If you are in college or grad school (or have graduated in the past year) and want to start a startup, we can help. For the next 30 days, we’re lowering our fee to $50. You’ll also get $20,000 of fee-free payment processing on Stripe. 🎓🚀
Less than 20% of startups have a female founder. To help more women start companies, we’ll waive the one-time $500 formation fee for any founder who uses this link by October 15:
Atlas now files your 83(b) election for you.
✍️ Sign your pre-filled form with one click
📬 We send it to the IRS using USPS Certified Mail
📃 Your signed 83(b) and a proof of filing are stored in the Dashboard
Available free with Atlas.
Finally, no more waiting on the IRS. Atlas companies can now start banking *before* an EIN is ready. ⏩🏦
Hire and fundraise asap after incorporation. Save weeks in potential delays with our first pending-EIN partner
@mercury
. (They 2x'd their cash back to $1K for C corps too.)
It’s
@ycombinator
application season—which means that we’re helping Stripe Atlas members apply to YC!
If you’re an Atlas member, email us at atlas
@stripe
.com and a Stripe employee will give you feedback on your YC application.
We've partnered with
@webflow
so Stripe Atlas founders can get 50% off an annual CMS site plan! Startups like
@Lattice
,
@Getaround
, and
@Petal
have used Webflow to build their websites with no or minimal code.
Atlas founders: access this discount in your Stripe Dashboard.
We think there *still* aren’t enough sustainability-related startups. If you’re building one, we can help you form your company! ✅🌎🚀
Until December 1st, we’re lowering the Stripe Atlas setup fee to $50 USD for sustainability-related startups: .
Did you get an interview for the
@ycombinator
S20 batch? We’re happy to help you prepare!
Email us at yc-interviews
@stripe
.com to schedule a remote mock interview. 📹💻
Stripe Atlas founders now have VIP onboarding and a 25% discount for
@MainStreet
, which helps startups find eligible tax credits (up to $250,000 a year). Get connected with a MainStreet representative for more details: .
We joined the
@ObamaFoundation
this week to coach and mentor the entrepreneurs selected for their Leaders: Africa program. It was wonderful—and gave us an excuse to hang out with the seven
@atlas
members selected as Leaders!
#ObamaLeaders
🎊 We’re helping Stripe Atlas members apply to
@ycombinator
’s Summer 2019 batch! 🎊
If you’re an Atlas member, visit to have a Stripe employee give you feedback on your YC application.
If you are in college or grad school (or have graduated in the past year) and want to start a startup, we can help. For the next 30 days, we’re lowering our fee to $50. You’ll also get $20,000 of fee-free payment processing on Stripe. 🎓🚀
We worked with
@ycombinator
to write a guide to pitching your early stage startup. It’s filled with guidance from
@mwseibel
,
@collision
, and YC alumni:
We’re excited to announce a brand new partnership with
@Stripe
@atlas
to help you turn your business idea into a startup rocketship 🚀. Get $500 when you use Atlas to incorporate your business and sign up for Ramp (terms apply). Claim this offer:
We worked with
@ycombinator
to update our guide to pitching your startup. It now includes tips from
@mwseibel
and YC companies. (YC applications are due March 24.)
The State of Delaware is experiencing abnormal incorporation delays due to staffing shortages. We're working closely with Delaware to ensure Atlas companies get priority processing to reduce wait times. (We'll cover the additional cost.)
We'll keep you updated–DM any questions.
📣 Attention founders! Interested in applying to
@ycombinator
for Summer 2023? Stripes are back this year to help review your application and give feedback. Get in touch before March 31 at .
If you were invited to interview for YC W21, we’re happy to help you get ready! Shoot us an email at yc-interviews
@stripe
.com with your interview date and we’ll connect you with a Stripe employee who can share tips and help with your pitch before the big day.
We’re helping Stripe Atlas founders apply to
@ycombinator
’s Summer 2020 batch! 📝
Founders: Share your application with us via the Atlas Community and we’ll give you feedback.
In the past five years, over 20,000 businesses have started with Stripe Atlas and have generated over $3 billion in revenue. We surveyed over 1,000 Atlas founders to get a snapshot of this generation of entrepreneurs and their needs—here’s what we found: .
We're helping Stripe Atlas founders apply to
@ycombinator
's Winter 2022 batch! 📝
Founders: Share your application with us and we'll give you feedback.
If you were invited to interview for the
@ycombinator
Summer 2021 batch, the Stripe team can help you prepare! Book a mock interview with us at , and in the meantime, check out our guide to pitching: .
If you were invited to interview for the
@ycombinator
W22 batch, the Stripe team can help you with a mock interview! Fill out this form to get in touch: .
Great product management organizations help companies set product vision and help teams execute successfully. But how do you actually build a strong PM organization?
