Corporate records
Corporate records keeps the legal Company behind a Startup: formation, officers, registered office, filings, board resolutions and good standing.
Every annual filing runs on a clock it watches.
Summary
| Part | This System |
|---|---|
| Group | Legal and corporate |
| Status | Beta: it works, and its Verbs may still change |
| Shelf | Front: offered from a Startup’s first days |
You can ask:
- “Record the board’s approval”
- “Is the company in good standing?”
- “File the annual report”
- “Incorporate the company in Delaware”
- “Close the company down”
What you get
| Part | This System |
|---|---|
| Starts | On for every Startup at creation, with nothing to install. |
| Built from | Database, Workflows, Company formation, Registered agent, Annual compliance |
Nouns it owns
| Noun | Definition |
|---|---|
| Company | A Company is a legal entity that holds Startups, signs Agreements, and owns equity, authority, and profit rights. |
Verbs
| Verb | Object | Approval | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company.incorporate | Company | Asks first; waits 1 business day | Company.incorporated |
| Company.register | Company | Asks first; waits 1 business hour | Company.registered |
| Company.submit | Company | Asks first; waits 1 business hour | Company.submitted |
| Company.dissolve | Company | Asks first; waits 1 business day | Company.dissolved |
Events
| Direction | Event | How |
|---|---|---|
| Emits | Company.incorporated | By Company.incorporate |
| Emits | Company.registered | By Company.register |
| Emits | Company.submitted | By Company.submit |
| Emits | Company.dissolved | By Company.dissolve |
States
The lifecycle of a Company:
| State | Meaning | Moves to |
|---|---|---|
forming (first) | Its founders, jurisdiction and shares are chosen, and no formation filing is accepted yet. | incorporated by Company.incorporate |
incorporated | A registered legal entity that signs Agreements, holds accounts and owns equity. | dissolved by Company.dissolve |
dissolved | Wound up, with its final returns filed and every record kept. | None: it ends here. |
Who operates it
| Part | This System |
|---|---|
| Accountable | Legal Lead |
| Team | Legal Team |
| Seat | A role agent holds it until a Human is seated. |
| Autonomy | assist |
| Also calls its Verbs | Finance Lead, Payroll Specialist |
Approvals and limits
| Verb | Rule | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Company.incorporate | A person says yes first | Waits 1 business day |
| Company.register | A person says yes first | Waits 1 business hour |
| Company.submit | A person says yes first | Waits 1 business hour |
| Company.dissolve | A person says yes first | Waits 1 business day |
Processes that use it
| Process | How it uses it |
|---|---|
| Books | A step calls Company.register |
| Payroll | A step calls Company.submit |
| Incorporation | A step calls Company.incorporate |
| Company filings | A Workflow writes Company |
Rail underneath
| Capability | Runs on |
|---|---|
| Company formation | incorporations.legal |
| Registered agent | filings.legal |
| Annual compliance | filings.legal |
Views and dashboards
| View | Shows | Metrics |
|---|---|---|
| The Legal Lead’s view | The Metrics its accountable Role answers for. | Standard-terms share |
Access
What each Access level may call here.
| Access level | May call |
|---|---|
owner | Every Verb (8) |
admin | Only 4 of 8: Company.create, Company.get, Company.list, Company.update |
member | Only 4 of 8: Company.create, Company.get, Company.list, Company.update |
viewer | Read only (2 of 8) |
Import and export
None.
Fees and pricing
State filing fees and the registered agent’s fee pass through at cost, each posted as its own Entry.
Availability and limits
| Part | This System |
|---|---|
| Status | Beta: it works, and its Verbs may still change |
Compliance notes
Sworn filings carry an officer’s signature; who the officers are stays the founder’s.
Controls it carries:
Related Systems
Example
An Autonomous Dataset API graduates into its own Company. Corporate records files the formation, records the directors’ first resolutions, and schedules the annual report. The officers sign each filing from one queue.