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Sona Sulakian

Founder

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.

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Sona Sulakian @sonasulakian

That shift creates a much bigger opportunity. Imagine a firm where value isn’t tied to your finite time. Imagine you could leverage decades of partner judgment and proprietary datasets built across millions of matters...

Mar 18, 2026 · ♥ 2

Sona Sulakian @sonasulakian

And every industry is facing this transition to outcomes based pricing. Most SaaS tools today are priced per user. But as AI compresses the time and headcount needed to complete work, companies have started moving toward different pricing models.

Mar 18, 2026 · ♥ 2

Sona Sulakian @sonasulakian

AI may be the push that finally frees lawyers from the billable hour Clients are asking the obvious: 1. Do time savings translate into cost savings? 2. Are AI tool costs passed through to the client? 3. How should this show up in time entries? https://t.co/61usQtqgaJ

Mar 18, 2026 · ♥ 2

Founder at PincitesYC S23

Intro paths

YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — 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 Combinator

Co-founders at Pincites

MSMariam Sulakian
Mariam SulakianCo-Founder, CTO

Experience

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

Education

  1. Y CombinatorS23
  2. USC Gould School of LawJuris Doctor (J.D.), Business Law Certificate
  3. Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science - Biology; Bachelor of Arts - Classics
  4. The Harker SchoolHigh School

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.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended USC Gould School of Law7

Ashley CaldwellPartner, General Counsel at Sapphire VenturesMaureen Klewicki<UNKNOWN> at Pave Health VenturesEvan MarkilesInvestor at Morpheus VenturesShivank KumarGeneral Counsel and CCO at NIVMichael StandleeLegal at TriplePoint CapitalTenlay NaliboffGM of Brands & General Counsel at Boosted Commerce

+ 1 more

Also attended Stanford University1,726

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,720 more

Also attended The Harker School28

Chiraag DeoraPrincipal at GreycroftJosephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalSonya HuangPartner at Sequoia CapitalAjay KamatPartner at Pear VCChadwick ManningFounder at Cerulean VenturesPriyanka Goel-ChandrasekarInvestor at Sand Hill Angels

+ 22 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Evisort6

Daniel BreyerInvestor and founder in San FranciscoAmol HelekarGeneral Partner at TCVPatrick YangPartner at Amity VenturesAndy RavrebyPartner at Amity VenturesAlex CrissesManaging Director at General AtlanticChase RobertsPrincipal at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India

Also worked at Salesforce175

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesAlex BardManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesKarthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation Capital

+ 169 more

Also worked at Stanford University School of Medicine87

Josephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalJeffrey FinerVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesAlejandraChief of Staff, Investment Team at Hummingbird VenturesFrancisco GimenezInvestment Team at 8VCLan JiangPartner at Lux CapitalJeffrey DeFlavio, MDEntrepreneur in Residence at AlleyCorp

+ 81 more