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Free co-founder agreement,
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What should a co-founder agreement include?

A co-founder agreement should define equity percentages, vesting schedule, roles and responsibilities, decision-making authority, IP assignment to the company, salary or compensation, and what happens if a founder leaves. Legitt AI generates all key provisions and flags the most common cause of startup failure — undefined founder exits.

  • Equity split & vesting schedule
  • Roles, responsibilities & decision rights
  • IP assignment to the company
  • AI flags missing founder exit terms
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Purpose-built AI capabilities for this exact use case — not a generic tool adapted for contracts.

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Enter founder details, equity splits, vesting schedule, and roles — Legitt AI generates a complete co-founder agreement in seconds.
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Flags missing vesting cliff periods, absent IP assignment clauses, and undefined founder departure terms.
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Define founding terms
Enter co-founder details, equity percentages, vesting schedule, and roles. Takes under 2 minutes.
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AI drafts & reviews
A complete co-founder agreement is generated and scanned for equity gaps, IP risks, and missing departure terms.
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All founders eSign. Store securely and track vesting schedules and equity milestones from your dashboard.
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"Our co-founder left after 6 months and wanted to keep his equity. Legitt AI's vesting cliff clause meant he got nothing. That saved our company."
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Varun S.
CEO & Founder, BuildFast
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"The AI flagged that our co-founder agreement had no IP assignment clause. All the early code would have belonged to the individual founders, not the company."
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Alice W.
CTO, TechLaunch
All IP properly assigned to company
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"Every startup I advise signs a co-founder agreement before they write a single line of code. Legitt AI makes that conversation easy."
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Startup Advisor & Angel Investor
12 startups launched cleanly

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Is a co-founder agreement legally binding in India?

Yes. Co-founder agreements are binding under the Indian Contract Act 1872. They work alongside Articles of Association and shareholders agreements to govern the founding team relationship.

What is a vesting cliff in a co-founder agreement?

A vesting cliff is a minimum period — typically 12 months — that a founder must serve before any equity vests. If they leave before the cliff, they receive nothing. Legitt AI includes a 12-month cliff by default.

What happens to a co-founder's equity if they leave the company?

This depends on the contract. Our templates cover good leaver, bad leaver, and involuntary departure scenarios with different equity outcomes for each. Legitt AI flags if these distinctions are missing.

Why is IP assignment critical in a co-founder agreement?

Without IP assignment, any IP created by individual founders before or during the company's existence may belong to those individuals, not the company. This creates serious issues for investors and acquirers. Legitt AI flags this by default.

Is my co-founder agreement data secure on Legitt AI?

Yes. All data is AES-256 encrypted. Legitt AI is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified. We never train AI models on your contract data.

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