Open-Source Sales Doc
Open Source Sales Agreements, by YCombinator
Open-Source Sales Doc launched on February 11, 2015 with 125 votes, #202 of 1,772 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.
What it does
The SAFE is the free, standardized agreement startups use to raise early money. Learn the instrument — forms, valuation caps, conversion — and how it works.
The open-source, simple agreement that lets investors fund your startup now for shares of stock later. Created at Y Combinator by Carolynn Levy in 2013 and used to raise over $15B+ for YC portfolio companies. A SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) is a short contract an investor signs to fund your startup now in exchange for the right to shares of stock in your startup later. It converts into shares automatically when your startup raises a priced round. "Send a SAFE" is the official tool by Y Combinator for sending SAFEs. It is the fastest way to generate, sign, and send a SAFE — in about two minutes. Use this prompt with your agent to create and manage your SAFEs. The prompt will…from ycombinator.com
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