Building AI Companies That Hold: Structure, Ownership, and Diligence
Ad Hoc Founders Counsel is hosting a live session as part of AI Week New York, focused on how AI companies are structured to hold as they grow, raise capital, and come under increasing scrutiny.
As AI systems move from experimentation into real-world deployment, decisions around ownership, intellectual property, and capital structure carry greater weight for both founders building and investors allocating capital. This session explores the legal and structural foundations that underpin AI companies, where issues tend to surface during diligence, and how to approach these decisions early so they hold under review.
Who should attend:
AI founders building products or infrastructure at the application or model layer
Teams making decisions around ownership, IP, data rights, or early organizational structure
Investors evaluating or deploying capital into AI companies
Operators and decision-makers working with or assessing AI systems in practice
What we’ll cover:
How ownership, IP, and data rights are typically structured in AI companies
The relationship between equity, control, and capital as companies grow and raise
How cap tables and legal records actually align (and where they diverge in practice)
What investors and stakeholders look for when evaluating AI companies
The structural issues that tend to surface during diligence
If you’re actively building, investing in, or evaluating AI companies, this session is designed to provide a clearer framework for how structure, ownership, and capital decisions hold up as scrutiny increases.
Hosted by Ad Hoc Founders Counsel (Bagchi Law PC), a legal practice focused on founders and early-stage companies navigating growth, capital, and structural alignment. Learn more: https://founderscounsel.law
This event is part of #AIWeekNY by Pulse NYC — a community-led festival celebrating innovation across the AI ecosystem. More at https://pulse.nyc/ai-week/
This session is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or create an attorney client relationship.