Acceptance Use Policy

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SECTION 01

Purpose & Scope

This Acceptable Use and Prohibited Uses Policy (“Policy”) governs all use of Affirmaitive’s Platform and Services (including all web interfaces, applications, APIs, and features). It applies to any user of the Platform (“you”), including your agents and end users.
By accessing or using the Platform, you agree to comply with this Policy. Violations may result in immediate suspension or termination of access, without notice. Terms not defined here (Platform, Services, User Content, Outputs, AI Models) have the meanings given in the Master Service Agreement.

SECTION 02

Definitions

We collect only the information necessary to deliver and improve our services. This includes:

Platform

Affirmaitive’s website, applications, and associated tools.

Services

All offerings provided via the Platform.

User Content

Data, text, and information you submit to the Platform.

Outputs

Results, data, or content generated by the Platform (including AI-generated summaries, forecasts, or visuals).

AI Models

The underlying machine-learning or AI systems powering the Platform’s outputs.

SECTION 03

General Requirements

You must use the Platform only in accordance with applicable laws and this Policy. You agree to ensure that:

All information you submit is accurate

You have all required rights and permissions for any input data (e.g. personal or copyrighted data)
You will maintain the confidentiality of your account credentials.
You may not impersonate others, share accounts, or enable unauthorized users to access the Services.

SECTION 04

Acceptable Use

You may use the Platform to develop business strategies, plans, and analyses based on lawful, accurate data. Users should independently verify any financial, legal, or strategic advice produced by the Platform.

Important: Outputs are provided “as is” and may be incomplete or incorrect; you alone are responsible for decisions made using them.

SECTION 05

Prohibited Uses

You must not use the Platform to create or facilitate any of the following (the list is illustrative, not exhaustive):
PROHIBITED
Illegal or Fraudulent Activity

Content that violates the law or promotes wrongdoing, including terrorist acts, human trafficking, prostitution, drug trafficking, money laundering, bribery, or other crimes. For example, you may not generate fraudulent financial statements, misleading pitch decks, phony business metrics, or lottery schemes.

PROHIBITED Securities / Investment Solicitation
You may use the Platform to draft business plans, pitch decks, fundraising materials, and other venture-related documents. However, you acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for ensuring that any such materials comply with applicable securities, investment, and fundraising laws, and for obtaining review by qualified legal, financial, or investment professionals prior to use with investors, regulators, or the public. You may not use the Platform to act as, or hold yourself out as, a registered investment adviser, broker, dealer, or intermediary, or to conduct or promote unregistered public offerings or solicitations in violation of applicable securities laws. Affirmaitive does not provide investment advice, brokerage services, or securities solicitation services.
PROHIBITED Regulated Advice
Providing any form of licensed professional advice. You may not present Outputs as legal advice, tax advice, accounting advice, financial advice, medical advice, or any other type of regulated advice requiring a license. Such Outputs must be reviewed and approved by qualified professionals before use. Such use is further governed by the AI-Generated Content and Disclaimer provisions of the Terms and Conditions, which require independent review, validation, and appropriate disclosure before Outputs are relied upon in regulated or high-risk contexts.
PROHIBITED Misrepresentation & Fraud
Deceptive content that could defraud, mislead, or harm. This includes impersonating any person or entity, falsely claiming endorsements, fabricating data or credentials, creating fake documents (IDs, contracts, certificates), and generating spam or phishing content. You may not use the Platform to craft fraudulent schemes, phishing emails, click-fraud ads, pyramid schemes, or multi-level marketing scams.
PROHIBITED Intellectual Property & Confidentiality
Infringing the IP or confidentiality rights of others. This includes unauthorized copying or reverse-engineering of third-party software or data. You may not generate or distribute content that violates copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or confidentiality obligations. Comply with all DMCA notice-and-takedown procedures for infringing content (contacts listed at [Affirmaitive compliance email/agent]).
PROHIBITED Privacy and Personal Data
You may only collect, use, or process personal data through the Platform where you have a valid lawful basis to do so, such as consent, contractual necessity, or legitimate interest, and in compliance with applicable privacy laws and the Privacy Policy. You may not upload, store, or process highly sensitive personal data through the Platform, including government-issued identification numbers, financial account numbers, health or medical records, biometric data, or similar sensitive information, unless expressly authorized under a separate written agreement with Affirmaitive and subject to appropriate technical and organizational safeguards.
PROHIBITED Harassment & Hate
Content that harasses, defames, intimidates, or discriminates against any person or group. This includes slurs, threats, encouraging self-harm, or incitement of violence. You may not use the Platform to create content that promotes hate, bigotry, or violence against individuals based on protected traits (e.g. race, religion, gender, sexual orientation).
PROHIBITED Violence & Weapons
Content that encourages violence or weaponization. You may not generate instructions on making weapons of any kind (including biological, chemical, nuclear or radiological weapons), or tips for violent or extremist activities. Manufacturing or design of destructive devices is strictly prohibited.
PROHIBITED Sexual Exploitation & Minors
Pornographic or sexual content involving exploitation or minors. Affirmaitive’s Platform must not be used to create or depict any content that exploits or sexualizes children. The creation, distribution, or solicitation of any child sexual abuse material (“CSAM”), grooming of minors, sexual roleplay involving minors, or instructions for illegal sexual activities is strictly forbidden.
PROHIBITED High-Risk Domains
Critical decisions impacting health, safety, or financial wellbeing. Outputs used in high-stakes contexts (healthcare, legal, insurance, safety-critical infrastructure, etc.) require human oversight. See also Section 12 below on High-Risk Use Case requirements (e.g. human-in-the-loop and disclosure).
PROHIBITED Disallowed Data Use
You may not upload or provide to the Platform any data that you do not have the right to use. This includes copyrighted text or personal data of others (unless anonymized/consented).

