Where does Sona Sulakian work?

Sona Sulakian is Founder of Pincites and VP, AI Products at Filevine.

What companies did Sona Sulakian found?

Sona Sulakian founded Pincites.

Where did Sona Sulakian go to school?

Sona Sulakian studied at Y Combinator (S23); USC Gould School of Law (Juris Doctor (J.D.), Business Law Certificate); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - Biology; Bachelor of Arts - Classics).

Sona Sulakian

InvestorFounder

VP, AI Products at Filevine · Founder at Pincites

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPincites · YC

About

Sona Sulakian has worked as a transactional attorney, patent attorney, and legal tech strategy consultant. She is building Pincites, an AI-powered contract negotiation platform.

Founder at Pincites YC S23

Intro paths

Sona went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Pincites's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Sona can intro founders to Pincites's investors below.

Pincites's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Pincites

Mariam SulakianCo-Founder, CTO

Experience

FilevineVP, AI Productscurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium)Member, Voice and Brand Council (VBC)current2026 — present
Our Legal CommunityFaculty Membercurrent2026 — present
Pincites, part of FilevineCEO & Co-Founder2023 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
Ropes & Gray LLPAssociate, Strategic Transactions2021 — 2023
EvisortStrategic Consultant2020 — 2022
Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S.Summer Associate2020
SalesforceFinance & Strategy2018 — 2019
IQVIAAssociate, Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences Consulting2016 — 2018
Stanford University School of MedicineResearch Assistant at Dr. Lu Chen’s Lab2015
Stanford University School of MedicineResearch Assistant at Dr. Thomas Südhof's Lab2013 — 2015
Stanford University School of MedicineResearch Assistant at Dr. Vijay Pande's Lab2014
Artificial Muscle, Inc.Research Consultant2011

Skills & more

SQL15Microsoft Excel16R9Tableau5Python3Adobe Photoshop2

Languages English · Spanish

Patent Attorney — USPTO
Attorney — State Bar of California
The Certified Information Privacy Professional - United States (CIPP/US) — IAPP

From Sona's professional profile.

Colleagues at Filevine

Brandon Tidwell

General Partner at Signal Peak Ventures

John Mayfield

Partner at Album VC

Mariam Sulakian

Co-Founder, CTO at Pincites

Niki Khokale

Founder at Fountain9

Paul Madera

Co-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sona Sulakian?: Sona Sulakian has worked as a transactional attorney, patent attorney, and legal tech strategy consultant. She is building Pincites, an AI-powered contract negotiation platform.
Where does Sona Sulakian work?: Sona Sulakian is Founder of Pincites and VP, AI Products at Filevine.
What companies did Sona Sulakian found?: Sona Sulakian founded Pincites.
Where did Sona Sulakian go to school?: Sona Sulakian studied at Y Combinator (S23); USC Gould School of Law (Juris Doctor (J.D.), Business Law Certificate); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - Biology; Bachelor of Arts - Classics).