Irvin Tyan is General Counsel of THREAD, which he serves through Incugal, the virtual outside general counsel firm he founded to guide technology companies across AI, healthtech, fintech, and manufacturing from seed through acquisition. A founder himself, he knows technology start-ups from the inside and has built legal departments from the ground up at multiple venture-backed SaaS companies. He previously served as General Counsel at AutoRABIT.

After earning dual bachelor's degrees from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, Irvin began his career as an IP lawyer at Quinn Emanuel and Farella Braun + Martel, before moving to a boutique spin-off from Wilson Sonsini, where he litigated Section 337 cases before the International Trade Commission. He then moved in-house to found legal departments and become the leader the C-suite trusts to hire and manage outside counsel. Nationally recognized as a Top 30 innovative legal leader, he is a frequent speaker, moderator, and judge at AI and IP conferences and at Stanford Law School, sits on the boards of advisors of several technology companies including Photon Legal and Legal Ark AI, and is the author of a legal memoir represented by Creative Artists Agency.

The range is deliberate. Alongside his legal career, Irvin has spent two decades as a principal dancer with the Academy of Danse Libre, performing internationally, choreographing for the company, and serving as its co-artistic director. He has also given a keynote at Renaissance Weekend, the invitation-only retreat of influential leaders across business, government, science, and the arts. From the courtroom to the boardroom to the stage, he continues to pursue a distinctly modern renaissance life.