You shouldn’t. Dumb move.

The entire point of getting equity early is the long play. And more importantly, early-stage investors want their money spent on growth, not funding a very early exit for some contractor. Only a very dumb start-up would agree to this.

You just made $650,000 last year. Why so desperate?

Looking for donations but your post history says you book threesomes with escorts?

That’s a new one.

An LLC is maybe $100 in some places.

Grit and disagreeableness.

Yes, but the contract language allowing partial sales doesn’t. Half of the point of tag-along language is to enable a buyer to clear the cap table of LPs.

This doesn’t make a lot of sense. Tag-along rights allow LPs to join a sale if the GP is selling. What do “partial sales” have to do with it?

Five years? Get out of there already.

Warm intros are usually through existing contacts.

As I’m sure you know, there are thousands of AI start-ups, so raising capital might take a lot of effort. Good luck.

What are my options to liquidate my shares? Are there ways to do that without giving up equity?

Shares and equity are synonymous.

If you own at least 51%, why don’t you pay yourself what you want? Almost nothing in your post makes any sense.

Does the current idea have any validation from potential customers?

The time you’ve spent is a sunk cost. Only keep at it if you see real upside. Good luck.