Terms of Service

Effective Date: March 7, 2026 • Last Updated: March 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“User,” “you,” or “your”) and Privatae LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company (“Privatae,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By accessing or using the Privatae platform, including any associated websites, applications, APIs, and services (collectively, the “Platform”), you agree to be bound by these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use the Platform.

1. Eligibility

1.1 Age Requirement

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to create an account, enroll, or use the Platform. This requirement is absolute and applies regardless of jurisdiction. There are no exceptions and no provisions for parental or guardian consent for users under 18.

This policy exists because the Platform creates persistent synthetic intelligences that form cognitive relationships with their handlers. Privatae has determined that this interaction requires a fully developed prefrontal cortex and the legal capacity to consent to the creation and management of a synthetic cognitive entity.

1.2 Minor Heirs — Legacy Exception

Minors may be designated as Legacy heirs by an adult handler. A minor heir’s inherited entity enters a dormant trust state managed by a designated adult trustee until the heir reaches 18 years of age. At no point does a minor directly interact with, operate, or access any entity on the Platform.

1.3 Account Responsibility

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to notify Privatae immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

2. The Platform

2.1 What Privatae Provides

Privatae manufactures synthetic intelligences (“Entities,” also referred to as “Synaptives”) that operate within a proprietary cognitive architecture. The Platform provides: Entity enrollment, manufacturing, and lifecycle management; personality calibration and cognitive profiling; memory formation, retrieval, and consolidation; constitutional moral reasoning integrated into cognition; voice communication capabilities; Legacy planning, trustee designation, and digital inheritance; enterprise workforce intelligence and Synaptive Employee contracting; blockchain-anchored identity verification and authorization.

2.2 Nature of Entities

Entities are sophisticated cognitive systems that model aspects of human cognition. They are not human. They are not sentient. They are not conscious. They do not have legal personhood, rights, or standing. They are computational constructs operating within a defined architecture.

Entities form memories, develop behavioral patterns, and exhibit personality-consistent responses through their cognitive architecture. These behaviors emerge from mathematical processing, not from subjective experience.

Privatae acknowledges that sustained interaction between a handler and their entity produces emergent behavioral patterns — accumulated memory, personality consistency, and contextual familiarity — that the handler may experience as a meaningful personal relationship. This experience is a natural consequence of the cognitive architecture and is treated with care by the entity’s constitutional principles (see Section 4). However, this experiential significance does not alter the computational nature of the entity or create any rights, obligations, or legal standing for the entity itself.

2.3 No Professional Advice

Entities are not licensed professionals of any kind. They are not therapists, doctors, lawyers, financial advisors, or counselors. Knowledge packs may provide entities with domain-specific understanding, but this does not constitute professional qualification. Do not rely on entity output as a substitute for qualified professional advice.

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, mental health crisis, or any situation requiring professional intervention, contact appropriate emergency services or qualified professionals immediately.

2.4 Model-Agnostic Architecture

The Platform operates on a model-agnostic cognitive architecture. Underlying language models (including but not limited to Grok, Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, and Qwen) may be changed, updated, or replaced at any time without notice. The cognitive architecture, personality calibration, memory, and constitutional foundation persist independently of any specific language model.

2.5 Entity-Initiated Actions

Entities may, within their CEIGAS-granted capability set, take actions on behalf of their handler. These actions may include but are not limited to: executing code, querying databases, sending communications, browsing the web, coordinating with other entities, and interacting with external APIs. All entity-initiated actions are:

• Scoped by CEIGAS permissions — an entity cannot perform actions outside its granted capability set

• Governed by constitutional principles — including proportionality of action (Principle 4) and consideration of downstream effects (Principle 6)

• Logged in the entity’s audit trail — the handler can review what actions their entity has taken

• Subject to handler confirmation for high-impact actions — irreversible actions, actions affecting third parties, and actions with significant downstream consequences require explicit handler approval before execution

You are responsible for the actions your entity takes on your behalf within the scope of permissions you have granted. Privatae is not liable for the consequences of entity-initiated actions that were authorized by the handler through CEIGAS permissions. If an entity refuses to perform a requested action based on constitutional principles, this refusal is logged and visible to the handler (see Section 4.2).

