The ad says“J.D. and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar”
The ad says“J.D. and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar”
The ad says“5+ years of relevant legal experience, including commercial technology transactions and meaningful in-house experience”
The ad says“Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise customer MSAs”
The ad says“Strong understanding of committed capacity, usage-based pricing, SLAs, security obligations, indemnities, liability caps, and termination economics”
The ad says“Strong understanding of committed capacity, usage-based pricing, SLAs, security obligations, indemnities, liability caps, and termination economics”
The ad says“Strong understanding of committed capacity, usage-based pricing, SLAs, security obligations, indemnities, liability caps, and termination economics”
The ad says“Strong understanding of committed capacity, usage-based pricing, SLAs, security obligations, indemnities, liability caps, and termination economics”
The ad says“Strong understanding of committed capacity, usage-based pricing, SLAs, security obligations, indemnities, liability caps, and termination economics”
Hyperbolic is seeking a high-impact, commercially minded in-house legal counsel to help shape the legal and commercial foundation of our AI infrastructure business
This is a highly visible role working directly with our founders and leadership team on some of the company’s most important transactions
You will own the agreements through which Hyperbolic secures GPU capacity, brings strategic partners onto its platform, and serves its customers
A central part of your mandate will be aligning MSAs with neocloud providers and customers to deliver a consistently high quality of service while protecting Hyperbolic from legal, operational, and financial risk
Your work will directly influence how we scale, enter new markets, and build durable relationships across the AI infrastructure ecosystem
Draft, review, and negotiate MSAs with neoclouds and customers, matching terms across capacity, pricing, timeline, performance, service levels, security, liability, and termination
Design a wide range of innovative commercial agreements, including creative deal structures with neoclouds, channel partners, market makers, vendors, and technology providers
Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Finance, and Operations to ensure contractual commitments are technically achievable and financially supportable
Navigate an evolving regulatory and compliance landscape, including AI sales restrictions, potential CFTC oversight, SOC 2 & GDPR requirements, and financial-services and data-privacy laws across jurisdictions
Lead the company’s response to disputes, litigation, and regulatory inquiries, providing clear and decisive counsel under pressure
Advise on corporate governance, fundraising, debt and equity financings, intellectual property protection, and other strategic corporate matters
Build contract templates, negotiation playbooks, approval processes, and systems for tracking contractual obligations and risk
Manage outside counsel and the legal budget
Preferred experience
5+ years of relevant legal experience, including commercial technology transactions and meaningful in-house experience
Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise customer MSAs
Able to compare interconnected supplier and customer agreements, identify mismatched obligations, and develop practical risk mitigations
J.D. and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar
Commercial, collaborative, and comfortable making sound decisions in a fast-moving environment
Strong understanding of committed capacity, usage-based pricing, SLAs, security obligations, indemnities, liability caps, and termination economics
Experience at a neocloud, GPU cloud, public-cloud provider, data-center operator, high-performance computing company, or infrastructure marketplace
Experience with channel, reseller, marketplace, referral, capacity-sharing, or other non-standard commercial arrangements
Experience supporting an early-stage company across commercial, corporate, regulatory, and product matters
