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Startup incorporation, explained.

Understand the choices before you file. Start with the basics, see what your AI agent can handle, and follow the steps for a Delaware C-Corp or member-managed Florida LLC. General education, not legal advice.

How to start a company in the USChoose a structure, pick your formation workflow, and get from the first filing to ownership records, an EIN, and banking.
What is incorporation?Incorporate, form, register: what each means, what the filing does, and what it does not finish for you.
How to incorporate with an AI agentCan your AI open your company? How Codex, Claude Code, and other compatible agents connect to the real formation workflow.
How to incorporate a Delaware C-CorpThe nine steps in order, and why each exists: name, registered agent, certificate, bylaws, board consent, founder stock, EIN, 83(b), compliance.
How to form a Florida LLCMember-managed LLC formation through your agent: Articles, Sunshine registered agent, operating agreement, member signatures, and EIN preparation.
The 83(b) election, explainedWhy founders with vesting stock file it, how the 30-day IRS deadline works, and what missing it costs.
EIN for international foundersGetting a U.S. tax ID with no SSN, no ITIN, and no U.S. visit: the SS-4 routes that actually work.
What an AI agent legally can and cannot doThe exact line between what software may automate in an incorporation and what the law reserves for humans, and why it sits there.
Post-incorporation checklistEverything after the filing: EIN records, banking and KYC, 83(b) proof, stock ledger, IP assignments, franchise tax.
Register where you operateWhen a Delaware company needs registration in another state, what Texas charges, and how to track the review and evidence.
Delaware franchise tax, explainedThe March 1 deadline, the two calculation methods, and why the default bill startles startups with 10M authorized shares.

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