# Chen & Foundry

> A California law firm delivering data, privacy, and AI compliance for AI startups and regulated companies under GDPR, CCPA, the EU AI Act, and expanding global and U.S. state privacy regimes.

Chen & Foundry is a solo practice founded by Joyce Chen — a technology lawyer, privacy leader, and compliance operator with experience at Meta, Snap, and Foursquare. The firm provides counsel delivered as software and operationalized as infrastructure, embedding legal counsel directly into product workflows so growing AI startups and regulated companies have just-in-time interpretation, defensible documentation, and audit-ready answers for customers and regulators.

## Products

- [CounselStream](https://www.chenfoundry.com/products): The privacy operating system for AI startups and regulated companies. Three modules — Privacy Operations (privacy program infrastructure your team runs from day one, including Record of Processing Activities, privacy impact screening, and GDPR Article 32 security measures), Privacy Counsel (embedded privacy counsel operationalized into your program, including DPIAs, Transfer Impact Assessments, and ongoing regulatory monitoring), and AI Compliance (coming soon; aligned with the EU AI Act and emerging global AI standards).

## Services

- [CounselStream Activation](https://www.chenfoundry.com/services): Enterprise-ready privacy compliance in 4–6 weeks across three layered tiers. Revenue Unlock covers DPAs (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA), BAAs (HIPAA), vendor DPAs, and subprocessor frameworks. Sales Enablement covers privacy policy, cookie policy, trust center commitments, and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA / GDPR / CCPA security questionnaire response templates. Governance & Maturity covers internal data usage, retention and deletion, incident response (including GDPR breach notification timelines), BYOD privacy, and AI/LLM training-use policies.

## About

- [About Chen & Foundry](https://www.chenfoundry.com/about): The firm is a solo practice founded by Joyce Chen. Joyce's background includes early employee at a government technology accelerator program, AI-focused product counseling at Meta and Snap, and privacy and regulatory leadership across a Series B-to-C fintech startup, late-stage enterprise SaaS startup, Foursquare, and a Fortune 500 biotech company.

## Insights

- [Insights on Privacy, AI & Data Compliance](https://www.chenfoundry.com/insights): Analysis on regulation, technology, and operational compliance. Recent topics include the DOJ Bulk Data Rule and federal criminal liability for data compliance teams, CFPB personal financial data rights rulemaking, and agentic AI trustworthiness as the new competitive differentiator.

## Contact

- [Contact](https://www.chenfoundry.com/contact): Email hello@chenfoundry.com or send an inquiry. Chen & Foundry works with AI-native startups, SaaS companies processing personal data, cross-border technology platforms, and regulated digital infrastructure companies.