> Source: https://story.law/ · Last updated 2026-10-28 # Startup Legal on Easy Non-lawyers running company legal need a lawyer friend and General Counsel to get legal right, and now they have one. Meet Aegis: Lightning-fast automated processes from top-tier human lawyers. Lawyer logic built into your cap table and data room software so you just need to upload the mess. Lawyer-in-the-lead AI tools so you never sacrifice quality for affordability. Invite and accelerate any human lawyers you like, or find the perfect specialist in a flash through our invite-only, highly-vetted Attorney Alliance. 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Even human lawyers CAN be easier, though founder legal is mostly sh\*t you wish you didn’t have to deal with. Software does what it does better, inside human-supervised processes built by specialists. It stays private and privileged, and you choose the lawyers or use ours. Faster work for you and your lawyers means lower legal bills. ↓ Legal spend Prevent costly mistakes, handle emergencies well ↑ Legal quality Top-tier lawyers supervise and design ↓ Time lost to Legal Software does the busywork, you don't pay for it ↑ Deal velocity Cooperate better with your lawyers to move faster ↓ Legal anxiety Know what's happening, why, and when ↑ What you can afford Pay only for what generates ROI ↓ Legal spend Prevent costly mistakes, handle emergencies well ↑ Legal quality Top-tier lawyers supervise and design ↓ Time lost to Legal Software does the busywork, you don't pay for it ↑ Deal velocity Cooperate better with your lawyers to move faster ↓ Legal anxiety Know what's happening, why, and when ↑ What you can afford Pay only for what generates ROI ## What could make a *complex legal doc* easy? § 1How your legal work gets done You ~deleted: hadhad toto spendspend aa tonton ofof timetime diggingdigging forfor whatwhat you’reyou’re supposedsupposed toto dodo~inserted: cancan nownow quicklyquickly surfacesurface thethe askask thatthat mattersmatters andand dodo thethe minorminor stuffstuff rightright inin thethe background.background. 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Aegis commented On “surface the ask that matters … in the background”: One ask surfaces; the busywork runs itself. You know what’s happening, why, and when — without digging for it. 2. Aegis commented On “run automated processes … diligence-optimized”: Processes, not templates. A SAFE or an option grant runs end to end — signed, filed, diligence-ready before anyone asks. 3. Aegis commented On “focus lawyer spending on … judgment and human strategy work”: Top-tier lawyers design and supervise every process, so the hours you buy are judgment and strategy, not form-filling. 4. Aegis commented On “and on cap table, data room, automated processes, and investor management software”: Cap table, data room and investor tools are included — you pay for what generates ROI, and keep a human consigliere. Notes from Aegis · 4 1. Aegis commented On “surface the ask that matters … in the background”: One ask surfaces; the busywork runs itself. You know what’s happening, why, and when — without digging for it. 2. Aegis commented On “run automated processes … diligence-optimized”: Processes, not templates. A SAFE or an option grant runs end to end — signed, filed, diligence-ready before anyone asks. 3. Aegis commented On “focus lawyer spending on … judgment and human strategy work”: Top-tier lawyers design and supervise every process, so the hours you buy are judgment and strategy, not form-filling. 4. 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Running my company with the confidence that we are optimized on legal is priceless.” > > Robyn Exton > > Founder & CEO, Her App > ![Dillon Zhang Forrest](https://story.law/assets/static/dillon.DdS20vGP.jpeg) > > “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 ## Run guided legal processes designed by elite human attorneys to replace the pain of Biglaw. Software-run standard processes that mimic how lawyers work — checking files, enforcing optimal timing, etc. When you need custom help from a human, we find and manage the right human lawyer from our Alliance network of vetted specialists, and deliver quick, targeted referrals to specialists across every domain — so you always get the right expert, fast. ## 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... ![Angela](https://story.law/assets/static/angela1.3Gg8z8E9.png) ...blowing $47,000 on BigLaw and still don't understand what they did... ![Philip](https://story.law/assets/static/philip1.C_Jgo5CJ.png) ...or ChatGPT said your contract was fine, then you found out you couldn't enforce it... ![Sophie](https://story.law/assets/static/sophie1.CkiHVzh3.png) ...or used Clerky and Carta, but still needed $15K in lawyers to fix what you did wrong... ...then you cobbled together **Carta** for your cap table and **Clerky** for your forms and **Common Paper** for more forms and **ChatGPT** for your (privilege-waiving ;/) questions and **Dropbox** plus a bunch of time to organize legal files and **DocuSign** to e-sign things... and then you have to hire lawyers to make sure you used them correctly, anyway. 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