legal
Posted 4 days agoGeneral Counsel
at Vapi
San Francisco, United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- - Own procurement, vendor, and reseller agreements as we scale our partner ecosystem and underlying model and infrastructure vendors.
Requirements
- Voice AI that resolves, not transfers.
- Voice AI is one of the most regulated frontiers in AI.
- Every call we power touches consent law, telecom regulation, biometrics, AI-specific rules, and a fast-moving patchwork of state and international regimes.
- - AI and voice-specific regulatory compliance - Own Vapi's position on the TCPA and the FCC's AI-voice rulings, including consent capture, calling windows, DNC handling, and disclosure obligations for both inbound and outbound use cases.
- - Track and operationalize state AI laws and AI-voice statutes, including the Colorado AI Act, Texas SB 140, California Civil Code §3344, Illinois BIPA voiceprint provisions, and emerging proposals in NY, GA, PA, and others.
- - Lead Vapi's response to the EU AI Act, including risk classification of voice agents, transparency obligations, and documentation
- experience as the first or sole GC at a Series A–C company. - Background at a comms, CPaaS, voice, or contact-center company (e.g., Twilio, Five9, Genesys, RingCentral) or at a foundation-model or AI-platform company. - Hands-on
- experience with SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST, or ISO 27001 in a legal capacity. - Direct
- experience navigating regulator inquiries, CIDs, or formal investigations. - International experience, particularly with EU, UK, Canadian, or LATAM data-protection regimes.
- WHY VAPI - Define the future of human–AI interaction: help pioneer a new era of voice-based AI products that are transforming how people and businesses communicate - Own meaningful work at a breakout startup: join early, take real ownership, and have a direct hand in building a category-defining company from the ground up - Surround yourself with exceptional people: work alongside a world-class team of engineers, operators, and builders backed by top-tier investors who believe in our mission - Accelerate
Benefits
- Bonus points: - Prior