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.
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 2, 2026
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
32 jobs at Ironclad
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Contract lifecycle management (CLM), legal technology, enterprise SaaS, AI contracting
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage venture-backed / Series E; privately held
Total raised
$333M
Latest round
Series E · Jan 2022
Latest amount
$150M
Jan 2022 · Franklin Templeton Investments
Dec 2020 · BOND Capital
Sep 2019 · Y Combinator
Jan 2019 · Sequoia Capital
Aug 2017 · Accel
Aug 2015 · Y Combinator
Aug 2015 · Y Combinator
Jul 2015 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Dan Springer
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder; transitioned to Executive Chairman in 2025 (later publicly reported as joining OpenAI in 2026)
Co-founder; board member
Chief Product Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Strategy Officer / Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
General Counsel
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Customer Officer
Mike Jordan
Chief People Officer
Vice President of AI
Vice President of Engineering
Vice President of Talent Acquisition
Vice President of Product Partnerships and Community Engagement
Investors
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
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
Technology
Customers
Competitors
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
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.
SourceIronclad · Jun 2026
Announced a strategic AI-to-AI partnership with Legora to connect legal analysis and contract workflow execution.
Ironclad · Jun 2026
General availability launch of Jurist for Word, bringing AI drafting, redlining, and contract risk analysis directly into Microsoft Word.
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.
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 · Feb 2026
Major company milestone announcing Ironclad had surpassed $200M in ARR and was entering a new phase of AI growth.