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Incorporate C-Corp — formation processIncorporate C-Corp
Set up a new Delaware C-Corporation with standard startup structure including bylaws, stock purchase agreements, and initial board resolutions.
Clerky/Stripe Atlas have limited APIs. System guides through the process, pre-fills known data, tracks progress, but cannot automate the filing itself.
Current agent ceiling
An agent can run 1 of 7 steps
⚡ Closable with today’s market (6 — via AI Research Agents, Browser Automation for Agents, Workflow Automation, Startup Legal & Incorporation, Cap Table & Equity): Choose formation service (a research agent can gather and compare the options — a human makes the pick); Submit incorporation filing (computer-use candidate — a browser agent can drive this deterministic web flow); Receive Certificate of Incorporation (a workflow with webhooks/polling watches this so no human has to); Adopt bylaws & initial resolutions (route the signature through an e-sign API instead of paper); Issue founder stock (draft the issuance on a cap-table platform’s API — the board still approves); File 83(b) election with IRS (a workflow with webhooks/polling watches this so no human has to)
How it runs
Route-coded block flow: emerald = agent, amber = manual form/portal, red = needs a human. ⏸ approval gate · ⏳ async wait.
01Choose formation service
human⚡ agentic workaround: a research agent can gather and compare the options — a human makes the pick — Elicit, top of AI Research Agents →
02Check name availability
agent1 API call
- GET /api/name-availability?state=DE&name={name}
03Submit incorporation filing
manual form1 API call
- clerky.incorporation.submit()(manual)
⚡ agentic workaround: computer-use candidate — a browser agent can drive this deterministic web flow — Steel, top of Browser Automation for Agents → · assisted, not autonomous — a human supervises; verify the portal’s terms allow automation
04Receive Certificate of Incorporation
human⚡ agentic workaround: a workflow with webhooks/polling watches this so no human has to — n8n, top of Workflow Automation →
05Adopt bylaws & initial resolutions
manual form⚡ agentic workaround: route the signature through an e-sign API instead of paper — Clerky, top of Startup Legal & Incorporation →
06Issue founder stock
manual form⚡ agentic workaround: draft the issuance on a cap-table platform’s API — the board still approves — Carta, top of Cap Table & Equity →
07File 83(b) election with IRS
human1 API call
- USPS certified mail to IRS(manual)
⚡ agentic workaround: a workflow with webhooks/polling watches this so no human has to — n8n, top of Workflow Automation →
Context the agent needs first: founder legal names (from the founder) · founder addresses (from the founder) · company desired name (from the founder) · equity split (from the founder) · equity vesting schedule (from the founder) · equity authorized shares (from the founder)
The market options
Each role resolves against its arena’s live leaderboard — the default is the process’s canonical vendor, alternatives ranked by agent-readiness.
Clerkydefault37/100 agent-ready
Ironclad37/100 agent-ready
Docusign37/100 agent-ready
Beglaubigt.de33/100 agent-ready
LegalZoom32/100 agent-ready- Stripe Atlas32/100 agent-ready
Firstbase0/100 agent-ready