Tom Rubin

Tom Rubin is Chief of Intellectual Property and Content at OpenAI, where his responsibilities include products, partnerships, and policy. Previously, he served for many years as Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel at Microsoft. 

Tom is an expert on legal, policy, and business issues related to content and innovation. He regularly teaches seminars focused on technology, law, and policy as a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. He has led several collaborative efforts with leaders in the technology and content industries, including product partnerships, policy initiatives, and amicus briefs. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and addressed government, industry, and civil society forums around the world. 

Tom started his career as a journalist and has remained deeply involved in the field as a lawyer. He worked in the newsroom of The New York Times, practiced media law at global law firms, and represented Slate, MSNBC, and MSN while at Microsoft. He is a longtime member of the executive committee of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. 

Before joining Microsoft, Tom served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he was one of the country’s first prosecutors of computer, electronic, and intellectual property crimes and was awarded the U.S. Department of Justice’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance.