08volt

u/08volt


r/IRS•

Hello,

I have a Delaware C-Corp (formed via Stripe Atlas) with two foreign non-US shareholders, each owning 50%. We founded a company and generated some revenue in 2025.

Here’s our situation:

∙	No capital contributions were made by the shareholders 

∙	No loans between shareholders and the corporation

∙	No salaries or payments made to either shareholder

∙	No dividends distributed

∙	Both shareholders are foreign individuals (non-US residents/citizens)

∙	We are filing Form 1120 for tax year 2025

We’ve been researching Form 5472 and are unsure if we’re required to file it given that there were no direct financial transactions between the foreign shareholders and the corporation du

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r/SideProject•

My brother and I (both tech nerds) built Whappy as a side hustle, a no-code platform to create WhatsApp AI agents that qualify leads and book meetings.

❗️ Why? Leads from ads or forms die if you don’t follow up fast. WhatsApp’s 90%+ open rates are gold, but manual chats don’t scale.

🧩 What It Does: Drag-and-drop builder for AI agents. Pulls leads from Zapier/Google, asks custom questions, books via Calendly. Voice-ready, CRM-ready.

📈 Traction: Beta users got 63% more qualified leads.

💸 Plan: Free 14-day trial; usage-based subs after.

Check it: whappy.ai

Started as a hack to fix our lead gen pain. Now launching on Product Hunt! Roast it, suggest features, or share your lead gen hacks! h

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r/Startup_Ideas•

My brother and I created whappy.ai, a platform for building WhatsApp AI agents that qualify leads and book meetings automatically.

❗️ Problem: Leads from ads/forms go cold; manual follow-ups don’t scale. WhatsApp has 90%+ open rates but is a pain to manage.

✅ Idea: Drag-and-drop builder for AI agents. Pull leads from Zapier/Google/Ads, qualify with custom questions, book via Calendly. Voice-ready, CRM-integrated. 🎯 Target: Agencies, real estate, coaches—any sales team on WhatsApp. 📈 Traction: Beta users saw 63% more qualified leads. 💸 Model: Free 14-day trial; usage-based subs.

Try: whappy.ai

Viable startup? Markets to hit? Features to add?

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r/roastmystartup•

Cofounder here, my brother and I built whappy.ai from scratch, both with tech backgrounds, but we made it no-code so anyone can use it without our headaches. We’re launching on Product Hunt soon, but first, roast us alive: the idea, UX, pricing, whatever. We’ve poured sweat into this; tell us why it’ll flop or fly.

🚀 What Is Whappy?

Whappy is a no-code platform where you build AI agents for WhatsApp to automate lead qualification and appointment setting. It turns WhatsApp into your auto-pilot sales tool, handling follow-ups, custom questions, and bookings without a dev team.

❗️ The Problem We’re Solving

Businesses snag leads from ads, forms, or chats, but then? Manual follow-ups are slow

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r/shopify•

My brother and I have spent wayyy too many nights building something I think might actually help you.

We call it laxi.ai

It's a chatbot for your store, but one that actually helps sell stuff.

I got tired of seeing these fancy AI chatbots that just answer questions but never actually show products. Kinda defeats the purpose right?

It works with:

Shopify

WooCommerce

BigCommerce

Ecwid

pretty much anything else tbh

It learns your products and can actually recommend stuff to your customers based on what they're asking about. Like having a sales person who never sleeps (or complains lol).

We've been using it on our own store and its actually working. Setup was pretty e

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