Founding Lawyer

At Exa, we're building a next-generation AI search engine—one that outperforms Google for power users. We help people find the information they can’t get anywhere else: https://exa.ai/websets We’re an SF team of ~80 from Harvard, MIT, Apple, Palantir, etc. We recently raised an $85M Series B from Benchmark, and we are rapidly building the most intelligent search engine in history. Now, we’re looking for a Head of Legal to help build our Exa family! About the Role We're seeking an experienced Head of Legal to join our growing tech company as our first in-house legal executive. This role will own all legal functions across the organization, from commercial negotiations to corporate governance, with a particular focus on our AI-powered products and technology platform. What You’ll Do - Lead commercial negotiations - Take point on customer legal calls, contract negotiations, and partnership agreements, working directly with enterprise clients and their legal teams - Manage legal r