By creating an account, purchasing a subscription, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. What AetherForge does

AetherForge is an invention-development workflow that helps users capture, structure, research, design, prototype, test, refine, document, and present invention ideas. The Service may use artificial intelligence and third-party tools to organize user input, generate suggestions, create drafts and visual materials, search external sources, and produce exportable records.

AetherForge is not a law firm, patent office, engineering certification body, medical provider, financial adviser, manufacturer, testing laboratory, or product-safety authority. The Service does not provide legal, patent, regulatory, medical, financial, or other professional advice.

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into these Terms. The Service is not directed to children, and anyone under 18 may not create an account or use the Service.

You must provide accurate account information, keep your credentials secure, and promptly notify us at legal@afcopilot.com if you suspect unauthorized access. You are responsible for activity under your account unless caused by our breach of these Terms or applicable law.

3. Your invention content and ownership

Your Content. “Your Content” means information and material you submit, upload, record, create, or store through the Service, including invention descriptions, notes, messages, sketches, images, audio, files, specifications, test results, research, business plans, and feedback tied to your projects.

As between you and AetherForge, you retain your ownership rights in Your Content. These Terms do not transfer ownership of your invention to AetherForge.

License needed to operate the Service. You grant AetherForge a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, format, transmit, display, modify, and otherwise process Your Content only as reasonably necessary to:

provide, maintain, secure, and improve the Service for you;
generate and deliver the outputs and features you request;
prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents;
comply with law and enforce these Terms; and
perform other processing you separately authorize.

This license lasts while Your Content is held by us and ends when it is deleted from active systems, subject to backups, legal holds, legal obligations, dispute preservation, and properly anonymized information as described in the Privacy Policy.

Your responsibility. You represent that you have the rights and permissions needed to submit Your Content and direct us to process it. Do not upload another person’s confidential information, trade secrets, personal data, copyrighted material, export-controlled information, or regulated data unless you are authorized to do so and the Service is appropriate for that use.

4. Privacy and confidentiality expectations

AetherForge designs invention projects to be private by default. We do not make Your Content public unless you direct or authorize a sharing or disclosure feature. Our handling of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy.

No online service can guarantee absolute confidentiality or security. You are responsible for deciding what information to submit, maintaining your own appropriate confidentiality practices, and seeking professional advice before making a public disclosure that could affect patent or other rights.

AetherForge does not use private invention content to train general-purpose AI models. Our API-based AI provider does not use API inputs or outputs to train its models. We will not introduce training on private invention content without first updating our disclosures and obtaining consent where required by law.

5. AI-assisted features and outputs

The Service may create text, images, diagrams, classifications, summaries, research leads, recommendations, or other material in response to Your Content (“Outputs”). Outputs may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, non-unique, or unsuitable for your purpose. Similar or identical outputs may be provided to other users.

You must independently review and verify Outputs before relying on, publishing, manufacturing, testing, selling, filing, or acting on them. You are solely responsible for decisions and actions based on Outputs, including product safety, regulatory compliance, intellectual-property clearance, and professional review.

To the extent permitted by law and subject to third-party rights, AetherForge assigns to you any rights it may have in Outputs generated specifically for you. AetherForge does not represent that any Output is copyrightable, patentable, protectable, original, non-infringing, or exclusively yours.

Labels showing whether material came from you, the Service, or an external source are part of the product record. You may not knowingly falsify or remove provenance in a way that misleads others.

6. No patent, legal, safety, or commercial guarantees

AetherForge does not guarantee:

patentability, novelty, inventorship, validity, enforceability, or freedom to operate;
that a search finds all relevant patents, publications, products, or prior art;
that use of the Service preserves confidentiality or any filing deadline;
that a design, prototype, instruction, bill of materials, test, or recommendation is safe, feasible, compliant, or fit for manufacture;
that an invention will work, receive funding, attract customers, obtain regulatory approval, or succeed commercially; or
that an export qualifies as a patent application, legal record, engineering certification, or professional opinion.