SECTION 06

AI & Model Misuse

The following activities are prohibited to protect Affirmaitive’s AI systems:

Reverse-Engineering Do not analyze, reverse-engineer or attempt to extract the underlying AI model or code. (This includes any “model extraction” or “stealing” attacks.)
Bypassing Safeguards Do not deliberately circumvent our safety filters or usage limits. (No jailbreaking, adversarial or prompt-injection attacks to coerce harmful output is allowed.)
Automated Harvesting Do not use bots, scrapers, or automated tools to continuously query or scrape outputs (e.g. for training a competing model).
Data Poisoning Do not submit malicious or misleading data into the system with the intent to corrupt or manipulate the model’s behavior.
Competitive Misuse You may not use Outputs or the Platform to build or train a competing product or service. Resale of access, or incorporation of the Platform into a product marketed as a competitor to Affirmaitive, is prohibited. You may not use the Platform, Outputs, or any knowledge gained from your use of the Platform to design, develop, train, or improve any competing product, service, or system. This includes, without limitation, the use or replication of Affirmaitive’s proprietary prompts, workflows, orchestration logic, scoring methodologies, system architecture, or insights into the operation of the Platform to build or enhance competing venture-creation, AI orchestration, or decision-support tools.

SECTION 07

Enforcement

Affirmaitive reserves the right to investigate any suspected violations. We may suspend or terminate access, delete offending User Content/Outputs, or take other action as necessary. Severe violations may be reported to law enforcement or regulatory authorities.

Such actions do not waive Affirmaitive’s rights (including indemnity or claims for damages) under the Terms of Service. You agree to indemnify Affirmaitive for any damages arising from your breach of this Policy.

SECTION 08

DMCA and Reporting

If you believe your copyrighted work has been used in violation of law, please send notice to Affirmaitive’s designated agent (see [Affirmaitive Terms Appendix]). Provide sufficient detail (IDs, location, statement of good faith, etc.) as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Affirmaitive will respond by removing or disabling access to infringing material.

Report a Violation

To report other policy violations (e.g. illegal uses, abuse, spam), contact us with “Policy Violation” in the subject line.

info@affirmaitive.com

SECTION 09

Data Retention & Logging

Affirmaitive may log usage data and store system logs to monitor compliance with this Policy. We will cooperate with lawful data requests from law enforcement.

SECTION 10

Sanctions, Export & AML Compliance

You must not use the Platform in any manner that violates U.S. export controls or economic sanctions (e.g. for development or production of cryptography, weapons, or unlicensed medical equipment). You may not involve sanctioned countries or persons in transactions or capital raising.

Anti-Money Laundering: Affirmaitive prohibits money laundering and will cooperate with AML regulations; suspicious use will be reported to authorities.

SECTION 11

High-Risk Use Case Requirements

When using our Services for critical domains (e.g. legal guidance, medical advice, financial underwriting, credit decisions, or any regulated professional advice), you must implement additional safeguards.
A qualified human professional must review all Outputs before relying on them.
If Outputs are provided to end users, you must disclose that they originate from AI.

When Outputs are used in high-risk or regulated domains, you must ensure meaningful human-in-the-loop review by a qualified professional.

Disclose to any recipient that such Outputs were generated using artificial intelligence in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.

Failure to follow these guidelines may result in immediate suspension.

SECTION 12

User Warranties

You represent and warrant that your use of the Platform and any Inputs you provide comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and third-party rights. You affirm that you have obtained any required consents from data subjects (especially for personal or sensitive data) and that your use will not harm others.We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting the information we collect. If you continue to use Affirmaitive’s services after a revised Privacy Policy has been posted, it means you accept the updated terms. If you do not agree with any updates to the Policy, you should discontinue use of the Service and, if you wish, contact us to request deletion of your data.

SECTION 13

Changes to Policy

This Policy may be updated periodically. Affirmaitive will notify users of material changes via the Platform or email. Continued use of the Services after notice constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.

SECTION 14

Examples

The following examples are illustrative only and not exhaustive:

Permitted Uses

Generating a business plan from your own data

Forecasting market trends with credible inputs

Brainstorming legal strategy points (subject to later lawyer review)

Creating pitch decks for investor meetings (with professional review)

Prohibited Uses

✗ Writing a fraudulent investor pitch

✗ Auto-generating tax returns without review

✗ Scraping output database for commercial training

✗ Planning an illegal scheme or activity

SECTION 15

User Notice (Summary)

Important Summary

We want you to use Affirmaitive responsibly. You must comply with the law and only create truthful content.
Do not use Affirmaitive to generate illegal or harmful materials  (e.g. terrorism, violence, fraud, hate speech, sexual content involving minors, weapons instructions, or illicit financial schemes).
Affirmaitive outputs are not guaranteed to be correct ; you must verify them independently and not treat them as professional advice.
Always respect others’privacy and intellectual property . Misuse will lead to loss of access or legal action.
Affirmaitive helps you structure, validate, and prototype ventures. It does not replace lawyers, accountants, investment professionals, or other licensed advisers ; materials generated using the Platform should be reviewed by qualified experts before use with regulators, investors, or customers.