@EladGil
explains:
Announcing: AngelList + Stripe Atlas
Founders starting on AngelList now get Stripe Atlas incorporation + AngelList cap table, fundraising, and banking—all in one sign-up.
Over 65,000 companies have started with AngelList or Stripe Atlas. Now founders can easily use both.
Founders typically look for first team members in their personal networks, but what do you do when you have to hire people you don’t personally know?
@annelizdiemer
explains how to hire people after you’ve exhausted your personal network:
💌
to: founders
cc: internet
subject: [changelog]
@stripe
@atlas
We’ve made a bunch of improvements to starting an internet company:
- Company name search
- Visual cap table
- Sign docs with one click
- ETAs
- Faster EINs
- Pre-filled 83(b)
- Free payments
- Perks
- More access
Are you a Stripe Atlas founder applying to the
@ycombinator
W21 batch? We can help with your application! Log in to the Stripe Atlas Community to get started: . 📝
We've been spending IRL time with Stripe Atlas founders to hear their stories and learn from them. We've made a video series of their advice for new entrepreneurs. New episodes air Tuesday and Thursdays in May. 👇
📣 Announcement: Starting a company on
@AngelList
is now powered by Stripe
@Atlas
!
We're thrilled to help AngelList founders incorporate and be automatically set up with AngelList’s banking, cap table, and fundraising products.
Learn more at .
Running a business can be overwhelming—especially if you don't have a plan in place to protect your mental health.
Psychologist and entrepreneur, Dr. Sherry Walling (
@zenfounder
), shares tips to help you manage the stress of being an online entrepreneur:
Thanks to all who attended our meetup in Lagos, Nigeria with
@paystack
! 🇳🇬
@ijomablessing
shared her story of creating her startup with Stripe Atlas. She's building
@hourspent
to help businesses scale with teams of skilled digital service providers. 👩💻🌍
Join us over lunch today on Clubhouse! At 12:30 PM PT,
@danielgross
of
@pioneerdotapp
talks with us about trends in crypto and the de-emphasis of location in entrepreneurship.
Don't be late! 20 people will get a copy of
@stripepress
's Working in Public.
“Should you charge enterprise customers for pilots?”
In his Q&A session with Stripe Atlas members,
@steli
explained how to price your product, sell it to customers, and build a sales team:
Join us on Dec 1 for a fireside chat with
@andrewchen
, partner at
@a16z
and author of The Cold Start Problem. We’ll discuss how to scale a company with network effects & discuss strategies used by high-growth companies (like Lyft, Slack, & Zoom). Register:
Seamless, online communication with your team, customers, and partners is more important than ever.
@Stripe
@Atlas
startups can now get
@SlackHQ
’s paid features like unlimited apps and message history at 25% off for the first year! Learn more at .
Starting January 1, 2024, companies must report beneficial ownership information to the US Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). How and when to report: .
We'll keep you updated as FinCEN shares more details.
Drive more purchases by reaching customers and potential customers with the right email at the right time.
Val Geisler (
@lovevalgeisler
) shares best practices for building an impactful email program for your eCommerce business:
How did one engineer and one designer create
@moonlight_work
, a contractor hiring and management platform, with minimal resources? Co-founder
@emmalawler24
shares how the team built a profitable company using open source software and third-party tools:
There are 10.1 million words of U.S. tax code. We’re here to help! Learn what types of taxes U.S. businesses have to file and how to substantiate them:
Stripe Atlas members: If you share your
@ycombinator
application with us by Tuesday at 5pm PDT, a Stripe employee will give you feedback on how to improve it. Instructions are here 👉
🎊 We’re helping Stripe Atlas members apply to
@ycombinator
’s Summer 2019 batch! 🎊
If you’re an Atlas member, visit to have a Stripe employee give you feedback on your YC application.
Raising a seed round? Join our Feb 9 webinar featuring
@pulley
founder
@yinyinwu
, who raised over $10 million from
@stripe
,
@generalcatalyst
, and
@hustlefundvc
. Learn how to run a tight fundraising process while optimizing equity and valuations.
For founders outside the US, we’re seeing unusually long EIN processing times (i.e., 5–15 weeks). We’re working with the IRS to reduce delays and will keep people updated by email.
For US founders, EIN processing times are still 1–2 business days.
You can now incorporate a company and get ready to fundraise quickly with Atlas and
@Cartainc
.
1️⃣ Sign up for Carta Launch
2️⃣ Atlas incorporates your company and obtains your tax ID (EIN)
3️⃣ Your cap table is set up and you're ready to fundraise
If you’re a member of Stripe Atlas, we’d be happy to share feedback on your YC application. We’re also hosting an AMA with
@mwseibel
in the Stripe Atlas Forum.