Corporate Partner @wilsonsonsini, previously co-founder, COO @playfig and bus dev @ea. Tweets on ⚖ 🎮 ₿ my own.

San Francisco
Joined July 2008
Updated now ChatGPT-4: #cryptolaw #ChatGPT
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Heading to Consensus Miami? Join us & @PanteraCapital for a rooftop reception! We look forward to bringing together founders, investors, and operators shaping the future of crypto and web3 for an evening of meaningful conversation. Request to join here: luma.com/wy3a0mqq
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👏 This week, firm client @0xPolygon announced definitive agreements to acquire Coinme and Sequence for more than $250 million to expand into regulated stablecoin payments in the U.S. 🔗 Learn more about the transactions and Wilson Sonsini team involved: wsgr.com/en/insights/wilson-…
BREAKING: Polygon to become U.S. regulated payments platform We’re acquiring Coinme and Sequence to move all money onchain. → Regulated money movement in 48 states → Fiat on/off ramps → 50,000 fiat-to-crypto locations in the U.S. → Easy onboarding with wallet infra → 1-click crypto transactions across chains All vertically integrated in the Polygon Open Money Stack.
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🌀 SPEKTER GAMES RAISES $5M PRE-SEED ROUND We’re thrilled to announce our $5M pre-seed round to build the future of gaming on superapps! The round was backed by an elite group of investors who share our grand vision: @a16z @Speedrun, @LondonVP, BRV Capital, @chamaeleonvc, @AcceleratorVC, @Impact_46, Versus Ventures, and @alumniventures. At Spekter, we’re building the next generation of game publishing — where Web2 meets Web3 potential to supercharge gameplay at scale. Leading off with our first title, @SpekterAgency, is a high-intensity roguelite survivor game built natively for @telegram — fast, enhanced gameplay, and impossible to put down. We’re just getting started. Let’s raise the bar for game experiences on superapps!
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💼 Stump the Lawyer with @jonathchan of @wilsonsonsini: ✍️IP agreements: Lock them in early. Missing these can hurt future funding rounds. 💰 Most first checks are on convertible securities like a SAFE 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Raising from friends & family? Ensure they are accredited investors
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T-24 hours to go… the team is hard at work on finalizing some details, and we are incredibly excited to bring the blockchain community to the Berkeley campus for the Berkeley Innovators Conference. We have some exciting new speakers joining us in addition to our existing speakers and partners, check them out on the agenda below! We’ve added @jasonzhao from @StoryProtocol, @pavel_sinel from @ProjectZKM, @jonathchan from @wilsonsonsini, and @lisaerubin and Andrew Nizamian from @Paul_Hastings. In addition, we have our amazing existing speaker line-up with @FranklinBi from @PanteraCapital, Cooper Scanlon from @movementlabsxyz, @neelsomani from @EclipseFND, Alex Bania from @worldnetwork, @jtguibas from @SuccinctLabs, @man_bun_mit from @Starknet, @kendaIIc from @proximityfi, @evayzh from @ritualnet, @stephensonhmatt from @PanteraCapital, JT McGrath from Point72, @RachelRoseB from @deUETH, @KetulJayPatel from @layeredxyz, @0xroylu from @LongHashVC, and @SpencerFarrar from @Theoryvc. Excited for everyone to join us tomorrow in Berkeley! REGISTER HERE: lu.ma/6qmu2dj7
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Tomorrow, firm partner Jonathan Chan will be serving as a mentor at the @uclaanderson Venture Accelerator, leading a presentation to student and alumni founders about legalizing companies. Learn more about the accelerator program, and his presentation, at: anderson.ucla.edu/about/cent…
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Many thanks to @ASvanevik at @nansen_ai, @Soona at @VoltCapital, and @geramiantweets at @anthemis for their helpful suggestions and review. An additional thank you to @nihal_maunder at @PanteraCapital for his analytical eye and @jonathchan at @wilsonsonsini for kindly providing useful data.
