OpenAI is hiring a copyright counsel, annual salary $250,000, with equity and benefits. The job opening doesn’t specify years of experience, but requires “deep expertise in copyright law as relates to internet and AI technologies.”
OpenAI is also hiring four more senior counsel positions. The complete list is below, with links to the job postings and salary range. All mention “generous equity and benefits”; the former presumably refers to stock options, although it is not specified as such. (The base salaries, while attractive, would be less than the salaries at top law firms for lawyers with comparable years of experience.)
These positions seem like rare opportunities for lawyers to join a startup on the cutting edge of AI.
| Position | Years of experience | Salary range |
| Copyright counsel | Unspecified | $250,000 |
| Senior corporate counsel | 8+ years of combined legal experience at fast-paced technology companies and technology-focused law firms | $300,000 |
| Senior AI product counsel | Have 10+ years of experience with a mix of in-house and technology-focused law firm roles. | $250,000 – $300,000 |
| Associate general counsel, regulatory | 15+ years as a practicing regulatory lawyer/litigator. | $365,000 |
| Associate general counsel, Head of commercial legal (managing counsel) | 15+ years of legal experience in in-house and law firm roles | $365,000 |
