Building the compliance infrastructure layer that makes business licensing simple, affordable, and programmable for every platform and entrepreneur.
We believe every small business deserves affordable access to compliance guidance. The gap between free DIY research and $1,000+/year managed compliance services is unacceptable. Founders spend days googling permit requirements across fragmented .gov websites, and one missed license can mean fines, forced closure, or worse.
We're building the compliance infrastructure layer that business platforms can embed - so that any SaaS tool, formation service, or banking app can instantly tell their users exactly what licenses and permits they need, where to apply, and what it costs.
Every year, 5.5 million new business applications are filed in the US. Each of those businesses needs somewhere between 3 and 7 licenses and permits just to operate legally. The requirements vary wildly by city, county, and state - and they change constantly.
Non-compliance is not a minor inconvenience. It means fines ranging from $500 to $10,000+, forced business closure, lease termination clauses triggered, and inability to open business bank accounts. Yet there is no affordable, multi-state solution that gives structured, programmatic access to this data.
Business owners are left to navigate dozens of .gov websites, call county clerk offices, and piece together requirements from outdated PDF guides. Lawyers charge $300+/hour for advice that could be automated. The compliance data exists - it's just scattered, unstructured, and inaccessible.
We're taking an API-first, developer-friendly approach to compliance data. Instead of building yet another portal that business owners have to visit, we're building the infrastructure that lets any platform deliver compliance guidance where users already are.
Every license and permit requirement stored as structured data - jurisdiction, business type, fees, renewal periods, application URLs, and processing times.
AI-powered extraction from .gov source websites to build and maintain our requirements database at scale. Human review ensures accuracy.
Automated checks against source websites every quarter to catch requirement changes, fee updates, and new regulations before they impact users.
Starting with the top 100 US cities by business formation volume, then expanding to full national coverage based on API demand.
Several converging trends make this the right time to build compliance infrastructure.
New business applications have surged since 2020 and remain at historically high levels, creating massive demand for compliance guidance.
Founders are forming LLCs in states where they don't live - Wyoming, Delaware, Nevada - creating multi-state compliance complexity they can't navigate alone.
Neobanks, fintech platforms, and embedded finance providers need compliance checks as part of onboarding - and they need it via API, not manual review.
New regulations around data privacy, home-based businesses, and gig economy workers are adding permit requirements that didn't exist five years ago.
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