Elite startup legal counsel that pays for itself.
AI-powered Startup General Counsel for everyday legal questions and quick reads to support good business decisions. Lawyer-managed automated processes to get your legal shit right from the start, available 24/7. When stakes are high, software customizations and humans are vetted and ready if you need them. You may never need to see an hourly bill again. Try your first question free.
Trusted by cost-savvy founders at
Run automated legal processes designed by
elite human attorneys to replace the pain of Biglaw.
Software for what software does best. Elite lawyers for the rest. If you need a human, Aegis finds and manages the right human lawyer from our Alliance network and delivers quick, intelligent referrals to specialists across every domain — so you always get the right expert, fast.
Allied firms led by
women
BIPOC
queer
Upload your mess. We'll make it investor-ready.
Getting screwed by what you don't know you don't know?
Most founders are.
Stop spending precious cash to get had by a broken legal system. If you got screwed by...
...blowing $47,000 on BigLaw and still don't understand what they did...
...or ChatGPT said your contract was fine, then you found out you couldn't enforce it...
...or used Clerky and Carta, but still needed $15K in lawyers to fix what you did wrong...
...we want to hear your Story, and give you a better ending.
Just ask our clients.
“Using lawyers who understand AI and the AI they create to scale our AI business is game-changing.”
Javi Palafox
Co-founder, happyrobot
“Working with Story LLP helped me understand my legal needs... and new legal strategies I wasn't aware of before.”
Jenn Limm
Co-founder, Delivering Hapiness
“We spend less to get more, and do things correctly and compliantly in real time. Running my company with the confidence that we are optimized on legal is priceless.”
Robyn Exton
Founder & CEO, Her App
“When any type of lawyer needs to be involved, Story LLP should be the first email and phone call that any founder makes.”
Dillon Zhang Forrest
CEO, Steady Capital
UNLIMITED GUIDANCE INCLUDED, PAID WORK AS NEEDED
Aegis doesn't just replace your lawyers - it saves YOU
money, time, and anxiety.
INFORMATION — Free for everyone
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"What does it take to get a trademark? How much is the filing fee?"
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"What kind of tax lawyer can answer my questions about QSBS?"
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"What's the difference between a corporation and an LLC?"
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"What's the difference between civil liability and criminal liability?"
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"Where can I find a lawyer who knows how to put my founder stock into an estate plan?"
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"Is this a question for a lawyer or an accountant?"
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"Do I need a lawyer in Phoenix or a specific expert to help me figure out whether I have a case?"
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"Can you help me get a lawyer to review this offer for a cofounder divorce?"
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"I just got this demand letter. What kind of lawyer should I hire?"
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"What kind of lawyer should I hire to help me with my corporate dissolution?"
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"I think someone is infringing my patent - what can I do about it?"
Figure out the best lawyer for your custom legal needs, hire them, and manage them. $2000 minimum and deposit required for fees, no retainer subscription required.
GUIDANCE — Included in your subscription
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"Help me issue stock to my new cofounder, we have plenty"
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"Hire an employee with an option grant and standard vesting schedule"
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"Help me onboard a marketing vendor"
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"Help me take a SAFE Investment"
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"What is my cap table, really? And what should be on it?"
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"Which contracts count as "material" for my investors?"
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"Do I need Terms of Service for my MVP? What's involved?"
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"Is this Term sheet market?"
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"Does my data room have what it needs for a Series A?"
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"What are our options for removing a cofounder?"
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"Should I convert my LLC to a corporation?"
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"Would a customer form help us?"
Unlimited guidance. Retainer subscription handles unlimited standard stuff with no hourly bill. Elite attorneys + AI that knows your company context to handle straightforward questions and needs fast.
WORK — Pay as needed (way less than BigLaw)
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"Review this contract and tell me: sign, walk, or negotiate?"
~$400-700/hr
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"Make me the optimal form of customer agreement"
~$400-700/hr OR INCLUDED in Aegis Deal
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"We never set up an option plan. Can you help us adopt one?"
~$500 flat fee
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"Convert my LLC to a corporation"
~$4000 flat fee
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"Draft Terms of Service for my product"
~$800-2,000 (vs $8,000-20,000 BigLaw)
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"Issue options to my team with a custom vesting schedule"
First draft included, then $55 to customize
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"I made a mistake with our initial stock issuance - can you help me fix it?"
$600-750/hr
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"What should I look out for in my pre-term sheet negotiations with investors?"
$600-750/hr
When you need humans to work or customizations, they're available from a subject matter expert - and Aegis helps, so you pay 70-95% less than BigLaw for the same work at equal or better quality.
Human-in-the-loop means hallucination-proof.
Don't drown in your (totally normal) legal mess.
Story's Aegis platform gives founders fast answers to easy questions, offers them meaningful background about hard ones, and guides their efficient legal spending - so founders save time, money, and anxiety for their businesses.
Repeat founders learned the value of getting legal right from the start - the hard way.
“I spent $350,000 of my exit value fixing stupid mistakes I didn't know I was making - and I paid tons of money to lawyers to do it. Never again. Glad to have Story get things right for me next time.”
— Serial founder, asked to remain anonymous
Choose your startup adventure.
Aegis Start
Get equity, IP, governance, and commercial legal basics right so you get the best bang for your legal bucks in the long run.
$320
/month
$3,839/year
Save $349/year
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Private data room - share with investors and lawyers in bulk only
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Basic cap table (summary of equities and stakeholders, common stock and convertible investment only—no preferred stock)
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Basic data room (founder can view and email a link to the whole data room)
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Equity issuance (stock, options, SAFEs)
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Hiring and firing
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Compliant legal processes
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Unlimited "lawyer wisdom" questions (AI-powered legal knowledge)
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Unlimited matter management and specialist sourcing
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3 Admin seats included
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Unlimited Assistant seats (free)
Pre-VC Startups getting their legal house in order
Aegis Raise
Everything in Start, plus: Automate diligence-prep work, analyze term sheets, and get Series A-ready or exit-ready.
$833
/month
$9,999/year
Save $1,989/year
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Everything in Aegis Start, plus:
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Growth cap table (pro formas, preferred stock series, waterfall analysis)
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Growth data room (granular document group sharing permissions for investor invitees, revoke access)
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Diligence management and checklist automation
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Term sheet analysis
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Pro forma investment or exit modeling
Startups preparing for or managing institutional investment rounds and preferred stock financings, or approaching an exit
Aegis Deal
Add-onAegis Deal
Add-onAutomate Enterprise customer contracting and get tools to make expert human lawyers more efficient and lower billable hours.
Add to either plan — b2b startups with significant enterprise/commercial contracting needs
+
$833
/mo
Save $1,989/year
Not sure which plan? Compare all plans
Finally, a lawyer that understands #founderlife.
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