Legal

Terms of Service

Last updated: 15 July 2026

1. What the service is

FoundersX is a software platform and educational library for developing entrepreneurs: an Entrepreneurial Intelligence profile across eight Core Domains, the Atlas reasoning partner, founder tools, a venture workspace, the 12-week programme derived from the Founders12 accelerator, and fundraising practice instruments. Higher tiers add further software capability and, where stated, human expertise (mentor sessions, strategic advisory).

The platform is local-first: it runs in your browser and stores your data on your device. We host the software; you hold the data. Details are in the Privacy Policy.

2. Education, not professional advice

Everything in FoundersX — including Atlas, the specialist AI advisors (CTO, CFO, CMO, Legal), the tools, the templates and the learning content — is education and decision support, not professional advice. It is not legal, tax, accounting, financial or investment advice, and no output creates an advisor–client relationship. For decisions with legal or financial consequences, engage a qualified professional in your jurisdiction. Under our constitution (Article III), every decision on the platform is authored by you; the same is true off the platform.

3. Your data, your responsibility

Because your profile and documents live only in your browser's local storage:

• You can export or delete everything at any time (Constitution, Article V).
• We hold no copy and therefore cannot restore data lost through a cleared browser, a lost device, private-browsing mode or an uninstalled browser. Export regularly — the platform reminds you, and the export is one click in Settings.

4. Optional AI enrichment — your own API key

AI-enriched features run on an Anthropic API key that you provide and pay for directly. Your use of that key is governed by Anthropic's own terms; API usage costs are between you and Anthropic. Without a key, the platform remains fully functional with built-in deterministic reasoning.

5. Memberships, billing, cancellation

• Explorer is free — not a trial. No card is required.
• Paid memberships are billed monthly in EUR through Stripe, in advance, and renew automatically until cancelled.
• Cancel any time, effective at the end of the paid period. Your profile, evidence and documents remain on your device and exportable — cancelling never touches your data.
• Founding-member pricing: the price at which you join stays locked for as long as your membership remains continuously active.
• Refunds: if a paid membership isn't right for you, tell us within 14 days of your first payment and we refund it in full. For renewals, statutory rights apply.
• Waitlist tiers (currently Growth and Venture Studio) cost nothing to join and create no obligation on either side; described features are previews and may be refined before release.

6. Fair use

"Unlimited" Atlas conversations means unlimited genuine founder use, not automated, scripted or resale use. You agree not to abuse, disrupt, reverse-bill or resell the service, and not to use it for unlawful purposes. We may suspend access that harms the service or other members; your data remains yours and exportable even then.

7. Intellectual property

The Founders12 Framework, the platform software, the learning content and the FoundersX and Founders12 names remain our intellectual property. Everything you create on the platform — your profile, evidence, decisions, documents, pitch materials — is yours, without licence back to us; we never see it, use it or train on it.

8. Warranties and liability

The service is provided with reasonable skill and care, but "as available": we do not warrant uninterrupted availability or that outputs (including AI outputs) are accurate or fit for a particular decision. To the extent permitted by law, our liability is limited to damages caused by intent or gross negligence, and otherwise to foreseeable damage typical for this kind of contract, capped at the fees you paid in the twelve months before the event. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, or your statutory consumer rights.

9. Changes

We may improve the service and these terms. Material changes to paid memberships are announced by email at least 30 days before taking effect; if you object, you can cancel before they apply. The constitutional commitments — your ownership, no ranking, explainability, your authorship of decisions — are the identity of the product and are not subject to weakening by these terms.

10. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of [country], without prejudice to mandatory consumer protections of your country of residence. If you are a consumer in the EU, you may also use the EU Online Dispute Resolution platform.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms: iokakushin@gmail.com.