges of 21st-century government and aspires to contribute to pragmatic technology policies that foster an equitable and innovative society.

Avi grew up in Portland, OR with his parents and grandmother, who instilled in him a passion for serving others that has deeply influenced his values and career trajectory. He loves playing and watching basketball, traveling, trying new foods, and spending time outside. A trivia lover, Avi competed in and won the 2019 Jeopardy! Teen Tournament. He donated part of his winnings to create and fund the #InspiredBy campaign in honor of Alex Trebek for early detection of pancreatic cancer, which attracted national media coverage and raised over $225,000 to fund pancreatic cancer research.