Meryln Mind, New York-based maker of AI-powered digital assistants for teachers, has found its first general counsel in Google in-house lawyer Scott Pojunas.

Pojunas announced the news Wednesday on LinkedIn. He was previously senior patent counsel at Google, but in the last year he's taken on a more AI-focused role as senior product counsel for Google Cloud's artificial intelligence arm, where according to his LinkedIn profile he helped launch Google Cloud's first generative AI products and advised on emerging issues related to regulations and standards and "responsible AI."