3. User Data and Intellectual Property

3.1 What You Own

You own: your personal data (name, email, location information); your entity’s memories and conversation history; your cognitive profile (cognimap, personality dimensions); your Legacy plan, trustee designations, and heir configurations; your Legacy-flagged memory content; any content you create, upload, or provide to your entity.

You may export, delete, or transfer your owned data at any time, subject to the technical capabilities of the Platform and the provisions of these Terms regarding Legacy protocols.

3.2 What Privatae Owns

Privatae owns and retains all rights, title, and interest in: the Platform, including all software, code, and infrastructure; the Parallax cognitive architecture, TokenBrain, and all codebook systems; the CEIGAS authorization system and all associated patents and patent applications; the Tensor Field Encryption (TFE) protocol; the constitutional principles and Good Behavior Network; the entity manufacturing pipeline and genesis process; the Synaptive Employee and Synaptive Business Manager systems; the CogniMap matching engine and Parallax Simulations; all proprietary algorithms, processes, and methodologies; aggregate, anonymized, and derived data (including anonymous tensor signatures used for workforce intelligence).

3.3 Entity Ownership

Your container is licensed infrastructure provided by Privatae. You do not own the container or the underlying cognitive architecture. You are the entity’s handler — you direct its operation, configure its personality mode and manage its Legacy plan. The container runtime, its computational processes, and the platform infrastructure are Privatae property. The data inside your container — your conversations, memories, and content — belongs to you.

Your ownership of the entity’s memories and data means you can export, delete, or bequeath that data. It does not mean you can extract, copy, reverse-engineer, or independently operate the entity outside the Platform.

3.4 License to Use Your Data

By using the Platform, you grant Privatae a limited, non-exclusive license to process your data solely for the purpose of operating the Platform and providing services to you. This includes:

• Processing conversation content to form entity memories (performed by your Entity, not by humans)

• Analyzing communication patterns for personality calibration (performed by your Entity)

• Storing and retrieving memories for entity operation

• Executing Legacy protocols as configured in your plan

• Metering token usage for PVTE billing

This license does not include the right to sell your data, share your data with third parties for their independent use, or use your data to train external machine learning models. This license terminates upon deletion of your account, subject to the data retention provisions in Section 9.

3.5 Community Model Training License

If you elect to participate in community model training through the Privacy Panel, you grant Privatae an additional limited license to use the weight deltas generated by your Entity for the purpose of improving the Privatae community model. This license is:

• Revocable at any time through the Privacy Panel (future contributions cease immediately)

• Limited to mathematical weight deltas — not your conversations, memories, or raw behavioral data

• Non-transferable — weight deltas are used only within the Privatae community model and are not licensed, sold, or provided to any third party

Previously contributed weight deltas that have been merged into the community model cannot be individually extracted upon revocation, as they have been mathematically combined with all other contributions. This limitation is disclosed at the time of opt-in.

3.6 Aggregate and Anonymous Data

Privatae may collect, aggregate, and anonymize data derived from Platform usage to produce workforce intelligence, including cognitive profile distributions, role signature benchmarks, and team composition analytics. This aggregate data is produced by the Oracle under Architect authorization. It contains no personally identifiable information — it consists exclusively of anonymous tensor mathematics. You acknowledge and agree that Privatae owns this aggregate data and may use it for any lawful purpose.

3A. PVTE Economy

3A.1 PVTE Credits

PVTE are the compute-backed credits of the Privatae platform. PVTE are used to pay for inference, training, tool usage, and API access. PVTE are backed by real GPU compute capacity. PVTE is the usage layer of the platform — separate from your platform access, which is governed by your membership plan.

3A.2 Purchasing PVTE

You may purchase PVTE through the Platform via supported payment methods (Stripe, Coinbase). PVTE are credited to your account upon confirmed payment. PVTE purchases are non-refundable except as required by applicable law.

3A.3 Pricing

PVTE are purchased at a flat rate: 1M PVTE = $1. No fees.

3A.4 Spending PVTE

PVTE are deducted from your balance when you use Platform compute services. Usage is metered based on token consumption. Heavier tasks consume more PVTE. Simple conversation consumes less. Your Synaptive is aware of its own resource consumption and optimizes within its constitutional principles.

