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Patrick Begian
Associate
Corporate
Palo Alto
pbegian@wsgr.com

D650-849-3068

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Patrick Begian is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including emerging company and corporate governance matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Patrick attended UCLA School of Law, where he graduated with double specializations in Technology Law and Business Law. During law school, Patrick served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and as the editor-in-chief of the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology.

Patrick is fluent in Armenian.

Experience

Patrick Begian is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including emerging company and corporate governance matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Patrick attended UCLA School of Law, where he graduated with double specializations in Technology Law and Business Law. During law school, Patrick served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and as the editor-in-chief of the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology.

Patrick is fluent in Armenian.

Education
  • J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2025

    Specializations in Technology Law and Business Law; Editor-in-Chief, UCLA Journal of Law and Technology; Recipient, Masin Family Academic Excellence Gold Award for Business Strategy and Corporate Governance

  • B.A., Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021

    Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Highest Honors, College of Letters and Sciences Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions
  • State Bar of California
Credentials
Education
  • J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2025

    Specializations in Technology Law and Business Law; Editor-in-Chief, UCLA Journal of Law and Technology; Recipient, Masin Family Academic Excellence Gold Award for Business Strategy and Corporate Governance

  • B.A., Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021

    Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Highest Honors, College of Letters and Sciences Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions
  • State Bar of California
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  • Corporate
  • Corporate Governance
  • Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Discovery Loop on Launch and Initial Funding
On August 5, 2026, a founding team comprised of some of the world’s leading experts in artificial intelligence and distributed computing—Jeff Dean, Sanjay Ghemawat, Quoc Le, and Oriol Vinyals (alphabetical)—announced the launch of Discovery Loop, Inc., a Delaware public benefit corporation. Discovery Loop’s initial funding round is being co-led by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, Doerr Capital, and Alphabet. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Discovery Loop on its launch and the financing.

The company aims to dramatically accelerate technological and scientific progress by automating complex science and engineering tasks. Specifically, it is developing advanced AI systems that leverage massive computational scale to fundamentally transform the speed and efficiency of innovation by automating complete experimental loops. In conjunction with its launch, Discovery Loop has established a long-term partnership with Alphabet for cloud and compute resources.

The Wilson Sonsini team advising Discovery Loop on its launch and initial financing includes Lang Liu, Barath Chari, Alyssa Worsham, Richa Sharma, Sunny Kumar, Will Andrews, MJ Han, Jing Xu, Robert Deng, Jason Choi, and Patrick Begian.

For more information, please see coverage in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Wired.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Base Power on $1 Billion Series D
On August 3, 2026, Base Power, a battery-powered home energy company based in Austin, Texas, announced it has raised $1 billion in a Series D financing at a $13 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by Ribbit, Addition, Valor Equity Partners, and JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Base Power on the transaction.
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