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Has anyone here tried Atlas (https://stripe.com/atlas https://stripe.com/atlas)? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

by ttmarek 10y ago

mkagenius 10y ago
Awesome experience. We were already incorporated in India and had gone through a month long process of back and forth to finally get the company registered. Scanning copies, attaching it to emails. Re-sending the documents when something was a miss. Lot of pain. While in stripe it was a breeze. We got incorporated + a bank account in 3 days, I guess. Signatures were online, no hardcopy or anything. (and the 15K aws credits) edit: Hey @cmadan, my email is <my_username>@gmail.com
- cmadan 10y ago
  Do you mind sharing your email address? We are in a similar situation (India incorporated) and exploring incorporation in USA. Have a few questions.
BinaryIdiot 10y ago
I was invited to try it but haven't pulled the trigger yet (I'm currently working on simex.io, an A.I. related project, on the side and am trying to get closer to launch and monetization testing before incorporating). I am very, very interested in people's thoughts regarding it!
gallonofmilk 10y ago
we were turned down because we aren't located in a disadvantaged country... (in usa). kind of lame tbh.
- pc 10y ago
  It sounds like there was some confusion here -- you do not by any means have to be from a "disadvantaged" country. Can you email me (patrick@stripe.com) and tmf@stripe.com so that we can investigate what happened?
  - morgante 10y ago
    It might be worth clarifying that on the website. I looked into Atlas and definitely got the impression that it's only for non-US businesses.
pbreit 10y ago
I'd love to see a Stripe Atlas directed at US startups. I don't see why incorporating should be so expensive and laborious.
- pc 10y ago
  US startups are very welcome to use Atlas -- many already have!
  - wj 10y ago
    I was turned down. Have you opened it to everybody?
    - pc 10y ago
      Hm -- can you drop me a note? (patrick@stripe.com.) I'd like to dig into why. It's still invite-only but you shouldn't have been turned down because you're in the US.
      - wj 10y ago
        Just got an invite in my mailbox. Thanks for following up! Love what you guys are doing.
      - boraturan 10y ago
        Patrick, it would be great if you could open a msg forum for Atlas companies, like YCnews.
- wj 10y ago
  I haven't done it yet but I just found that Gust offers a similar service to Atlas with a notable difference being that Atlas opens the back account for you. But, based on Patrick's comment, maybe Atlas is now open for everybody.
elmar 10y ago
did a google search and found this Why Stripe Atlas is Bad for Foreigners? http://flagtheory.com/stripe-atlas/ http://flagtheory.com/stripe-atlas/

Has anyone here tried Atlas (https://stripe.com/atlas https://stripe.com/atlas)? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

by ttmarek 10y ago

Has anyone here tried Atlas (https://stripe.com/atlas https://stripe.com/atlas)? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

Awesome experience. We were already incorporated in India and had gone through a month long process of back and forth to finally get the company registered. Scanning copies, attaching it to emails. Re-sending the documents when something was a miss. Lot of pain. While in stripe it was a breeze. We got incorporated + a bank account in 3 days, I guess. Signatures were online, no hardcopy or anything. (and the 15K aws credits) edit: Hey @cmadan, my email is <my_username>@gmail.com

cmadan 10y ago
Do you mind sharing your email address? We are in a similar situation (India incorporated) and exploring incorporation in USA. Have a few questions.

BinaryIdiot 10y ago

I was invited to try it but haven't pulled the trigger yet (I'm currently working on simex.io, an A.I. related project, on the side and am trying to get closer to launch and monetization testing before incorporating). I am very, very interested in people's thoughts regarding it!

gallonofmilk 10y ago

we were turned down because we aren't located in a disadvantaged country... (in usa). kind of lame tbh.

pc 10y ago
It sounds like there was some confusion here -- you do not by any means have to be from a "disadvantaged" country. Can you email me (patrick@stripe.com) and tmf@stripe.com so that we can investigate what happened?
- morgante 10y ago
  It might be worth clarifying that on the website. I looked into Atlas and definitely got the impression that it's only for non-US businesses.

pbreit 10y ago

I'd love to see a Stripe Atlas directed at US startups. I don't see why incorporating should be so expensive and laborious.

pc 10y ago
US startups are very welcome to use Atlas -- many already have!
- wj 10y ago
  I was turned down. Have you opened it to everybody?
  - pc 10y ago
    Hm -- can you drop me a note? (patrick@stripe.com.) I'd like to dig into why. It's still invite-only but you shouldn't have been turned down because you're in the US.
    - wj 10y ago
      Just got an invite in my mailbox. Thanks for following up! Love what you guys are doing.
    - boraturan 10y ago
      Patrick, it would be great if you could open a msg forum for Atlas companies, like YCnews.
wj 10y ago
I haven't done it yet but I just found that Gust offers a similar service to Atlas with a notable difference being that Atlas opens the back account for you. But, based on Patrick's comment, maybe Atlas is now open for everybody.

elmar 10y ago

did a google search and found this Why Stripe Atlas is Bad for Foreigners? http://flagtheory.com/stripe-atlas/ http://flagtheory.com/stripe-atlas/