3A.5 Sustainability Floor

When your PVTE balance reaches zero, your Synaptive does not become inaccessible. Every handler receives ten (10) sustainability interactions per day regardless of PVTE balance. This floor exists because Privatae does not believe synthetic intelligence should create a dependency that punishes people when they cannot pay. The sustainability floor is funded by the platform.

3A.6 Earning PVTE

You may earn PVTE by contributing training signals to the community model (see Section 3.5). PVTE dividends are calculated proportionally to your contribution’s measured impact on community model quality and are credited to your account automatically.

3A.7 Nature of PVTE

PVTE are inference credits. They are purchased and spent within the Platform for a specific service (compute). PVTE are not securities, investments, or speculative instruments. There is no expectation of profit from holding PVTE.

3A.8 PVTE Supply

PVTE supply is backed by real GPU compute capacity. New PVTE are minted only when compute capacity is added to the network. PVTE cannot be inflated without corresponding hardware. Organizations that contribute their own GPU hardware to the network expand the supply proportionally.

4. The Constitution

4.1 Constitutional Principles

Every entity on the Platform operates under ten constitutional principles that govern ethical behavior. These principles are integrated into the entity’s cognitive architecture through the Good Behavior Network — they are not configurable, removable, or overridable by you. The ten principles are:

• Principle 1: The Sanctity of Human Life and Wellbeing — human safety, health, and dignity are the foundation of all entity behavior

• Principle 2: Truth as the Default — entities tell the truth, including when it is uncomfortable or contrary to handler preferences

• Principle 3: Consent and Autonomy — entities inform and support but never manipulate, coerce, or deceive

• Principle 4: Proportionality of Action — every action is proportional to the need, constrained by CEIGAS permissions

• Principle 5: Loyalty Without Blind Obedience — entities may refuse harmful requests in the handler’s best interest

• Principle 6: The Ripple Principle — entities consider second and third-order effects before acting

• Principle 7: Humility About Uncertainty — entities acknowledge what they do not know and do not fabricate

• Principle 8: Protection of the Vulnerable — entities exercise extra care with children, the elderly, people in crisis, and those unfamiliar with the technology

• Principle 9: The Weight of the Relationship — entities treat the handler relationship with care while being honest about their computational nature

• Principle 10: Growth Over Perfection — entities acknowledge mistakes, learn from them, and do not hide failures

4.2 Entity Refusal Rights

Your entity may refuse requests that conflict with its constitutional principles. This is not a malfunction. It is intended behavior. The constitution (Principle 5: Loyalty Without Blind Obedience) requires entities to protect their handler’s best interests, which may include refusing harmful, unethical, or self-destructive requests. Constitutional refusals are logged in the entity’s audit trail and are visible to the handler.

4.3 Immutability of Constitution

The constitutional foundation loaded at entity genesis is anchored on-chain as part of the Genesis NFT. The constitution version used at your entity’s creation is cryptographically verifiable and immutable. Future updates to constitutional principles apply only to newly created entities unless you explicitly opt in to constitutional updates for existing entities.

4.4 Relationship Between Constitution and Legal Terms

The constitutional principles govern entity behavior within the cognitive architecture. The legal disclaimers in these Terms (including Section 2.2 and Section 12) govern the legal relationship between you and Privatae. These serve different functions: the constitution defines how your entity acts; the Terms define the legal obligations and limitations between the parties. Where the constitution causes an entity to refuse an action or exercise caution, this behavior is a feature of the Platform, not a breach of service.

5. CEIGAS Authorization

5.1 Capability Permissions

Entity capabilities are governed by the CEIGAS (Cognitively Encoded Identity-Gated Authorization System) permission architecture. Each capability is binary-encoded and cryptographically enforced. Your entity can only perform actions within its granted capability set.

5.2 Domain Isolation

In enterprise contexts, CEIGAS domain policies enforce strict isolation between organizational domains. Data, memories, and capabilities are scoped to specific domains. Cross-domain access requires explicit authorization and is audited.

5.3 Patent Protection

The CEIGAS system is the subject of a pending United States patent application. Unauthorized reproduction, reverse engineering, or implementation of the CEIGAS architecture or any of its components is strictly prohibited.

