Commercial Counsel, Perplexity AI
$200-250k
+ Equity
Conversational AI-powered search tool
Be an early applicant
Conversational AI-powered search tool
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$200-250k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To advance the way people discover and share information.
Role
Who you are
- This role will have a variety of responsibilities but we're seeking a sharp, innovative commercial attorney who combines strong business judgment with practical problem-solving abilities
- The ideal candidate brings intellectual curiosity about AI technology, adaptability in an emerging regulatory landscape, and exceptional collaboration skills
- We're looking for someone with strong commercial instincts, an entrepreneurial drive, and the agility to thrive in our fast-paced environment
- JD and in good standing with an active US state bar membership
- 7+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience
- Track record of drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements
- Strong business acumen and ability to partner with business and technical teams
- An ability to communicate clearly with business and technical audiences and effectively translate legal concepts for non-lawyers
- Hands-on attitude to tackle projects large and small, low-ego approach to working across the organization
- Positive collaborative attitude, comfort with change and a fast pace, high level of integrity, and intellectual curiosity
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
What the job involves
- This is a unique role at Perplexity AI within our rapidly growing AI technology company
- You'll negotiate complex partnership, technology and infrastructure agreements while providing strategic counsel on legal risks across our rapidly growing business
- Success in this role requires a deep understanding of high-growth startup environments, where you'll combine traditional legal expertise with sharp business risk assessment
- As one of our first legal hires, you'll handle hands-on legal work while building scalable processes and managing key functions
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements for AI infrastructure and partnerships
- Draft and negotiate commercial agreements - but also improve and maintain templates, playbooks, and processes for - partnerships, reseller arrangements, enterprise agreements, vendor contracts, DPAs, MSAs, and licensing arrangements
- Provide practical legal counsel to enterprise sales, product, engineering, and business teams
- Design and implement scalable legal processes and policies while building a global business
- Manage IP portfolio and data privacy compliance
- Assess legal risk and advise the business accordingly
- Monitor and advise on evolving and emerging regulatory requirements and industry standards
- Support business teams on legal strategy for new product and feature launches
Our take
As artificial intelligence continues to drive changes in both business operations and day-to-day lives, Perplexity AI delivers an intelligent search engine powered by conversational AI, to improve search outcomes and "unlock the power of knowledge" for all.
Reaching impressive heights of 10 million monthly visits, Perplexity's "ask anything" method of search is clearly a popular one. What sets it apart from other search engines is in its answers, which are concise and fully cited, responding to the user query rather than simply providing a place in which they can scroll to find it themselves.
The company has raised substantial funding, with contributions from former execs at companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Quora, demonstrating the interest that it has drummed up in the space. Having doubled its annual recurring revenue between 2023 and 24, this investment will allow Perplexity AI to continue building out its product, and accelerate growth into the future.
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Insights
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2024
$500m
LATE VC
May 2024
$250m
LATE VC
Total funding: $915m
Company benefits
- Equity
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- 401(k)
- Generous home-office stipend
Company values
- Ownership - You want to build something special. Something you want to share, something you are proud of, something that keeps you up at night if it’s not good enough
- Velocity - Rush into the unknown, build something, test it, share it, make it better. You understand that velocity comes from decisiveness, execution skills, and investment in systems that scale
- Utility - In the midst of tremendous novelty, we must discover how to take new technology and turn it into something that millions of people want to use every day
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Aravind Srinivas
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Research Scientist at OpenAI, who has interned in Research at Google and Deep Mind. Obtained a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Denis Yarats
(Co-Founder & CTO)PhD Student in AI at NYU. Former AI Research Scientist at Facebook AI Research, and Staff ML Engineer at Quora.
Johnny Ho
(Co-Founder & CSO)Previously a Quantitative Trader at Tower Research Capital, and Engineer at Quora.
Andy Konwinski
(Co-Founder)Co-Founder and Advisor at Databricks. Co-Founder and General Partner at CS Graduate Ventures, and Instructor at the University of California, Berkeley.
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