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    "title": "When should W-Axis incorporate, and in which jurisdiction?",
    "status": "ENTITY_READY_DO_NOT_INCORPORATE_YET",
    "decision": "Prepare both structures now; incorporate only after the first real capital, paying-customer, payment, shared-equity, IP-or-liability, or contracting trigger.",
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      {
        "condition": "U.S. venture capital, YC, founder equity, employee options or venture-scale software",
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      },
      {
        "condition": "Sustained UK operations, UK contracts, customers, grants, team or local institutional work",
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        "condition": "Personal research, public site, free pilot or founder conversations only",
        "route": "REMAIN_FOUNDER_HELD"
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        "personal judgment assets"
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        "customer contracts",
        "institutional pilots"
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        "verification interfaces"
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    },
    "evidence_boundary": "Official sources establish filing rules and fees; the jurisdiction choice is Amy's public strategic judgment, not legal or tax advice.",
    "human_ratified": true,
    "last_human_ratified": "2026-08-14",
    "human_url": "https://waxislab.pages.dev/research/briefings/entity-ready-do-not-incorporate-yet",
    "sources": [
      "https://www.gov.uk/limited-company-formation/appoint-directors-and-company-secretaries",
      "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/verify-your-identity-for-companies-house",
      "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-fees-are-changing-from-1-february-2026",
      "https://www.gov.uk/dormant-company/dormant-for-companies-house",
      "https://www.gov.uk/prepare-file-annual-accounts-for-limited-company/overview",
      "https://corp.delaware.gov/paytaxes/",
      "https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i5472"
    ],
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