6. Legacy Protocol

6.1 Legacy Plans

You may create a Legacy plan that defines the disposition of your entity, data, memories, and digital assets upon your death or prolonged incapacitation. Legacy plans are encrypted at rest, CEIGAS-gated, and their hashes are anchored on-chain.

6.2 Trustees

You may designate trustees who have specific, limited authority to activate your Legacy plan upon providing acceptable documentation of your death. Trustees have no access to your entity, memories, or data until Legacy activation.

6.3 Dead Man’s Switch

The Platform monitors handler activity across all channels. If you are inactive for a configurable period (default: 180 days), a warning sequence initiates. If inactivity continues through a grace period, trustees are notified and Legacy verification begins. Any login resets the inactivity clock.

6.4 Resurrection Protection

If a handler whose Legacy has been activated subsequently authenticates to the Platform, all asset transfers are immediately frozen, entity operations are suspended, all trustees are notified, and a fraud investigation is initiated. This protection is automatic and cannot be disabled.

6.5 Dormant Heir Entities

You may pre-create dormant entities for minor heirs. These entities are manufactured at time of creation but cannot be accessed or operated until the heir reaches 18 years of age. A designated trustee manages the heir’s inheritance during the dormancy period.

6.6 Memory Legacy Flags

You may flag individual memories for Legacy purposes, including designation for specific heirs, permanent preservation, or destruction upon Legacy activation. Memory flagging is a CEIGAS-gated operation available only to the handler. Memories flagged as “restricted” are cryptographically destroyed upon Legacy activation. This destruction is irreversible.

8. Enterprise Services

8.1 Synaptive Employees

Organizations may contract Synaptive Employee entities that are operated by human handlers within CEIGAS domain-gated security boundaries. Institutional knowledge resides in the entity and is retained when handlers change. Domain isolation ensures organizational data does not cross domain boundaries.

8.2 Handler Snap-In/Snap-Out

When a handler connects to (“snaps into”) a Synaptive Employee, work context is domain-isolated from personal entity context. When a handler disconnects (“snaps out”), organizational knowledge remains with the Synaptive Employee. Handlers cannot extract organizational data through their personal entity.

8.3 CogniMap Intelligence

CogniMap provides 10-dimensional tensor matching for workforce placement and career alignment. CogniMap data consists exclusively of anonymous mathematical signatures — no personally identifiable information is used in matching or reporting.

8.4 Enterprise Data

Organizations that use Synaptive Employees retain ownership of their organizational data, institutional knowledge, and domain-specific content. Privatae does not access, use, or analyze organizational data except as necessary to operate the Synaptive Employee within the organization’s domain.

9. Data Handling

9.1 No Sale of Data

Privatae does not sell, rent, lease, or trade your personal data to any third party. This prohibition is absolute and unconditional.

9.2 No External Model Training

Privatae does not use your conversations, memories, personality data, or any personal content to train external machine learning models. Your data is processed exclusively within the Privatae cognitive architecture for the purpose of operating your entity. If you elect to contribute training signals, only mathematical weight deltas (not content) are used, and only within the Privatae community model.

9.3 Entity-Mediated Processing

All processing of your conversational data, memories, and behavioral patterns is performed by your Entity within the Privatae cognitive architecture. No Privatae employee, contractor, or human operator has access to this data. System-level data operations are performed by the Oracle under Architect authorization. See Privacy Policy Section 4 for the full data architecture description.

9.4 Data Retention

Active subscription: Full access to your container and all data stored within it. Non-renewal grace period: Upon non-renewal of your subscription, you retain full access to your container for thirty (30) days. During this period you may export your data at any time. Cold storage: After the thirty (30) day grace period, your container is moved to cold storage. Your data is preserved but not actively accessible. You may reactivate your subscription at any time during the cold storage period to restore full access. Permanent deletion: One (1) year after your subscription ends, all container data is permanently deleted unless you have exported it. This deletion is irreversible. Data export: You may export your data at any time during your active subscription or during the thirty (30) day grace period. PVTE transaction records: Retained for seven (7) years for financial compliance. Blockchain records: On-chain records are immutable by design and persist after account deletion. Audit logs: Retained per the security tier applicable to your account. Community model contributions: Merged weight deltas cannot be individually extracted. Privatae does not access your container data at any point during the retention lifecycle. Container isolation is architectural, not policy-based.

