Cape is the AI platform for partnerships, warm intros, and event marketing — built for teams whose revenue runs on relationships. Backed by Pear VC.
About the role
As our first in-house lawyer, this role is for someone who thrives at the intersection of law and model development - a builder with sharp instincts who is steady under ambiguity. You want to practice across a wide range of substantive areas, with real stakes, and with the latitude to make judgment calls.
What they're looking for
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing. Typically requires 6-8+ years of legal experience, ideally including top-tier law firm training
- A genuine interest in applying your training to a dynamic startup environment. You need to be the kind of lawyer who gets up to speed fast and earns the trust of engineers, sales professionals, and outside specialists alike
- The instincts of a builder: you're comfortable being the first person to own something, and you'd rather figure it out than wait for a playbook. You are already leveraging AI tools to simplify and scale
- Exposure to government contracts is a plus
- Comfort operating with ambiguity and across functions - you're as effective in a room with engineers as you are with outside counsel
More about this role
Cape is America’s privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data.
Instead of accepting the status quo, we decided to fix it. National security professionals, journalists, parents, and everyone in between can stay connected and have privacy.
We didn’t just build a layer on top of old tech; we built America’s most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up. By building our own network from scratch, we are able to design and build a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier on the planet can offer.
Today, Cape provides our secure network to consumers, businesses, and government agencies alike. We closed our Series C in March 2026, and we are scaling rapidly, with the goal of giving people back control of their most personal...
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