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Bengaluru PM Builds AI Tool For Tenants
Analytics India Mag··24 Aug
Bengaluru-based product manager Siddharth Agrawal built an AI tool called Recourse after his own landlord refused to return his security deposit. The tool asks users seven questions and drafts a filing-ready pre-litigation notice grounded in laws such as the Karnataka Rent Act, the Model Tenancy Act and the Consumer Protection Act. It uses a retrieval system to find applicable laws.
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What It Means For You
- Tenants facing withheld security deposits get a free tool to generate a legally grounded notice without hiring a lawyer.
- Renters in different states benefit from state-specific legal grounding, since rental laws vary significantly across India.
- The story shows how a personal dispute can turn into a practical product addressing a common tenant problem.
What's Happening
- Siddharth Agrawal built an AI tool called Recourse after his landlord refused to return his deposit.
- Users answer seven questions to generate a filing-ready pre-litigation notice grounded in relevant state legislation.
- The tool uses a retrieval system to identify applicable laws before an AI model drafts the notice.
Why State-Specific Legal Grounding Matters Here
- The notice draws on laws including the Karnataka Rent Act, the Model Tenancy Act and the Consumer Protection Act.
- Without proper legal grounding, a general AI model risks inventing statutes that do not exist, the developer said.
- India's rental laws remain fragmented across states, with the Model Tenancy Act adopted unevenly nationwide.
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