Ironclad

Digital contracting platform for legal teams.

ironcladapp.com

HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA

B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 2, 2026

Overview

Ironclad is a privately held San Francisco enterprise-software company founded in 2014 that provides AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM). Its platform helps legal and business teams create, negotiate, approve, sign, store, search, analyze, and operationalize contracts; Ironclad describes the newer category as AI contracting.

Primary product

Ironclad AI Contract Lifecycle Management platform, including workflow automation, contract creation/review/signing, repository and analytics, Ironclad AI, and the Jurist AI legal assistant.

Founded

2014

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States (Financial District; 650 California Street, Suite 1100 is listed for legal/privacy purposes).

Team size

Approximately 650–800; third-party workforce data reported 774 worldwide as of March 2026, while LinkedIn reported 653 in an earlier snapshot.

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Technology, Information and Internet

Sub-industry

Contract lifecycle management (CLM), legal technology, enterprise SaaS, AI contracting

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States (headquarters)

New York City, New York, United States (Union Square)

London, United Kingdom

Business model

B2B enterprise SaaS

Custom-quoted annual platform subscriptions

Module/add-on sales for AI, analytics, eSignature and integrations

Implementation and customer-success services

Funding

Stage

Late-stage venture-backed / Series E; privately held

Total raised

$333M

Latest round

Series E · Jan 2022

Latest amount

$150M

Series E

Jan 2022 · Franklin Templeton Investments

$150M

Series D

Dec 2020 · BOND Capital

$100M

Series C

Sep 2019 · Y Combinator

$50M

Series B

Jan 2019 · Sequoia Capital

$23M

Series A

Aug 2017 · Accel

$8M

Seed / Y Combinator

Aug 2015 · Y Combinator

$120K

Seed

Aug 2015 · Y Combinator

$120K

Accelerator/Incubator

Jul 2015 · Y Combinator

People & investors

Leadership

Dan Springer

Chief Executive Officer

Jason Boehmig

Co-founder; transitioned to Executive Chairman in 2025 (later publicly reported as joining OpenAI in 2026)

Cai Wangwilt (Cai GoGwilt)

Co-founder; board member

Herman Man

Chief Product Officer

Sunita Verma

Chief Technology Officer

Elise Bergeron

Chief Strategy Officer / Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer

Jasmine Singh

General Counsel

Helen Wang

Chief Financial Officer

Rob Edmondson

Chief Customer Officer

Mike Jordan

Chief People Officer

Mingsheng Hong

Vice President of AI

Alvin Dias

Vice President of Engineering

Sasa Ferrari

Vice President of Talent Acquisition

Léo Murgel

Vice President of Product Partnerships and Community Engagement

Investors

Accel

Amplo

Arrive

Arrive Opportunities Management

Franklin Templeton Investments

Franklin Venture Partners

Work & culture

Ironclad states its values as Drive, Intent, Integrity and Empathy. Its careers materials emphasize a hybrid, distributed team, in-person collaboration around hubs, customer impact, and building an enterprise product that brings contracting into the digital age. Recent engineering writing shows emphasis on AI reliability, grounding, observability, scalability and ownership.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

Public US job postings show base salary examples of $180,000–$220,000 for a Senior Software Engineer, AI and $215,000–$235,000 for a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco, plus equity and benefits. Actual offers vary by role, level, location and experience; no universal visa or compensation policy was publicly established.

Benefits

Flexible PTO

401(k) with employer match for US employees

100% medical, dental and vision coverage for employees

75% dependent health coverage with buy-up options

Mental-health support and stipends through Modern Health

Family-forming support through Maven

Gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave

Hybrid-work and eligible cellphone stipends

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Equity awards and additional equity opportunities

Regular team events

Product & market

Pricing

Custom quote; Ironclad does not publish standard list pricing or a self-serve plan. Quotes vary with users, contract volume, modules, integrations and deployment scope; the official pricing page directs buyers to request a quote.

Differentiators

—End-to-end CLM spanning creation, negotiation, approval, signature, repository, analytics and post-signature intelligence
—No-code Workflow Designer with conditional logic for complex approval processes
—AI capabilities integrated into the contract system of record, including Jurist and Ironclad AI
—Enterprise integrations including Salesforce and Coupa
—Supports both negotiated contracts and clickwrap through Ironclad Clickwrap, following the PactSafe acquisition
—Strong focus on explainable/grounded AI extraction and enterprise security
—Recognized as a CLM leader by Gartner, Forrester and other industry analysts

Technology

TypeScript

ReactJS

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

Redis

Python

Rivet/open-source AI-agent tooling

OpenAI/LLM and retrieval-based AI systems

Salesforce, Coupa and Ramp integrations

Customers

OpenAI

Salesforce

L'Oréal

Heineken

Cisco

Shell

Mastercard

Rivian

Competitors

DocuSign CLM

Icertis

Agiloft

Juro

LinkSquares

Conga / Apttus

Malbek

SpotDraft

ContractPodAi

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

At least $200M ARR; Ironclad publicly announced exceeding $200M ARR on 2026-02-12. A reasonable evidence-based annualized range is $200M–$250M ARR, not audited revenue.

Estimated monthly visits

908.4K

hello@ironcladapp.com +1 855-999-4766

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Mar 2021

Ironclad acquired PactSafe, a clickwrap technology company, and incorporated its capabilities as Ironclad Clickwrap. No material shutdown or layoff was identified in the reviewed public sources.

Source

Latest news

Legora and Ironclad Partner to Integrate AI for In-House Legal Teams

Ironclad · Jun 2026

Announced a strategic AI-to-AI partnership with Legora to connect legal analysis and contract workflow execution.

Introducing Ironclad Jurist for Microsoft Word: AI Contracting Where Lawyers Already Work

Ironclad · Jun 2026

General availability launch of Jurist for Word, bringing AI drafting, redlining, and contract risk analysis directly into Microsoft Word.

Ironclad Names Former Asana and HP Leader as Chief People Officer

Ironclad · May 2026

Mike Jordan joined as Chief People Officer; Sasa Ferrari and Léo Murgel also joined in senior roles, while Ambrosia Vertesi moved internally.

Ironclad hits $200m ARR mark — interview with CEO Dan Springer

Legal IT Insider · Feb 2026

CEO Dan Springer discussed CLM growth, replacement of legacy CLM systems, AI agents and the company's roughly 40% year-over-year ARR growth.

Ironclad Surpasses $200 Million in Annual Recurring Revenue, Entering a New Phase of AI Growth

Ironclad · Feb 2026

Major company milestone announcing Ironclad had surpassed $200M in ARR and was entering a new phase of AI growth.

Jobs and careers at Ironclad

22 jobs at Ironclad

Manager, Engineering II

Remote

Engineering, Product & Design

San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States

Today

Remote

Full-time