Cooley Again Ranks Among Top AI Transactional Firms

New York – August 19, 2025 – According to PitchBook’s deal database, Cooley ranked first overall based on the aggregate value of the firm’s venture capital transactions involving artificial intelligence (AI) companies and their investors in the second quarter of 2025.* During Q2, the firm handled 114 reported VC deals, totaling nearly $20.4 billion in aggregate value.

Additionally, Cooley led the market in deal volume for company representations, with 73 reported deals totaling more than $3.37 billion in value, while also conducting 41 deals representing investors totaling nearly $17 billion in value, leading to the firm having the highest aggregate deal value compared to its competitors.

Highlights of Cooley’s representations of AI companies include Meter, a provider of enterprise internet infrastructure solutions that use AI to connect data centers, on its $170 million Series C financing round. The firm also advised on Meta Platforms’ significant investment in Scale AI, which valued Scale at more than $29 billion.

In the M&A space, Cooley tied for first overall for transactions involving AI companies, based on nine reported deals in Q2.* In May, the firm represented io Products, an engineering and product manufacturing company, on its approximate $6.5 billion acquisition by OpenAI.

Cooley represents top high-growth companies across the entire AI ecosystem and throughout their corporate life cycle, including by performing work on VC financings, capital markets transactions, M&A, private equity and more. The firm also advises companies and funds on investments in – and acquisitions of – AI companies and technologies.

* PitchBook data has not been reviewed by PitchBook analysts.

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