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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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AIRO Group Holdings Closes $69 Million IPO

June 16, 2025

Cooley advised AIRO Group Holdings, a company specializing in advanced aerospace and defense technologies, on its $69 million initial public offering (IPO).

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Christina T. Roupas
Partner in Charge – Chicago, Chicago
Yvan-Claude Pierre
Partner, New York
Courtney M.W. Tygesson
Partner, Chicago
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Darren DeStefano
Partner, Reston
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Hutter
Partner, Reston
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Addison Pierce
Partner, Chicago
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Justin Kisner
Special Counsel, San Diego
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David Wraige
Special Counsel, London
Kevin Carlson
Associate, Chicago
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Leah Duncan
Associate, Chicago
Anders Fernstrom
Associate, Reston
Peter A. Haddad
Associate, San Diego
Erin Hilliard
Associate, San Francisco
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Jesse Schulman
Associate, Colorado
Mariah A. Young
Associate, Chicago
Chris Rhem
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Kate Walther
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston

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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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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
Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Nick Davis
Partner in Charge – Seattle, Seattle
Caitlin Breitenbruck
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
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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BioAge Labs Announces $198 Million IPO

September 27, 2024

Cooley advised the underwriters of BioAge Labs, a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is harnessing the biology of human aging to develop novel targets and therapies for metabolic diseases, on its $198 million initial public offering.

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Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Denny Won
Partner, San Francisco
Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Dr. Jon Cousin
Partner, Washington, DC
Lila Hope
Partner, Palo Alto
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Dr. Madhuri Roy
Partner, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Jonathan Kaufman
Associate, Palo Alto
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Ryan Lewis
Associate, Colorado
Sarah Miller
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Dr. Mark Westwood
Associate, Palo Alto
Joanna Zhang
Associate, San Diego
Robin K. Lee
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

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