Employee Option Pool Calculator

Employee Option Pool Calculator MCP Connector for Claude

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Calculate optimal equity option pool sizes for future hiring plans.

4 tools Official Updated Oct 1, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

This MCP server provides specialized tools to help companies plan their equity needs. Use calculate_pool_requirement to determine the total equity needed for upcoming hires, simulate_dilution to understand the impact on current shareholders, project_grant_allocation to see how equity is distributed across cohorts, and estimate_attrition_buffer to adjust for expected employee departures.

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4 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

calculate_pool_requirement

Determines the total percentage of equity needed for the upcoming hiring plan

estimate_attrition_buffer

Adjusts the required pool size by accounting for expected employee departures

project_grant_allocation

Breaks down how much equity is allocated to different hiring cohorts

simulate_dilution

Calculates how much existing shareholders will be diluted by the new option pool

See how to talk to your AI agent using Employee Option Pool Calculator.

Calculate the required option pool for 10 current employees with 5 planned hires at 0.5% grant each over 6 months.

The total required pool size is 2.5% based on your hiring plan.

What will be the dilution if I create a 10% option pool and I currently own 80%?

Your post-dilution ownership will be 72.73%.

Show me the equity breakdown for a hiring plan with 2 Junior hires at 0.1% and 1 Senior hire at 0.5%.

The total allocated equity is 0.7%, with 0.2% for the Junior cohort and 0.5% for the Senior cohort.

You can use the `calculate_pool_requirement` tool by providing your current headcount, a list of planned hires with their grant percentages, and your recruiting timeline.

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