Thinking Machines Lab

Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Commercial

San Francisco

H1B sponsorship available$350k-$425kDetected 44 days ago

Machine LearningPyTorchNegotiationM&ALogisticsCorporate LawResearch

About the role

This role will report to the General Counsel.
On the corporate side, you'll be the company's primary lawyer for equity and financing transactions, corporate governance, cap table management, board and investor matters, and subsidiary maintenance.
On the commercial side, you'll be the person who turns early-stage deal flow into a scalable contracting function, supporting customer agreements, strategic partnerships, vendor relationships, licensing, data agreements, and research collaborations.

Structure, draft, and negotiate the commercial agreements that drive Thinking Machines' business, from partnerships, infrastructure, enterprise to vendors, NDAs, and research collaborations.
Build the legal infrastructure that lets the company move-contracting templates, playbooks, approval workflows, and scalable positions on the issues that come up most, including IP, data use, confidentiality, and risk allocation for AI products.

Client counseling skills, with the ability to exercise judgment under uncertainty and communicate practical, solution-focused advice.
Strong drafting and negotiation skills, including the ability to explain positions clearly to business teams and resolve issues pragmatically.

we encourage you to apply if you meet some but not all of these:
Familiarity with the full arc of private company corporate work-from Series A mechanics through IPO readiness-is a plus.
Experience with AI-powered products or AI transactions, including compute/infrastructure, licensing, data rights, joint development, research collaborations, or strategic partnerships.

Thinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence.

Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $350,000-$425,000 USD.

Thinking Machines offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.
Lead equity and financing transactions from term sheet through closing, and support M&A and other strategic transactions as they arise.
Own corporate governance, including board matters, cap table, and equity compensation administration, entity maintenance, and the corporate records and policies that keep the company well-governed as it scales.
10+ years of legal experience, with significant experience in both corporate transactions (equity financings, governance, M&A) and commercial contracting for technology companies.
In-house experience at a technology company shipping products with novel legal risk, ideally on legal issues for AI products, services, or academic research, with knowledge of the machine learning development lifecycle
Corporate law experience at a late-stage private or recently public technology company, including equity financings, board governance, cap table management, and M&A.

While we can't guarantee success for every candidate or role, if you're the right fit, we're committed to working through the visa process together.
We sponsor visas.

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