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I love Stripe Atlas overall for the fast/excellent UX, but Clerky supports PBCs and a higher degree of customization (eg useful for incorporating for https://manifest.is since we had previously agreed on an informal equity split with a bunch of people). Hoping that now they'll have the best of both worlds!", "context": "incorporating a company", "use_case": "company incorporation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stripe acquires Clerky"}, {"id": 768639792, "item_id": 48039987, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48039987", "by": "nerdsniper", "date": "2026-05-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Boilerplate documents work fine for LLC, and Stripe Atlas helps with this.", "excerpt": "Replying to a deleted comment: > They're wrong about the Delaware franchise tax. \"The minimum tax is $175.00 for corporations using the Authorized Shares method and a minimum tax of $400.00 for corporations using the Assumed Par Value Capital Method.\" [0] That is the \"save a few hundred dollars\" I was talking about. I did get the # of shares threshold wrong, it needs to be <= 5,000. > They're wrong about the foreign ", "context": "", "use_case": "Company incorporation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy"}, {"id": 733458800, "item_id": 45841175, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45841175", "by": "Aurornis", "date": "2025-11-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There are even services like Stripe Atlas that will walk you through incorporating", "excerpt": "> The rules are too complex to start a business. I really don't think this is the reason. It's easier than ever to start a business now that there are so many free, accessible resources to help you through the process. There are even services like Stripe Atlas that will walk you through incorporating, getting an EIN, and setting up your billing: https://stripe.com/atlas The reason few people start businesses is that ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "What if hard work felt easier?"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "akrolsmir", "context": "incorporating a company", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458135", "date": "2026-08-27"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["company incorporation"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455956", "title": "Stripe acquires Clerky", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48031684", "title": "Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47137711", "title": "Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45719090", "title": "What if hard work felt easier?", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 791403969, "item_id": 49462748, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49462748", "by": "rattray", "date": "2026-08-27", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I've used https://delawareinc.com/ to incorporate several companies over the years, and always had a good experience. Their website looks pretty old-school but it works well and their service is very prompt. So I wouldn't Stripe controls all of the early incorporation infrastructure \u2013 just the flashy stuff (which I'm sure is great too). (disclaimer: former Stripe employee)", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stripe acquires Clerky"}, {"id": 791330160, "item_id": 49458135, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458135", "by": "akrolsmir", "date": "2026-08-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love Stripe Atlas overall for the fast/excellent UX", "excerpt": "Oh awesome! I love Stripe Atlas overall for the fast/excellent UX, but Clerky supports PBCs and a higher degree of customization (eg useful for incorporating for https://manifest.is since we had previously agreed on an informal equity split with a bunch of people). 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LLC is superior to C-Corp for any pre-raise founders who don't have an extra $2,000 to >$10,000/year they're willing to part with for franchise taxes, \"foreign\" (di", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy"}, {"id": 754232272, "item_id": 47139517, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139517", "by": "zer00eyz", "date": "2026-02-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "https://stripe.com/atlas", "excerpt": "The thing is they have \"tooling\" to help create their own customers: https://stripe.com/atlas They also have a tax product, and a few other things that are in the orbit around payment processing. 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