Consult qualified patent counsel, engineers, safety professionals, testing laboratories, regulatory advisers, tax advisers, and other professionals as appropriate.

7. Acceptable use

You may not use the Service to:

violate law or another person’s rights;
create, obtain, or distribute malware, credentials, or instructions intended to facilitate unauthorized access;
exploit, harm, threaten, surveil, or impersonate another person;
develop prohibited weapons or request instructions that create an unreasonable risk of serious harm;
submit content you do not have a right to use;
bypass access, safety, usage, or billing controls;
reverse engineer or extract models, prompts, source code, or non-public system components except where law prohibits this restriction;
scrape, resell, sublicense, or provide the Service to third parties as a service bureau without our written permission;
interfere with the Service or impose an unreasonable load; or
misrepresent AI-generated or third-party material as independently verified fact.

We may investigate suspected violations and restrict or suspend access when reasonably necessary to protect users, the Service, or others.

8. Third-party services and external sources

The Service may interact with AI providers, payment processors, email providers, storage and hosting providers, mapping/search services, and external websites. Their services and content may be governed by separate terms. AetherForge is not responsible for third-party content, availability, or acts outside our reasonable control.

External citations and search results are leads, not endorsements or verification. Review the underlying source before relying on it.

9. Subscriptions, billing, cancellation, and refunds

Some features require a paid subscription or usage-based charge. Prices, plan limits, billing intervals, and included features are shown at checkout or in your account. You authorize us and our payment processor to charge the payment method you provide, including applicable taxes.

We may change prices on advance notice. A price change applies to a later renewal and not retroactively to a paid period. If payment fails, we may limit paid features after providing any notice required by law.

10. Service changes and availability

We may add, change, or discontinue features and may set or adjust reasonable usage limits. We will provide advance notice when a material change would significantly reduce a paid feature during a current subscription term, unless immediate action is necessary for security, legal compliance, provider failure, or abuse prevention.

We aim to make the Service available worldwide, but availability is limited to jurisdictions where we can lawfully and operationally provide it. You may not use the Service if doing so would violate applicable sanctions, export controls, or other law.

The Service may experience interruptions, errors, or data-processing delays. We do not promise uninterrupted or error-free operation.

11. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Service and permanently delete your account at any time from Account Preferences → Your Data → Delete, or by contacting legal@afcopilot.com.

We may suspend or terminate access if you materially breach these Terms, create risk or legal exposure, fail to pay fees, or use the Service in a way that threatens users, third parties, or system integrity. When practical, we will provide notice and an opportunity to cure.

After termination, your right to use the Service ends. Sections that by their nature should survive will survive, including ownership, disclaimers, limits of liability, indemnity, dispute terms, and lawful retention provisions. Account closure and deletion are separate operations; see the Privacy Policy and Data Rights page.

12. Copyright complaints

If you believe material available through the Service infringes your copyright, contact legal@afcopilot.com and identify the copyrighted work, the material at issue, where it is located, your contact information, and the basis for your claim. We may investigate, remove or disable access to material, and restrict repeat infringers where appropriate. This contact method does not represent that AetherForge has registered a designated agent under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

13. Feedback

If you provide product suggestions that are not Your Content or confidential invention disclosures, you grant AetherForge a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to use them without restriction or compensation. This does not give us ownership of your invention or private project content.

14. Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE AND OUTPUTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” AETHERFORGE DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE OR OUTPUTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, BE SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR PRESERVE OR CREATE ANY INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY RIGHT.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so some of this section may not apply to you.

15. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AETHERFORGE AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, OPPORTUNITY, GOODWILL, DATA, INVENTION RIGHTS, OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID AETHERFORGE FOR THE SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY OR (B) US$100.

These limits do not apply where prohibited by law and do not limit liability that cannot legally be limited.

16. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless AetherForge and its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from third-party claims, losses, and reasonable costs arising from Your Content, your products or prototypes, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of another person’s rights. This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim was caused by AetherForge’s own breach, negligence, or willful misconduct.

