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March 11, 2025

Why We're Building Parley

It's Time to Rethink How We Handle Agreements

It's Time to Rethink How We Handle Agreements

I can't remember the last time I felt good about signing a contract. Whether accepting a job offer, renting an apartment, or clicking "I agree" on yet another terms of service, there's always that nagging feeling: Do I really know what I'm signing?

I'm not a lawyer. You probably aren't either. Yet we're all expected to navigate complex legal documents with real consequences for our lives and businesses. The worst part? The tools we use to handle these agreements feel stuck in the 1990s.

Agreements Are Everywhere—and They're a Mess

Your professional life is full of contracts: employment agreements, client contracts, NDAs. Your personal life isn't much different: leases, loans, insurance policies. These documents shape your obligations and rights, yet most of us skim through them hoping for the best.

Word documents get emailed back and forth. PDFs need printing, signing, scanning, and sending again. Version control becomes a nightmare. Who approved what changes? Which draft is final? Maddening.

Microsoft Word wasn't built for contracts. Adobe Acrobat wasn't designed for collaboration. DocuSign solves the signature problem but nothing else. These tools are awkward, outdated, and frustrating.

Meet Parley: The Agreement Platform for Everyone

That's why we’re building Parley. We want a tool that empowers everyone—not just lawyers—to confidently manage agreements.

Parley lets you upload existing agreements or build new ones from scratch in a clean, user-friendly interface. Think o, but specifically tailored for agreements. No more clunky PDFs or formatting headaches.

Parley tackles three key problems that make agreements so painful today:

Clarity: Finally Understanding What You're Signing

Ever read a contract and felt like it was written in another language? Legal jargon can make even simple concepts bewildering.

Parley's Explain Mode breaks down complex terms instantly. Hover over a clause, and it explains the meaning in plain English. It highlights potential risks, responsibilities, and commitments without requiring a law degree.

Collaboration Done Right

Agreements aren't solo projects. They involve teams, clients, partners, and sometimes opposing parties. Parley is fundamentally multiplayer.

Working on a contract with Parley feels like using a modern collaborative tool, not wrestling with attachments and track changes. Everyone sees the same version. Comments and suggested edits appear in real-time. Review cycles, negotiations, and version control become seamless.

Designed for Actual Humans

Most importantly, Parley prioritizes user experience. Legal agreements are intimidating enough without fighting your software too.

We’re designing every feature with real users in mind: clean interfaces, intuitive workflows, smart defaults. The platform removes friction, saves time, and reduces stress.

Parley fits into modern work habits—not outdated conventions—and works how you expect it to work.

Why Now? The Cost of Bad Agreements

Poor agreement management isn't just annoying—it's expensive. Missed deadlines, overlooked clauses, and avoidable disputes cost businesses billions annually.

Last year, a friend's startup lost a major client because they missed a renewal deadline buried in contract fine print. Another colleague spent three extra weeks closing a deal because contracts bounced between email, Slack, and shared drives.

These aren't isolated incidents—they represent the daily friction that outdated agreement processes create. Parley eliminates these unnecessary hurdles.

The First Step in Reimagining Productivity

Parley is just the beginning. It's the inaugural product in our vision to replace dated productivity tools with modern, intuitive solutions.

We’re building software that aligns with how people actually work today—collaboratively, efficiently, and digitally. Agreements are just the first category we’re tackling.

The productivity suite of the future shouldn't feel designed for a different era—it should feel built specifically for you and how you work now.

Join Parley in Revolutionizing Agreements

We believe agreements shouldn't suck—and with Parley, they don't have to. We’re creating a smarter, simpler, and more secure way to handle contracts and legal documents.

Ready to leave outdated agreement tools behind? Join the waitlist and be among the first to experience a better way to handle agreements.

Nic Miller
, Founder
@ Parley
Nic Miller
, Founder
@ Parley
Nic Miller
, Founder
@ Parley

Nic is a generalist and specialist with deep insight for problem-solving. He fuses technical skill and creativity. With 7 years of startup experience, he’s skilled at creating software that cuts friction through superior user experience.

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