Founder contracts made simple — AI-guided template drafting

Early-stage founders and small businesses struggle to get correct founder agreements—equity splits, vesting schedules, IP assignments—without paying $1k–$5k in one-off legal fees, and many of the 30M SMBs that spend roughly $3,000 per year on legal services collectively represent a $90B market. Non-lawyer founders and distributed teams face delays measured in days-to-weeks, inconsistent jurisdictional clauses, and real enforceability risk that can derail fundraising or exits. You could build an AI-guided template drafting platform that couples LLM-driven clause generation with a rules engine for jurisdiction-aware defaults, guided question flows, built-in e-sign workflows, and an optional attorney-review certification layer. Pricing would be productized (fixed-fee per document and team subscriptions), with integrations into cap tables, HR systems, and e-sign providers plus an audit trail to support due diligence and compliance. Timing is attractive: LLM-driven drafting and a clear buyer shift toward productized legal services reduce cost and turnaround time, while the rise of remote-first startups increases demand for standardized, cross-jurisdiction contracts; independent assessments (market score 92/100, revenue potential 88/100) support pursuing this now. To compete you must solve non‑technical barriers—rigorous multi-jurisdiction templates, transparent attorney provenance, malpractice coverage, and trust partnerships—which are operationally heavy but create durable differentiation beyond an LLM alone.