# Ryan Daniels

> Ryan Daniels is the cofounder and CEO of Crosby, a hybrid AI law firm that pairs licensed lawyers with proprietary AI agents to review commercial contracts (MSAs, NDAs, DPAs) in under an hour at fixed per-document pricing. A Stanford Law graduate and former startup general counsel who got tired of being the bottleneck on his own company's deals, Daniels built the product he wished he had. Since emerging from stealth in 2025, Crosby has negotiated more than $1 billion in contracts for clients like Cursor and Clay, and raised about $85.8M from Sequoia, Index, Lux Capital and Bain Capital Ventures.

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Crosby
- **Organizations:** Crosby, A.Team, HiredScore, Cooley
- **From:** Canada
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree, University of Pennsylvania, JD, Stanford Law School
- **Known for:** Built the first hybrid AI law firm, combining licensed lawyers with proprietary AI contract-review agents, Raised approximately $85.8M total across seed, Series A and Series B from Sequoia, Index, Lux Capital and Bain Capital Ventures, Crosby negotiated more than $1 billion in contracts for clients within its first year, up from $30M at launch

## Career timeline

- **—** — Earned undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania
- **—** — Attended Stanford Law School, where he studied legal AI
- **—** — Associate at law firm Cooley, serving technology clients
- **—** — General counsel / founding-team roles at startups including HiredScore (later acquired by Workday)
- **—** — Led partnerships and legal affairs and served as general counsel at A.Team
- **2024** — Co-founded Crosby with John Sarihan to build a hybrid AI law firm
- **2025** — Soft-launched Crosby (Jan); raised $5.8M seed led by Sequoia and Bain Capital Ventures; emerged from stealth in June
- **2025** — Raised $20M Series A co-led by Index Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures
- **2026** — Raised $60M Series B co-led by Lux Capital and Index Ventures at a reported $400M valuation

## Achievements

- Built the first hybrid AI law firm, combining licensed lawyers with proprietary AI contract-review agents
- Raised approximately $85.8M total across seed, Series A and Series B from Sequoia, Index, Lux Capital and Bain Capital Ventures
- Crosby negotiated more than $1 billion in contracts for clients within its first year, up from $30M at launch
- Achieved a median contract turnaround time of 58 minutes with roughly 30% month-over-month growth
- Signed early customers including Cursor, Clay, Unify and Cartesia

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Crosby closed a $60M Series B co-led by Lux Capital and Index Ventures at a reported $400M valuation, bringing total funding to about $85.8M.
- **2025-06** — Crosby emerged from stealth and announced its launch alongside a $5.8M seed round from Sequoia and Bain Capital Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://crosby.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crosbyryan/

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Last updated: 2026-06-03