Commercial Counsel, Anthropic
$200-265k
+ Equity Donation Matching
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
AI safety and research company
Be an early applicant
AI safety and research company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$200-265k
+ Equity Donation Matching
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Role
Who you are
- A JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred)
- 3-7 years of relevant legal experience
- Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills
- Strong ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and legal frameworks
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex legal concepts for non-lawyer audiences
- A low-ego, high-empathy orientation to internal colleagues and external partners
- Intense curiosity about AI technology and commitment to responsible AI development
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and ambiguity
- A "doer" attitude willing to roll up your sleeves and pitch in where needed
Desirable
- Experience leveraging AI to optimize their work or studies
What the job involves
- As a Commercial Counsel at Anthropic, you'll join our dynamic legal team supporting cutting-edge AI initiatives at the forefront of technological innovation
- You'll collaborate with diverse teams across the organization, handling a wide variety of agreements including go-to-market contracts, research and product partnerships, procurement deals, and compute infrastructure agreements
- This is an exceptional opportunity to tackle novel legal challenges while contributing directly to responsible AI development
- Structure, negotiate, and close a potentially wide range of commercial agreements spanning GTM, research collaborations, policy and product partnerships, procurement, and compute infrastructure
- Partner collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on commercial terms and initiatives
- Develop scalable contract templates, playbooks, and processes to support our fast-growing organization
- Identify and manage legal risks while maintaining momentum in our rapidly evolving AI landscape
- Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies and provide timely guidance to stakeholders
Application process
- Application Deadline: September 15, 2025. Applications will be reviewed after the deadline, and our hiring team plans to begin contacting potential candidates shortly after. We encourage all interested and qualified applicants to submit their materials before this date to ensure full consideration
Our take
Funded by Google and founded by ex-OpenAI employees, Anthropic is an AI company focused on building a reliable, innovative AI system. While the company is relatively new to the market it has already launched a highly anticipated AI chat assistant called Claude which is set to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Similar to other chatbots, Claude is accessible through a chat interface and can provide a number of conversation and text-processing tasks. A key point of differentiation is that Claude is designed to produce less harmful outputs than that of the other chatbots that came before it.
While there is much praise for the chat assistant, there is still room for improvement with feedback reporting that Claude is worse at maths and grammar compared to its rival. However, with industry giants like Google backing this company from an early stage, it is clear Anthropic has the potential to become a leading player within the AI industry.
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Insights
190% employee growth in 12 months
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)
Mar 2025
$3.5bn
SERIES E
Jan 2025
$1bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $16.3bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
- Generous subsidy for OneMedical
- 21 weeks of paid parental leave
- Unlimited PTO
- Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant
- 401(k) plan with 4% matching
- $500/month flexible wellness stipend
- Commuter coverage
- Annual education stipend
- A home office improvement stipend when you first join
- Relocation support for those moving to the Bay Area
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dario Amodei
(CEO & Co-Founder)Spent almost 5 years at OpenAI as a Team Lead for AI safety and as the Vice President of Research. Also worked as a Research Scientist at Google.
Jared Kaplan
(Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder)Has been a Professor at John Hopkins University for the past 10 years. Also an experienced researcher having worked previously at OpenAI and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Jack Clark
(Co-Founder)Experienced reporter having worked previously at the Register and Bloomberg. Also worked for OpenAI in Strategy and Communications and as a Policy Director.
Sam McCandlish
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Theoretical Physics. Previously worked as a Research Lead at OpenAI.
Tom Brown
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Member of the Technical Staff for both OpenAI and Google Brain.
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