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How do I read a startup equity offer letter and figure out what my stock options are actually worth before I accept the job?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How do I read a startup equity offer letter and figure out what my stock options are actually worth before I accept the job?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
startup employee stock options offer letter fully diluted shares 409A strike price liquidation preferences exercise window tax ISO NSO guideGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
IRS incentive stock options AMT 409A valuation employee stock options tax exercise rulesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparison50%ConsequenceReason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
startup employee stock options offer letter fully diluted shares 409A strike price liquidation preferences exercise window tax ISO NSO guide Google ↗
IRS incentive stock options AMT 409A valuation employee stock options tax exercise rules Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
startup employee stock options offer letter fully diluted shares 409A strike price liquidation preferences exercise window tax ISO NSO guide
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Comparison——1x
of 1
IRS incentive stock options AMT 409A valuation employee stock options tax exercise rules
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1