In-House Counsel, Tenstorrent
$100-500k
Building computers for AI
Open for applications
Building computers for AI
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$100-500k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring unique solutions to the problems facing AI and machine learning.
Role
Who you are
- We seek someone who is adaptable, can pivot in a fast-paced startup environment, and has the ability to work cross-functionally across multiple teams while seamlessly managing competing priorities
- JD degree and state bar membership
- 4-7 years’ experience in a law firm or in-house legal department, preferably related to commercial transactions
- Experience working with startups, preferably in the semiconductor space and/or chip manufacturers or suppliers
- Ability to lead negotiations and close deals independently
- Experience providing solutions-oriented, practical legal advice to a variety of stakeholders
- Demonstrated excellence in analytical, written, and verbal communication
- Interpersonal skills and confidence to interact comfortably with employees at all levels of the organization including C-Suite
- Strong organizational skills, including ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects under deadline pressure
- Engineering background a plus
What the job involves
- Tenstorrent is looking for an exceptional In-House Counsel to play a crucial role in providing comprehensive legal advice in support of our organization across all functions
- You’ll be responsible for addressing a wide range of legal matters, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations, minimizing risks for the company, acting as a trusted legal advisor across all internal business units, and representing the company with our external partners and vendors
- Provide cross-functional legal advice to Leadership, Finance, Engineering, Product, HR/Recruiting, Sales, Software and Operations teams
- Draft, review and negotiate a variety of complex agreements including, but not limited to: leases, employment contracts, licensing agreements, NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, SaaS agreements, LOIs, RMAs, corporate governance documents, purchase agreements, terms and conditions and related paper
- Support business development and strategy teams involving Tenstorrent’s commercial partnerships
- Think creatively to address novel legal issues raised by modern semiconductor technology
- Monitor development in changes on industry specific regulations and legal matters, and provide advice on compliance with applicable laws and regulations while ensuring that appropriate risk management strategies are in place
Application process
- We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting
Our take
Advances in artificial intelligence apps, combined with a global chip shortage, are strong tailwinds for chip processor Tenstorrent. The semi-conducter developer is designing specialized chips for running artificial intelligence applications, building chips for what it calls "software 2.0".
The company’s unique approach is to build for this future software, which it believes will be written at a higher level. Combining this with conditional computing, Tenstorrent supports a scalable distributed network approach that is analogous to a human brain.
While the market for specialised AI hardware is destined to be gigantic, the company has to compete with a plethora of hopeful startups (as well as major tech companies like NVIDIA and Qualcomm). That said, Tenstorrent boasts an excellent trajectory so far, with its latest moves including unveiling its high-end Wormhole AI processors, and a partnership with LG which will see the development of chips for "Affectionate Intelligence".
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Dec 2024
$700m
LATE VC
Jun 2024
$300m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company values
- Collaboration
- Curiosity
- Commitment to Solving Hard Problems
Company HQ
Flemingdon Park, Toronto, ON
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Leadership
Jim Keller
(CEO)Previously Senior VP of Silicon Engineering at Intel Corporation, VP of Autopilot Hardware Engineering at Tesla, Corporate VP and Chief Architect at AMD, and VP of Engineering at Apple.
Milos Trajkovic
(Co-Founder & Director of Hardware Engineering)Former Manager of Firmware Design Engineering at AMD, and FPGA design engineer at Signum Concepts.
Ivan Hamer
(Co-Founder)Former Consulting Software/Embedded Engineer at AMD, and Senior Software Developer at iNTERFACEWARE.
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