Kara Peterson is the co-founder and CEO of Descrybe, a Boston-based legal AI company building a legal research and intelligence platform for people and AI systems. Descrybe helps users research legal questions, analyze authority, understand how the law fits together, and verify the sources behind their work, while making the same legal intelligence available inside the AI tools and workflows where professionals increasingly work.

Since launching in 2023, Descrybe has grown from a bootstrapped startup into a fast-growing, category-shaping legal technology company serving thousands of users and gaining adoption across universities and legal organizations. Descrybe has also been selected as a launch partner by OpenAI and Anthropic and works closely with Microsoft, helping bring high-quality legal intelligence into some of the world’s leading AI environments.

As CEO, Kara leads Descrybe’s strategy, growth, partnerships, and market development. Her work spans artificial intelligence, law, business, and access to justice, with a particular focus on how AI is changing professional work, how new companies can reshape established industries, and how powerful technology can be made more broadly accessible.

Kara is also the co-founder and co-host of Building AI Boston, a fast-growing technology podcast that has ranked among Apple Podcasts’ overall Top 200 Shows and among the top 10 Technology podcasts on the platform. Building AI Boston features founders, researchers, policymakers, business leaders, and other influential voices shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Kara is a frequent speaker, moderator, and podcast guest on AI, legal technology, entrepreneurship, responsible innovation, access to justice, and the future of work.

Before founding Descrybe, Kara spent more than two decades as a marketing and communications executive, with leadership roles spanning higher education, public health, law, and technology. She brings that experience to building companies, communities, and connections across the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.

Kara serves on the board of Boston AI Week and co-leads the Boston chapter of AI 2030, a global initiative focused on responsible AI. She is also the inaugural co-chair of Boston University Questrom School of Business’s Women in Business Alumni Council and was named an ABA Woman of Legal Tech in 2024.

Kara earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and her MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. She lives in Greater Boston with her co-founder, Rich DiBona, and their family.

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