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Parris Bass
Associate
Corporate
San Francisco

D650-461-6581

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Parris Bass is an associate in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he practices corporate and securities law.

Prior to law school, Parris worked as an English, language arts, and history teacher in Tokyo, Japan.

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Parris Bass is an associate in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he practices corporate and securities law.

Prior to law school, Parris worked as an English, language arts, and history teacher in Tokyo, Japan.

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Firm Advises Neon on $25 Million Seed Round
On March 25, 2026, Neon, a consumer platform that allows people to monetize their personal data, announced that it has raised over $25 million in combined equity and credit from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Upper90, Upfront Ventures, and other investors. This new capital will bring Neon’s total funding to nearly $27 million, following a $1.5 million pre-seed round that was led by Upfront, with participation from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Xfund. Wilson Sonsini advised Neon on the transaction.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Thinking Machines Lab on Strategic Partnership with NVIDIA
On March 10, 2026, Thinking Machines Lab and NVIDIA announced a multi-year strategic partnership to deploy at least one gigawatt of next-generation NVIDIA Vera Rubin systems to support Thinking Machines’ frontier model training and platforms delivering customizable AI at scale. In addition, NVIDIA has made a significant investment in Thinking Machines to support the company’s long-term growth. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Thinking Machines on both the partnership and the investment.

The partnership between the companies also includes an effort to design training and serving systems for NVIDIA architectures and broaden access to frontier AI and open models for enterprises, research institutions, and the scientific community.

The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Thinking Machines on the transactions was led by Rezwan Pavri, Colin Conklin, and Chris Paniewski, and included Courtney Matteson, Jackie Jung, Mackenzie Tobin, and Parris Bass.

For more information, please see Thinking Machines’ blog post.
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