AI startups, Cerebras Systems Inc. and Glean Technologies Inc., have appointed new top legal executives. Cerebras, a chipmaker specialising in artificial intelligence processors, has hired Shirley Li as General Counsel. Li, a former associate at Goodwin Procter, most recently served as Chief Legal and People Officer for Snapdocs Inc. Her predecessor at Cerebras was Rebecca Boyden, the company’s first general counsel. Bloomberg Law reports that Cerebras has drawn attention this year for announcing the building of nine artificial intelligence supercomputers in partnership with the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Meanwhile, Glean Technologies, founded in 2019 by former Google engineers, has named Victor Huang as the first Head of Legal. Huang formerly served as General Counsel for aiXplain Inc. Glean is reportedly nearing a valuation of $2 billion.
These changes in top legal positions align with the global trend among AI startups in recruiting top legal professionals to navigate complex legal, regulatory, and policy issues. Bloomberg Law, cited OpenAI’s recent recruitments from Big Tech as an example. Other examples include Replit Inc., recently promoting its Associate General Counsel, Robert Kohse, to Head of Legal and Corporate Secretary, and Grafana Labs hiring Lora Blum, a former legal chief of SurveyMonkey, for the same role.
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