General Counsel

About the Company

Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to predict and interact with the world over long horizons. The team consists of world-class researchers from DeepMind, Tesla, Waymo, Meta, Apple, and Wayve.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire legal surface including corporate, commercial, employment, IP, data/privacy, and regulatory matters
• Serve as the legal partner on compute and infrastructure deals, structuring and negotiating multi-cloud and hyperscaler commitments
• Drive commercial, customer, vendor, and partnership contracts by building templates and playbooks
• Manage employment, corporate, governance, and entity matters across the US, UK, and Switzerland
• Support financing and board work
• Manage external counsel and decide what stays in-house to optimize cost and turnaround times
• Stand up processes, tooling, and knowledge bases for a new legal function
• Ensure US employment compliance including payroll, leave laws, state registrations, and audits

Requirements

• Generalist with deep expertise in AI, autonomous vehicles, robotics, or AI infrastructure
• Experience supporting complex R&D partnerships with long negotiation timelines
• Experience with the mechanics of compute, infrastructure, or complex commercial deals
• Background from a top-tier firm or in-house at a frontier/deep-tech company
• International outlook with cross-border legal experience
• Proven ability to build functions from scratch (0→1 builder)