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A new journey begins – 🚀 we’re excited to launch! Our mission is to build AI that helps us co-invent the future. -- And we’re hiring to make this happen👇 We’re building a new type of AI agent and tools that help us imagine and create 10x better solutions, products, and services that we can trust. Including for applications that we might not have even thought of yet. -- To do so, our AI agents learn, reason, plan, and verify at scale. -- And we’re reimagining how people can seamlessly collaborate and create with AI. This is an ambitious journey and so we’re deeply grateful to our investors: @ericschmidt, @Caltech and @innovateCaltech, @jeffdean, and JP Millon, for their support. If you’re passionate about creating a better world, we would love to hear from you! We’re hiring full-time team members, interns, and long-term residents - come learn and build cutting-edge AI! -- Learn more: asari.ai -- Apply: jobs.ashbyhq.com/asari.ai -- Say [email protected] & follow us @AsariAILabs!
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🦄 Bufficorns! We wanted to share with you the top 3 winning projects from our hackathon during ETH Denver 2024. We were impressed by the creativity of the builders and are excited to see what else can be built on Inco! 1/5
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Congratulations to firm client @bearrobotics on the $60 million investment from LG! Learn more about Bear Robotics, a Silicon Valley-based start-up specializing in AI-driven autonomous service robots, and the transaction at: wsgr.com/en/insights/wilson-…
We are proud to announce that @LGE_Global has chosen to back us with a $60 million Series C investment, propelling Bear Robotics into new markets and at the forefront of service robotics innovation! 🤖 🤝 #LifesGood Read the full story here ➡️ loom.ly/7pZ4zKQ
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We are pleased to present latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, which includes a range of data on financing transactions the firm was involved in 2023, a Q&A with firm partner Seth Helfgott and @NorwestVP partner Ed Yip, and more. View it in full at: ecp.wsgr.com/knowledgebank#r…
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Wishing everyone health, happiness, and prosperity as we kick off the Year of the Dragon! Happy #LunarNewYear from everyone here at Wilson Sonsini.
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Congratulations on the $80 million Series B, @elevenlabs! Learn more about ElevenLabs, a voice technology research company, and the Wilson Sonsini team that assisted them on the transaction, at: wsgr.com/en/insights/wilson-…
We are delighted to start the year by announcing a set of upcoming product launches and our $80 million Series B funding round. We are grateful for the continued trust from @a16z, @natfriedman & @danielgross who co-led the round. Listen & Read: elevenlabs.io/blog/series-b/…
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We are proud to have advised @HawaiianAir on their $1.9 billion acquisition by @AlaskaAir. Learn more about the transaction, and Wilson Sonsini team involved, at: wsgr.com/en/insights/wilson-…
Excited to combine with @AlaskaAir to bring local care and global reach to travelers throughout Hawai‘i, the West Coast, and beyond: on.hwnair.com/4a59kLd. Link contains important information about the transaction.
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🎙️ Our latest EGG podcast episode is live! In this episode, Wilson Sonsini corporate partner @jonathchan interviews @icjman, a veteran entrepreneur in the #gamedevelopment industry. 🎧Tune in to the full episode at: wsgregaming.podbean.com/e/a-…
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#WilsonSonsinI Alert: Biden Unveils Executive Order: Outbound Screening Program Restricting China Investments bit.ly/443tT6E
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🚨Calling all founders! Exciting prizes await at Pitch Dojo!🏆🤑 The winning team will receive a $1,000 cash prize for their outstanding pitch. As a bonus, they'll also get the chance to join our exclusive Twitter Space for a shoutout. But that's not all! We'll be conducting raffles throughout the duration of Pitch Dojo. Don't miss out on these additional opportunities to win big! Join us on July 27th and unleash your Web3 potential 👉 rb.gy/v0h5t #PitchDojo #Prizes #Web3Innovation 😻💥
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On Wednesday, partners Jonathan Chan, Neel Maitra, and Yoichiro Taku will be on a panel to discuss the most recent developments in regulations, enforcement, and other industry trends in crypto/NFT/Web3. Learn more: wsgr.com/en/events/cryptonft…
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