Founder preparation workspace

Understand what QSBS depends on before the big tax conversation.

QSBS.ai guides founders through the key facts that may matter for Section 1202, explains each step in plain English, and creates an advisor-ready QSBS Discussion Brief.

Guided Interview

One question at a time with clear explanations.

Understand

Learn what may matter for QSBS in plain English.

Advisor-Ready Brief

Organized facts and talking points for review.

Find the Right Professional

Connect with trusted QSBS advisors when ready.

Q

QSBS Agent

What is your company's legal structure?

Why this matters

Certain legal structures may be more aligned with QSBS requirements.

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QSBS Discussion Brief

Draft
Potential Positive Indicators
Items to Verify
Possible Red Flags
Next Steps & Questions for Advisor

Guided interview → QSBS Discussion Brief → Advisor conversation

Preparation only. Not tax or legal advice.

Fact-dependent workflow

QSBS preparation is a fact-gathering problem first.

QSBS conversations often slow down because key facts are scattered across formation documents, stock records, cap tables, and memory. QSBS.ai helps organize those facts before the professional review.

01

Answer guided questions

The interview asks about formation, issuance, shareholder, asset, business activity, transfer, and document facts.

02

Keep uncertainty visible

Not sure and unknown answers are preserved as review items instead of being forced into conclusions.

03

Bring a better brief

The output helps a CPA or attorney focus on documents, open questions, fact gaps, and next steps.

Interview workspace

One question at a time

Guided

Did you receive the stock directly from the company?

Answer, add notes, or mark not sure / unknown. The goal is to preserve reviewable facts, not produce a qualification result.

Progress by question category
Facts collected from answers
Document hints to gather next
Review screen before brief creation
Product preview

A guided interview that preserves uncertainty.

The interview keeps the founder focused on one clear question at a time while the side panel shows progress, captured facts, possible document needs, and the trust boundary.

Discussion brief

Turn scattered facts into a review-ready structure.

The sample brief shows the target document format: company facts, potential positive indicators, items to verify, possible review issues, document requests, and advisor questions.

Open Sample Brief

QSBS Discussion Brief

Fictional founder scenario

Preparation only. Not tax or legal advice.

Company fact summary
Stock and shareholder fact summary
QSBS dependency map
Items to verify
Documents to gather
Questions for professional
Trust boundary

Built for preparation, not advice.

Preparation only. Not tax or legal advice. QSBS.ai does not provide tax, legal, accounting, investment, or financial advice and does not determine QSBS eligibility. Outputs are designed as a discussion brief to review with a qualified professional.

No tax, legal, accounting, investment, or financial advice.
No QSBS determination or final conclusion.
Unknown answers remain visible for professional review.
Next step

Start with the facts you know. Mark the rest for review.

The Sprint 02 interview is local-only and focused on structure. It helps prepare better questions for a qualified professional.