What You Will be Doing:
- Incorporate and prepare legal documentation in connection with establishing and investing in new startups
- Review, draft, and negotiate contracts; develop and continue to improve templates for contracts that are used repeatedly in our work process. Contracts include corporate formation documentation, investment documents, NDAs, MSAs, consulting agreements, and licensing agreements.
- Create templates and playbooks to streamline cross-functional collaboration and raise awareness on relevant issues and processes
- Serve as the primary legal point of contact for our team, including build/investments, recruiting, marketing, finance, and operations
- Support General Counsel on special projects
- Develop a deep understanding of venture studio and venture capital operations and the landscape in which we operate
- Identify, design, and lead initiatives where efficiencies can be gained through technology implementation and automation, or process improvement
- Work with outside counsel to manage legal matters requiring specialized expertise or resources
- Develop and implement legal policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Monitor legal developments that might impact us, such as changes to laws and regulations, and advise and make recommendations on how to adapt
What You Must Bring:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant legal experience, including minimum of 1 year of law firm experience
- JD (or equivalent) degree from an accredited law school.
- Experience with technology startups or venture capital is preferred, as well as intellectual property, employment and data security law.
- Process, detail-oriented and enjoys the responsibility that comes with a regulated, innovative, and fast-paced environment
- You thrive at building relationships and delivering complex information in an understandable way
- Prior experience managing tight deadlines from multiple business stakeholders
- Excellent judgment, communication, and organizational skills
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What We Do
Who is AI Fund?
We are a team of AI pioneers, proven entrepreneurs, seasoned operators, and venture capitalists that collaborates with leading entrepreneurs to solve big challenges using artificial intelligence.
Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed with $176 million in capital by some of the leading VC firms and investors, including NEA, Sequoia, and Greylock.
How Are We Different?
We work with entrepreneurs during their startup’s most critical and risky phase, from 0 to 1. At the earliest stages, your company strategy is still being formed, and you’re still on the path to demonstrating your idea’s full potential – this is a reality we understand. This is the period when decisions on product strategy, market fit, and team are most critical, moving fast and fixing parts of your business when you have limited resources is a challenge.
We believe the best way to help entrepreneurs is by providing our time, expertise, and resources to help flesh out these key strategic decisions. Making the right decisions at the right time can often make the difference. We are here to improve these dynamics, at a time when the help matters the most.
Why Work With AI Fund?
Getting a startup from idea to Series A funding is not easy. We’ve been there and understand the challenges you must overcome. Whether you desire limited help and just want access to our unique ecosystems of AI experts and entrepreneurs or you would like our full support, we are interested in the opportunity to help in your success.
We are flexible in how we work with companies, but ultimately, we are here to maximize your chance of success and accelerate getting your company to market. We provide the capital, expertise, and resources to accelerate the work required to minimize risks in your startup, help you rise above the noise, and make your company more attractive to new investors.
