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Third Chair

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AI-Native IP Enforcement Agent

P25·Spring 2025·B2B·San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote·Team of 8·Founded 2024

About

Third Chair works with IP rightsholders to enforce and monetize their rights, supported by an on-demand network of top lawyers to step in when you need them. We’ve started with revenue-generating workflows, giving media companies visibility into who’s using their content and helping them turn unauthorized ads into a predictable income stream. The biggest media and entertainment companies like Universal Music Group in the world rely on Third Chair to enforce their intellectual property, unlock licensing revenue, and accelerate deal flow.

Founders

  • Yoav Zimmerman· Founder

    Yoav is CEO / Founder of Third Chair (YC X25). Yoav previously founded Trendpop (YC W21) and scaled it past $1M ARR in the media/entertainment industry, selling to customers like Universal Music Group and Mr. Beast. Before that, he worked on machine learning at Google and early-stage AI startups.

  • Shourya Lala· Founder

    Shourya Lala is the Founder and CTO of Third Chair. He previously founded game-based investments startup Fello (YC W22), scaling it to 2mn users and tens of millions in investments. ex-ODF, ex-BlackRock, 2x YC

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