Terms of service

We wrote these in plain English on purpose. Plain English is still binding.

1. Who we are and what this covers

AutomationEdit AI, Inc. is a Texas corporation. "Services" means every site, app, connector, class, document, and piece of work we provide. Some Services carry additional terms:

1. The AI Supplemental Terms apply whenever you use SmartAF™, an ExpertBrain™, or any other AI feature. They control over these terms for AI features only.
2. A signed agreement with you (our Master Services Agreement and an order, a proposal, a statement of work, or an ExpertBrain™ Licensing Agreement) controls over these terms for the matters it covers.
3. Our Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect and how we handle it. It is part of this agreement.

2. Who can use the Services

You must be at least 18 and able to enter a binding contract. If you use the Services for a company, you confirm you have authority to bind that company, and "you" means the company too.

3. Your account

1. Keep your login private. Everything done through your account is your responsibility until you tell us it has been compromised at support@automationedit.ai.
2. If you add team seats, you are responsible for the people you add, for setting their permissions, and for their compliance with these terms. When you remove a seat, that person loses access to your Brain.
3. Give us accurate contact and billing information and keep it current. Billing notices go to the email on the account.

4. Your content and your files

This section is the one we most want you to read.

1. You own your files. Documents you upload or connect from Google Drive, and the Brain built from them, are yours. Nothing in these terms transfers ownership to us.
2. We hold only the license we need to run the service. You give us a limited, non-exclusive license to store, index, process, and display your content solely to provide the Services to you and the people you authorize, to keep the Services secure, and to comply with law. That license ends when your content is deleted under section 4(d).
3. We never train AI models on your content. Not ours, not anyone's. Your files and your Brain are never used to improve a model, build a product for someone else, or answer another customer's question.
4. You can leave with everything. Your files never left your Google Drive. When you disconnect Google Drive or delete a Brain, its contents are archived for 90 days so you can change your mind, then permanently deleted from our systems. Backups age out on the same schedule.
5. You are responsible for what you upload. You confirm you have the rights and permissions needed for everything you connect or upload, and that using it through the Services does not break any law, contract, or third-party right. Client files, employee records, and other people's material are your responsibility to have permission for.
6. Sensitive and regulated data. Do not upload protected health information, payment card numbers, government ID numbers, material non-public information, or other data regulated by law. Uploading it is a breach of these terms. If your business needs a Brain for regulated data, talk to us first; it is available only under a signed agreement that covers it, and never on a self-serve plan.

5. Acceptable use

Do not use the Services to:

1. break the law, infringe anyone's rights, or harass, defame, or deceive anyone;
2. access, probe, or disrupt our systems, another customer's Brain, or any account that is not yours;
3. copy, scrape, reverse engineer, or build a competing product from the Services, or from any ExpertBrain™ content you do not own;
4. resell, sublicense, or share access to the Services outside your paid seats;
5. upload malware, or content that is illegal or that you have no right to use;
6. circumvent plan limits, security controls, or ExpertBrain™ access gates.

We may suspend or limit an account while we investigate a suspected breach of this section. We will tell you unless the law or an active security incident prevents it.

6. Plans and billing

1. Plans and limits. SmartAF™ is sold in monthly plans. What each plan includes, including document limits and team seats, is stated on the pricing page at the time you subscribe. Those limits are part of this agreement. We do not restate them here so that the page and the terms can never disagree. The free starter Brain has the file and question limits stated on the pricing page, needs no card, and has no time limit. Everything in these terms applies to it except billing.
2. Billing. SmartAF™ is $149 a month, and each additional team seat is $49 a month. The first 25 people who subscribe with the code FOUNDER pay a founders rate of $99 a month, and keep that rate for as long as their subscription stays active. The price-change notice below never applies to the founders rate. Paid plans bill monthly in advance through Stripe to the card on file. Team seats are billed per seat per month and prorated when added mid-cycle. Prices can change with at least 30 days' email notice; a change takes effect at your next renewal after the notice period.
3. No surprise charges. Before any charge that is new or larger than your last one (a plan change or an added seat), we send you an email first.
4. Cancel anytime. Cancel from your account settings or by emailing support. Cancellation stops the next charge; you keep access through the end of the period you already paid for. There are no contracts on any self-serve plan.
5. Refunds. Subscription fees are not refundable. Cancelling stops the next charge. Charges made in error, such as a duplicate charge, are refunded in full. Classes, products sold in Circle, training, advisory, and custom-build work follow our Refund Policy or your signed proposal.
6. Taxes. Prices exclude sales and similar taxes. We collect tax where the law requires it.
7. Unpaid amounts. If a payment fails, we retry and email you. If it is still unpaid 14 days later we may suspend the account until it is settled. Your Brain is retained through the suspension and the 90-day archive window in section 4(d) starts only if the account is closed.

