Terms of Service

Effective Date: February 6, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Kodu.ai's services, including the Claude Coder VSCode extension and the Engineer voice agent product (collectively, the "Services"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Services.

2. Description of Services

Kodu.ai provides AI-powered tools for development and product creation, including:

  • Claude Coder: A VSCode extension that uses Anthropic's Claude AI API for code assistance.
  • Engineer: An upcoming AI voice agent for project building (coming soon).
  • Kodu Cloud: An AI inference service.

3. User Accounts and API Keys

To use our Services, you may need to create an account using Clerk authentication. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and API keys. You agree not to share your API keys or account credentials with any third party. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.

Use of disposable, redirector, spam, bot, or fraudulent email addresses, as well as disposable or VoIP phone numbers, is prohibited. If we detect such usage, we reserve the right to deduct 20 credits from your account. If you wish to use such contact information, please contact us directly at [email protected].

4. Free Credits and Pricing

New users receive $10 worth of free credits for use with the Claude Coder extension. This goes up to $12.5 if they have been referred by someone. Once these credits are exhausted, you may be required to purchase additional credits to continue using the Services. We reserve the right to modify our pricing and credit system at any time.

5. Use of Services and Prohibited Conduct

You agree to use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You shall not use the Services to:

  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
  • Infringe on any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights.
  • Generate, request, or promote sexually explicit content (nudity).
  • