I'm happy frontend won, the bullying up there was tough love.

My favorite part was meeting ppl — all the undercover creators and normal ppl.

(I don't think creators are normal)

Good night. I touched enough grass, time to touch my bed.

🚀 How I Created a US LLC (Wyoming) to Publish iOS Apps as a Company (From Ethiopia)

If you want your App Store publisher name to be a company (not your personal name), here’s the exact path I used:

LLC → EIN → D-U-N-S → Apple Developer (Organization)

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🧩 1. Register a Wyoming LLC

Choose a company name

Look if it is not taken here: https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/FilingSearch.aspx

Register the LLC here: https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/

I used Wyoming Agents as my registered agent.

Wyoming Agents: https://www.wyomingagents.com/

Why this route:

Simple onboarding
Handles filings cleanly
Works well for non-US founders

💰 Costs:

$100 → Wyoming state filing (one-time)
~$25–$100/year → Registered agent
$63/year → Wyoming state annual fee
$100/year → Wyoming Agents reporting service (optional)
→ You can skip this if you file the annual report yourself

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🧾 2. Get Your EIN (Most Important Step)

This is where most people get stuck.

If you don’t have a US SSN/ITIN, you must use IRS Form SS-4.

📄 Download:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fss4.pdf

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⚠️ How to Fill SS-4 (Critical Fields)

Line 1 → Your LLC name (e.g., Novarch LLC)
Line 4 → Use your registered agent address
Line 7a → Your name
Line 7b → Write “Foreign”
Line 8a → Yes (LLC)
Line 8b → 1 member
Line 9a → “Other” → write:
Foreign-owned US Disregarded Entity
Line 10 → Started new business
Line 16 → Software / App Development

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📠 Sending the Form (Sensitive Part)

You are sending this directly to the IRS.

Options:

Fax (recommended):
+1 304-707-9471

Phone (fastest):
+1 267-941-1099

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🧠 Important Notes (From Experience)

Add a cover page:

Foreign-owned US LLC EIN request
Company: [Your LLC Name]
Responsible Party: [Your Name]
Email: [your email]

If you don’t include a return fax number, they may reply by mail
Make sure:
Your LLC name matches exactly
Address matches your registered agent
No typos (this causes delays)

⏱️ Timeline:

3–7 business days (fax)
Instant (if successful via phone)

📄 Output:

You receive a CP575 letter (EIN confirmation)

Keep this forever.

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🏢 3. Get a D-U-N-S Number

Apple requires this.

Request (free):
https://www.dnb.com/duns-number/get-a-duns.html

⏱️ Takes: 1–5 days

Make sure:

Company name matches EIN exactly
Address is consistent

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🌐 4. Set Up Domain + Work Email

Apple expects a domain-based email.

Example:

hello@yourcompany.com

Tools:

Porkbun (domain)
Zoho / Google Workspace (email)
Netlify (simple site)

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🍎 5. Enroll in Apple Developer (Organization)

https://developer.apple.com/programs/enroll/

Choose:
→ Organization

You’ll need:

D-U-N-S number
Company email
Phone verification

💰 Cost:

$99/year

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🎯 Final Result

Your App Store seller name becomes:

Your Company Name (e.g., Novarch LLC)
—not your personal name.

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⚠️ Don’t Ignore This

Every year:

Wyoming annual fee → $63
IRS filing (Form 5472 + 1120) → required
Optional agent filing → $100 (or do it yourself)

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🧠 Quick Summary

Register LLC (Wyoming Agents)
Apply EIN (SS-4 → fax IRS)
Get D-U-N-S
Set up domain email
Enroll in Apple Developer

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I build apps for the iPhone. @XcodeAndChill

I started coding at 13 because I needed money to help my family. That was the whole reason.

No CS degree. No team. No funding. Just me in Addis Ababa, building things and hoping they’d work.

My cofounder Alazar Solomon and I shipped 7 products. Got into Founders Inc in San Francisco.

But every single product taught me the same thing:
The ops layer will kill you before your idea ever gets the chance to.

We were spending 60 hours a week on outreach, invoices, content, finance, customer support — things that had nothing to do with why we started building in the first place.

And I kept meeting other founders with the same problem. Especially AI founders.

Building fully automated products for their customers. Running their own companies completely manually.

That irony broke my brain.

So we built RAVN.
An AI-native OS for AI-native companies. Every function of your business runs autonomously. You approve the 4 decisions a day that actually need a human.

My cofounder Alazar Solomon and I built this because I needed it. Because my dad needed me to need it.

If you’re building an AI-native company in 2026, this was made for you.

RAVN