7. Classes, training, and custom work

1. SmartAF™ HQ is our community in Circle. Part of it is free. Anything paid inside it, such as community training, is sold as stated at purchase. Recordings and materials are for the enrolled person's use and may not be redistributed.
2. Where SmartAF™ HQ includes SmartAF™ for a stated period, the included period runs from the start date stated at enrollment, and the account converts to the plan named at enrollment when it ends, with notice under section 6(c).
3. Team training, advisory, and custom automation builds are governed by a signed proposal, master services agreement, or statement of work. Where that document is silent, these terms apply.
4. Where we build systems on your accounts (n8n, Google Workspace, Shopify, or others), those systems are yours once paid for. Our reusable methods, templates, and connector instructions stay ours, and we may reuse them for other clients without disclosing your confidential information.

8. Our intellectual property

The Services, including software, connector instructions, Brain structures, templates, designs, documentation, and the SmartAF™ and AutomationEdit names and marks, are owned by AutomationEdit or our licensors. You get a limited, revocable, non-transferable right to use them as these terms allow, and nothing more. The structure we build to make your files usable by an AI is ours; the files, and the knowledge in them, are yours.

9. ExpertBrain™ builds you install

Content in an ExpertBrain™ you install belongs to the Expert whose material it is built on, and is licensed to you for your own use only while you have access. We may remove or suspend an ExpertBrain™ immediately on notice of a credible infringement claim.

10. Feedback

If you send us ideas, suggestions, or feedback, or share results you got from the Services, we can use them, including with your name, without owing you anything.

11. Disclaimers

1. No professional advice. Everything we publish, teach, or generate is for information and education. It is not legal, tax, financial, medical, or other professional advice, and using it does not create a professional relationship. Talk to a licensed professional for decisions that need one.
2. No promise of results. We do not guarantee any level of time saved, revenue, sales, or business outcome. Our own numbers, and any customer's numbers, are their experience, not a prediction of yours. See our Results Disclosure.
3. The Services are provided as is. To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not promise the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that every answer an AI gives from your Brain will be accurate or complete.
4. Third-party services. Google Drive, your AI assistant, Stripe, and other services you connect are governed by their own terms. We are not responsible for them.

12. Limits on liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, AutomationEdit and its officers, directors, employees, and contractors are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising from the Services, even if we were told they were possible. Our total liability for all claims together is limited to the greater of one hundred dollars ($100) or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim. These limits do not apply to liability that cannot be limited by law, to your breach of section 4 (your content), or to your obligations under section 13 (indemnity).

13. Indemnity

You will defend and cover AutomationEdit against third-party claims, and the reasonable costs of them, that arise from content you uploaded or connected, your breach of these terms, or your use of the Services in violation of law. We will tell you promptly about any such claim and, subject to the rights of our insurers, let you control the defense, provided no settlement admits fault or imposes any obligation on us without our written consent.

14. Disputes and governing law

1. Talk to us first. Email legal@automationedit.ai with a description of the problem. We commit to a good-faith attempt to resolve it within 30 days before either side files anything.
2. Texas law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.
3. Venue. Any claim not resolved under (a) will be brought in the state or federal courts in Harris County, Texas, and both sides consent to that jurisdiction.
4. No class actions, no jury. Claims are brought individually, not as a class or representative action, and both sides waive a jury trial to the extent the law allows.
5. Time limit. Any claim must be filed within one year of when it arose, or it is waived, unless the law does not permit that limit.

15. Suspension and termination

1. You can close your account at any time. Section 4(d) governs what happens to your Brain.
2. We can suspend or terminate an account for a breach of these terms, non-payment under section 6(g), a legal requirement, or a security risk to other customers. Except where the breach is serious or the law prevents notice, we will email you and give you a reasonable chance to fix it first.
3. We can retire a feature or a Service with at least 30 days' notice and a prorated refund of any prepaid period we cannot deliver.
4. Sections 4, 8, 10 through 14, and this section survive termination.

16. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. For changes that affect your rights or your bill, we will email account holders at least 14 days before they take effect and post the date at the top of the page. Continuing to use the Services after that date means you accept the updated terms. If you do not, cancel before the date and you will not be charged again.

17. Everything else

1. Notices to us go to legal@automationedit.ai. Notices to you go to your account email.
2. If part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest still applies.
3. You may not assign this agreement without our consent. We may assign it as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of the business, and will tell you if we do.
4. Neither side is liable for delays caused by events outside its reasonable control, including outages at a cloud or AI provider we depend on.
5. These terms, the documents they incorporate, and any signed agreement between us are the entire agreement, and replace anything earlier.

Copyright infringement notices

Send notices to legal@automationedit.ai with the work, the location of the material, your contact details, a statement of good-faith belief, and a signature, as the DMCA requires.