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Agree.com is closing a gap that traditional e-signature platforms leave open. A signed contract feels like a finished deal, but the work isn’t really done until the payment clears. Agree.com combines free e-signatures with automated invoicing and payment processing in one platform. This gives revenue teams a single system instead of a patchwork of tools. The company works closely with founders, operations leaders, and finance teams (a.k.a the people who send agreements, collect signatures, and chase down payments.) Agree.com folds all three steps into one flow with the goal to provide revenue that runs itself. From agreements to billing, payments, collections, and reporting, Agree.com automates the entire contract-to-cash stack. The platform continues to expand its reach, working with companies of all sizes that want revenue to move without friction.
The partnership between co-founders Will Hubbard, COO, and Marty Ringlein, CEO, actually started at a poker table. Will was hosting a game for founders and investors in the Bay Area. Will was in the process of selling his first company and Marty had just sold his second company to Eventbrite around that same time. Will asked Marty for help making sense of a mountain of legal paperwork. That conversation sparked a friendship, working relationship, and the idea for Agree.com. Marty later introduced Will to longtime friend Evan Dudla, an experienced founder and software engineer to become co-founder and CTO. Marty and Will’s collaboration goes beyond the company too. They co-teach a course on AI and product development at Northwestern University, where they sometimes update their slides the night before class to keep up with how quickly the field is evolving. This is a reflection of how they work at Agree.com, staying flexible, moving quickly, and adapting as they build.
Let’s agree to Agree!
What’s Agree.com’s North Star?
Agree.com is an all-in-one contracting and billing platform built to put revenue on autopilot. Early on, our North Star was getting as many people as possible to send contracts through our free e-signature product. That created a viral loop: someone receives an agreement or pays an invoice through Agree.com, has a great experience, and wants to use it for their own business. Right now we’re focused on invoice volume and helping more established businesses (primarily companies doing seven or eight figures in revenue) run more of their contracting, invoicing, subscriptions, and payments through Agree.com.
What sets Agree.com apart?
We replace a fragmented workflow. Before Agree.com, companies often needed separate tools for e-signatures, invoicing, subscriptions, payments, accounting, CRM, and internal coordination. We bring those workflows into one place, helping teams collapse steps, improve visibility, and make their operations more efficient.
How does Agree.com inspire “customer love”?
The stories I love most are when someone receives an invoice through Agree.com and becomes a customer themselves. I recently onboarded someone who told me, “I just paid an invoice to somebody else on Agree.com, and it was so good that I reached out and booked a demo with you guys.” They wanted to give their own customers that same experience. We’ve signed some big AI companies like Anthropic, Cursor, Eleven Labs, as well as more traditional companies, like JPMorgan Chase. For me, it is incredibly meaningful to see those logos come through. It validates that Agree.com is becoming part of how serious companies actually do business.
How is AI changing what’s possible with Agree.com?
We create some really powerful “wow” moments with AI. Through our MCP server, customers can use Claude or ChatGPT to create agreements, send invoices, create subscriptions, update contacts, and run reports. I have finance teams tell me they can finally run highly specific reports they have wanted for years. We use it internally, too: Claude can review my meeting notes, identify when a prospect has said yes, generate the contract with the agreed pricing and contact information, and hand it to me ready to review and send. That level of automation can make an entire revenue workflow feel like it is on autopilot.
How has your background influenced your approach to building Agree.com?
I’m a repeat founder, and I have personally lived the accounts-receivable pain we are solving. I started my first business when I was about 22 and landed six-figure deals with Fortune 500 companies. Those contracts had net-60 payment terms, and I assumed that meant I would be paid on day 60. Instead, many of those companies paid months late. I was the person manually sending reminders and feeling like the bad guy just for asking to be paid. That experience shaped Agree.com’s founding thesis: e-signature is a commodity that people do not want to pay for, so we can offer it for free and build a much better payments and accounts-receivable business around it. My co-founders and I have brought that firsthand experience into many of our product decisions.
Any advice?
Prioritize your health, because if you’re not mentally, physically, and emotionally healthy, the business isn’t going to be healthy either.
Fun fact:
I rescued two small parrots. I found one on the side of the road, tried to find its owner through vets, pet stores, and flyers, and eventually realized it had likely been abandoned. Since parrots are social animals, I had to get her a companion. I never imagined I would become a bird person, but now I have two little parrots chirping away in the other room.
From the archives: Listen to Marty Ringlein with Andy Ambrose on the Venture Everywhere podcast: Let’s Agree to Agree.com. Now on Apple & Spotify. Check out all our past episodes here!
