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Ambiq Micro Announces Pricing of $96 Million IPO

July 30, 2025

Cooley advised Ambiq Micro, a technology leader in ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions for edge artificial intelligence, on its $96 million initial public offering (IPO).

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Partner in Charge – Chicago, Chicago
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Partner, Chicago
Michael Platt
Partner in Charge – Colorado, Colorado
Kelly Bartling
Special Counsel, Colorado
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Keith Berets
Partner, Colorado
Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Tim Pitrelli
Partner, Singapore
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Alaina DeBona
Special Counsel, Chicago
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Brooke Fritz
Special Counsel, Colorado
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Vince Sampson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Michael Shen
Special Counsel, Shanghai
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Mateus Kaba Aboud
Associate, Chicago
Adam Bloom
Associate, Chicago
Alexis Guillermo Buz
Associate, San Diego
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Stefan Cohen
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Ryan Guo
Associate, New York
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Ehijele Olumese
Associate, Santa Monica
Samuel Paullin
Associate, Chicago
Taryn Wilkins
Associate, Chicago
Katherine Duplay
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Alla Kagan
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Robin K. Lee
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Brian Youn
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Play AI Acquired by Meta

July 15, 2025

Cooley advised Play AI, a startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate human-sounding voices, on its acquisition by Meta.


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Kevin Rooney
Partner, San Francisco
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Rita Sobral
Special Counsel, London
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto

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Scale AI Receives Significant Investment From Meta

June 12, 2025

Cooley advised Alexandr Wang, Scale AI’s founder, in connection with Scale AI’s significant new investment from Meta Platforms that values the startup at more than $29 billion.

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Kevin Rooney
Partner, San Francisco
Jacob B. Hanna
Associate, San Francisco
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
David Shekman
Associate, San Francisco

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Meter Secures $170 Million Series C

June 12, 2025

Cooley advised Meter, a provider of internet infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, on its $170 million Series C financing round.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
Lukhan Baloch
Associate, Palo Alto
Seamus Howard
Associate, Palo Alto
Jasmine Hsu
Associate, Palo Alto
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
J.G. Harrington
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Henry Wendel
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Greg Merchant
Associate, Palo Alto
Melody Van Horn
Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto
Alla Kagan
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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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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Adam Ruttenberg
Partner, Washington, DC
Craig Jacoby
Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, San Francisco
Nick Davis
Partner in Charge – Seattle, Seattle
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Associate, Seattle
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Jamin Agosti
Associate, San Francisco
Meera Patel
Associate, San Francisco
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christopher B. Durbin
Of Counsel, Seattle
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Alexander Ellebracht
Associate, Palo Alto
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Jessica Li
Associate, Palo Alto
Anne Luquette
Associate, San Francisco
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston

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