Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Effective Date: September 15, 2026

Last Updated: September 15, 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of aifounderplaybook.com and the programs, workshops, events, cohorts, courses, communities, resources, digital content, and other services offered by Byte & Chord Inc. through AI Founder Playbook (“AI Founder Playbook,” “Byte & Chord,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By accessing our website, registering for a program, purchasing a service, or otherwise using AI Founder Playbook, you agree to these Terms.

If you do not agree, do not use the applicable service.

1. About AI Founder Playbook

AI Founder Playbook provides educational programs, workshops, events, tools, frameworks, resources, and advisory experiences relating to areas including artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, product development, business strategy, automation, product execution, and go-to-market strategy.

Our programs may be offered directly to individuals or through companies, accelerators, educational institutions, community organizations, sponsors, and other partners.

2. Educational Purpose

AI Founder Playbook provides education, frameworks, information, and practical exercises.

Nothing provided through AI Founder Playbook constitutes legal, financial, accounting, tax, investment, cybersecurity, employment, medical, or other regulated professional advice.

You are responsible for determining whether information, tools, recommendations, or techniques are appropriate for your circumstances and for obtaining appropriate professional advice where necessary.

3. No Guaranteed Business Results

Entrepreneurship, product development, artificial intelligence, marketing, fundraising, and business development involve significant uncertainty.

Examples, case studies, participant results, testimonials, program statistics, or previous outcomes are not guarantees that you will achieve the same or similar results.

We do not guarantee:

You remain responsible for your own decisions and results.

4. AI and Third-Party Tools

Our programs may teach, demonstrate, recommend, or use third-party technologies, including generative AI platforms, development environments, analytics tools, automation platforms, cloud services, APIs, and other software.

Third-party services are governed by their own terms, privacy policies, pricing, technical limitations, and security practices.

We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for:

You are responsible for reviewing the terms and security implications of third-party services before using them.

5. Security and Sensitive Information

Do not provide passwords, private keys, API secrets, production credentials, regulated personal data, confidential customer data, or other highly sensitive information to AI systems, workshop tools, public repositories, shared documents, or third-party platforms unless you have independently determined that doing so is secure, appropriate, and authorized.

Exercises performed with sample, synthetic, or non-sensitive information may have materially different security requirements from production systems handling real user or business data.

You are responsible for implementing appropriate security, privacy, access control, testing, and compliance practices before deploying any production system.

6. Registration and Eligibility

You agree to provide accurate information when registering for a service.

Some programs may have separate eligibility criteria, application requirements, participation rules, or agreements. Those additional terms become part of your agreement with us for that program.

You may not impersonate another person or register using information that you are not authorized to use.

7. Fees, Payments, and Refunds

Fees for paid programs or services will be disclosed before purchase or specified in an applicable proposal, registration page, statement of work, agreement, invoice, or order.

You agree to pay all applicable charges associated with your purchase.

Refund, cancellation, rescheduling, and transfer policies may differ by program and will be stated on the applicable registration or purchase page or in a separate agreement.

Where no separate refund policy is stated, applicable law will govern.

Third-party payment processors may process payments on our behalf and may have their own terms.

8. Event and Program Changes

We may make reasonable changes to program schedules, speakers, instructors, curriculum, venues, platforms, tools, or delivery methods.

Events may be postponed, rescheduled, moved online, or otherwise modified when necessary due to circumstances including instructor availability, venue issues, technology failures, safety considerations, force majeure, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

Where a material change occurs, we will make reasonable efforts to notify registered participants.

9. Your Work and Intellectual Property

You retain ownership of intellectual property you independently create.

Participating in an AI Founder Playbook program does not transfer ownership of your startup, business, product, idea, code, brand, or other independently created intellectual property to us.

However, you are responsible for protecting confidential or proprietary information that you choose to disclose during a collaborative workshop, cohort, public presentation, community conversation, or networking event.

Unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing, participation does not create a confidential relationship between you and other participants.

Do not disclose trade secrets or confidential information unless appropriate protections are in place.

10. AI Founder Playbook Intellectual Property

AI Founder Playbook materials, including our:

are owned by Byte & Chord Inc. or used with permission and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

Your registration gives you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use materials provided to you for your own participation, learning, or internal business use unless otherwise stated.

You may not, without our written permission:

Nothing in these Terms prevents you from applying concepts or skills you learn to your own work.

11. Recordings

Certain online or in-person programs may be recorded.

If a session is being recorded, we will provide notice where appropriate.

By actively appearing, speaking, presenting, or participating in a recorded session after receiving notice, you acknowledge that your voice, image, screen name, comments, or presentation may appear in the recording, subject to applicable law and any separate release terms.

Specific events may have additional media or recording policies.

12. Testimonials and Participant Content

We will not use a private communication as a public testimonial merely because you participated in a program.

If you separately authorize us to use your testimonial, quote, image, company name, or similar material, we may use it in accordance with that authorization.

You represent that content you intentionally submit for public use does not violate another person's rights.

13. Community Standards

When participating in an AI Founder Playbook workshop, cohort, event, online community, or other group environment, you agree not to:

We may remove a participant from a program or community for conduct that materially threatens the safety, security, integrity, or reasonable operation of the experience.

14. Acceptable Use

You may not use our website or services to:

15. Third-Party Links

Our website and programs may link to third-party websites, products, communities, events, or resources.

A link or mention does not necessarily constitute an endorsement.

We are not responsible for third-party content, practices, services, availability, or transactions.

16. Sponsors and Partners

AI Founder Playbook may work with sponsors, partners, educational institutions, accelerators, companies, or community organizations.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, sponsorship or partnership does not mean that the sponsor or partner controls the AI Founder Playbook curriculum or that AI Founder Playbook endorses every product or service offered by that organization.

Separate terms may apply to partner-operated services.

17. Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR WEBSITE, CONTENT, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”

WE DISCLAIM WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY OTHER WARRANTIES THAT MAY OTHERWISE ARISE BY LAW, COURSE OF DEALING, OR USAGE OF TRADE, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT LEGALLY BE DISCLAIMED.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE FROM HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

18. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BYTE & CHORD INC., AI FOUNDER PLAYBOOK, AND THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, INSTRUCTORS, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, DATA, OR GOODWILL ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM A PARTICULAR PAID SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THAT SERVICE DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

FOR FREE SERVICES, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED USD $100.

Some jurisdictions do not permit certain limitations of liability, so portions of this section may not apply to you.

19. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Byte & Chord Inc., AI Founder Playbook, and their officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents from third-party claims, liabilities, damages, and reasonable expenses resulting from:

This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim results from our own unlawful conduct.

20. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate access to services where reasonably necessary because of:

Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will continue to apply.

21. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, except where applicable consumer law requires otherwise.

Subject to any rights that cannot legally be waived, disputes arising from these Terms will be brought in the state or federal courts located in New York County, New York, and the parties consent to their jurisdiction.

22. Additional Agreements

Enterprise engagements, institutional programs, sponsorships, consulting services, private workshops, licensing arrangements, and other engagements may be governed by a separate agreement, proposal, statement of work, or order form.

If a separate written agreement conflicts with these Terms, the separate agreement controls for that engagement.

23. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms periodically.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

If changes materially affect an existing paid service or legal rights and applicable law requires additional notice or consent, we will provide it.

24. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect to the maximum extent permitted by law.

25. No Waiver

Failure to enforce a provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce it later.

26. Contact

Questions concerning these Terms may be sent to:

Byte & Chord Inc. / AI Founder Playbook

Email: jeni@aifounderplaybook.com

Mailing Address: New York, New York, United States

Website: aifounderplaybook.com