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Cooley Advises io Products on $6.5 Billion Acquisition by OpenAI

May 29, 2025

Cooley advised io Products, an engineering and product manufacturing company co-founded by Jony Ive to develop, engineer and manufacture a new family of products for the artificial general intelligence era, on its approximately $6.5 billion acquisition by OpenAI. As part of the deal, Ive and his creative collective, LoveFrom, will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI. 

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Mark Windfeld-Hansen
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Christopher B. Durbin
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Cresta Closes $125 Million Series D

November 19, 2024

Cooley advised Cresta, an end-to-end generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform for contact centers, on the closing of its $125 million Series D.

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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Of Counsel, Boston
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Associate, London
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Battery Ventures-Backed PageUp To Be Acquired by EQT Partners

October 31, 2024

Cooley advised Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, and PageUp Group, a human resources and talent software company that had been majority owned by Battery, on the sale of PageUp to EQT Group.

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Founders Fund Co-Leads Anduril’s $1.5 Billion Series F

August 7, 2024

Cooley advised Founders Fund, a venture capital firm investing in smart people solving difficult problems, as a co-lead investor in Anduril Industries’ $1.5 billion Series F funding round, which increased Anduril’s valuation to $14 billion.

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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel , Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Lacework to Be Acquired by Fortinet

June 10, 2024

Cooley advised Lacework, a data-driven cloud security company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security.

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