Forming a Company files its certificate, appoints its first directors and opens its cap table. A corporation is the default once a cofounder is seated or the Startup raises; an LLC only when the Decision records why.

Needs Startup

What you get

1Company formed in Delaware, its certificate filed and its first directors appointedCompany
1entity-type Decision: a corporation, or an LLC with the reason recordedDecision
1formation documents for you to sign as an officerDocument
1cap table with the founders’ sharesShare

Your agent does

Company.incorporate

You, to your agent

Form my company.

Incorporate Leaseline in Delaware.

Make Leaseline a real company.

# Company.incorporate
curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/companies/incorporate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"legalName":"Leaseline Inc.","jurisdiction":"US-DE"}'

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

await $.Company.incorporate({ legalName: 'Leaseline Inc.', jurisdiction: 'US-DE' })

npx startup-builder do Company.incorporate --json '{"legalName":"Leaseline Inc.","jurisdiction":"US-DE"}'

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Company.incorporate({ legalName: 'Leaseline Inc.', jurisdiction: 'US-DE' })"
  }
}

Change it

Make it an LLC, and record why.
Add my cofounder as a director.
Register it in another state where I hire.

Under the hood

Systems: Corporate records
Nouns: Company, Decision, Document, Share
Events: Company.incorporated

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