17. Governing law, binding arbitration, and class-action waiver

Please read this section carefully. It requires most disputes to be resolved through individual binding arbitration and limits how you may seek relief. You may opt out as explained below.

Governing law. These Terms are governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and, to the extent state law applies, the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Informal resolution first. Before starting arbitration, the party bringing a dispute must send the other party a written notice describing the claimant, the facts, the legal basis for the claim, and the requested relief. Notices to AetherForge must be sent to legal@afcopilot.com and AetherForge Labs, Inc., 2479 Peachtree Road #1210, Atlanta, GA 30305. AetherForge will send its notice to the email or mailing address associated with your account. The parties will try in good faith to resolve the dispute individually for 60 days after a complete notice is received. Any applicable limitations period will be tolled during that 60-day period.

Agreement to arbitrate. Except for the matters identified below, you and AetherForge agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Service, or the relationship between you and AetherForge will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, as modified by this section. The arbitration agreement affects interstate commerce and is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.

The arbitrator has exclusive authority to resolve disputes about the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this arbitration agreement, except that a court has exclusive authority to resolve any dispute concerning the class-action waiver below. The arbitrator may award any individual remedy that would be available in court, including damages, declaratory relief, and injunctive relief, but only to the extent necessary to resolve the individual claimant’s claim.

Arbitration procedure and costs. Arbitration may be conducted by video, telephone, documents, or an in-person hearing as permitted by the AAA rules. Unless the parties agree otherwise, an in-person hearing will occur in the county where you live or in Fulton County, Georgia. Fees will be allocated under the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules and applicable law. AetherForge will pay the portion of arbitration fees the AAA rules require a business to pay. Each party is responsible for its own attorneys’ fees and costs unless the arbitrator awards them under applicable law.

Information about AAA consumer arbitration and filing a demand is available at adr.org. If AAA is unavailable or unwilling to administer the arbitration consistent with this section, the parties will select another mutually acceptable administrator or ask a court with jurisdiction to appoint one.

Exceptions. Either party may bring an eligible individual action in small-claims court. Either party may also seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in a court with jurisdiction when necessary to prevent imminent misuse of intellectual property, unauthorized access, or a serious security or confidentiality breach while arbitration proceeds. Government agencies may investigate or pursue enforcement as authorized by law.

Class-action and jury-trial waiver. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND AETHERFORGE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF, CLASS MEMBER, OR REPRESENTATIVE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, MASS, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR ARBITRATION. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT COMBINE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS OR PRESIDE OVER A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, MASS, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. YOU AND AETHERFORGE EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.

Opt out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing legal@afcopilot.com within 30 days after you first accept these Terms. Your notice must include your full name, the email address associated with your account, and a clear statement that you opt out of the arbitration agreement in the AetherForge Terms of Service. Opting out will not affect your account or access to the Service. An opt-out applies only to the individual who submits it.

If arbitration does not apply. For a dispute not subject to arbitration—including because you timely opted out—you and AetherForge consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Fulton County, Georgia, except where applicable consumer law permits you to bring a claim elsewhere.

Severability. If part of this arbitration section is found unenforceable, it will be severed and the remainder will remain effective, except that if the class-action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, that claim or request must proceed in court after any arbitrable individual claims are completed.

18. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. If a change is material, we will provide reasonable advance notice through the Service, email, or another appropriate method. The updated Terms will state their effective date. If you do not agree to a material change, you may stop using the Service and cancel before it takes effect.

19. General

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and any plan-specific terms presented at purchase are the entire agreement about the Service. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be modified only as much as necessary, and the rest will remain effective. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them as part of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, subject to applicable law. Neither party is liable for delay caused by events beyond its reasonable control.

20. Contact

AetherForge Labs, Inc.

2479 Peachtree Road #1210

Atlanta, GA 30305

legal@afcopilot.com