BL senior associate just received first in-house offer at hot AI startup (not Anthropic/OpenAI/Perplexity, etc., but well-known). Base $275k, no bonus, $250k RSUs/year. Is this considered a "good" offer, and what sort of things should I negotiate?

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Sounds good on its face - though what's the vesting schedule looking like on the RSUs? If you'll be able to vest a chunk of RSUs each year that may help offset not getting a bonus.

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Standard. 4yr vesting, one year cliff, monthly vesting.

Do you know you’re posting as your full name? Be careful.

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More like John Boring. Amirite???

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Seems good as long as your hours are anticipated to be humane

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That’s extremely top of market and downside is limited given high base even if stock crashes in value.

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Sounds like a good offer. What practice group were you in?

I think it’s more of a corporate focused role, but will probably involve some commercial agreements as well.

Has the company done employee tenders?

Not to my knowledge. Still a relatively new company.

How are the RSUs valued? Is the company already at series b? Do you need a liquidity event to get paid?

Last financing round. Yes, past series B. Yes, likely need a liquidity event.

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