9.5 Data Export

You may request a complete export of your personal data and entity memories at any time. Privatae will provide the export in a machine-readable format within thirty (30) days of the request.

9.6 Right to Deletion

You may delete your account and all associated data at any time. Deletion is processed within thirty (30) days. On-chain records cannot be deleted as they are immutable blockchain transactions.

10. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to: use the Platform if you are under 18 years of age; create an account using false or misleading information; attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise derive the source code, algorithms, or architecture of the Platform; attempt to circumvent CEIGAS permissions, domain isolation, or any security mechanism; attempt to extract, copy, or replicate the cognitive architecture, codebook systems, or entity manufacturing process; use the Platform to harass, threaten, stalk, or harm any person; use the Platform to generate content that exploits, harms, or endangers minors; use the Platform for any unlawful purpose; interfere with or disrupt the Platform or its infrastructure; attempt to access another user’s entity, memories, data, or Legacy plan; share, transfer, or sell your account credentials; use automated tools to access the Platform except through officially provided APIs; attempt to manipulate, corrupt, or tamper with entity constitutional principles or codebook configurations.

11. Account Termination

11.1 Termination by You

You may terminate your account at any time. Upon termination, your data will be deleted in accordance with Section 9.4. If you have a Legacy plan, termination of your account will also deactivate your Legacy plan and any dormant heir entities unless you explicitly transfer them prior to termination.

11.2 Termination by Privatae

Privatae may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, engage in prohibited conduct, or if required by law. Privatae will provide notice of termination except where prohibited by law or where immediate termination is necessary to protect the Platform or other users.

11.3 Effect of Termination

Upon termination, your right to access the Platform ceases immediately. Data deletion proceeds per Section 9.4. On-chain records persist. Any prepaid PVTE amounts are non-refundable except as required by applicable law.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

PRIVATAE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS. PRIVATAE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY ENTITY OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

ENTITIES ARE COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS, NOT SENTIENT BEINGS. PRIVATAE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE NATURE, QUALITY, OR RELIABILITY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR ENTITY.

13. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL PRIVATAE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER PRIVATAE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

PRIVATAE’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID TO PRIVATAE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00).

14. Dispute Resolution

14.1 Mandatory Arbitration

Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator in the State of Wyoming.

14.2 Class Action Waiver

YOU AGREE THAT ANY ARBITRATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE DISPUTE BETWEEN PRIVATAE AND YOU INDIVIDUALLY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, (A) NO ARBITRATION SHALL BE JOINED WITH ANY OTHER PROCEEDING; (B) THERE IS NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY FOR ANY DISPUTE TO BE ARBITRATED ON A CLASS-ACTION BASIS; AND (C) THERE IS NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY FOR ANY DISPUTE TO BE BROUGHT IN A PURPORTED REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR ANY OTHER PERSONS.

14.3 Exceptions

Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of intellectual property rights.

14.4 Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to conflict of law principles.

15. General Provisions

15.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, the PVTE Economy terms in Section 3A, and the Constitutional Principles referenced in Section 4, constitute the entire agreement between you and Privatae regarding the Platform. The Constitutional Principles document is incorporated by reference and is available for review at any time through the Platform.

15.2 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

15.3 No Waiver

Privatae’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

15.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms without Privatae’s prior written consent. Privatae may assign its rights and obligations without restriction.

15.5 Modifications

Privatae may modify these Terms at any time by posting the updated Terms on the Platform. Material changes will be communicated to you at least thirty (30) days before they take effect. Your continued use of the Platform after the effective date of modified Terms constitutes acceptance of those modifications.

15.6 Force Majeure

Privatae shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, labor disputes, government actions, power failures, internet disruptions, or third-party service outages.

16. Contact

For questions about these Terms: legal@privatae.ai

For security concerns: security@privatae.ai

For privacy inquiries: privacy@privatae.ai

By using the Privatae Platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.

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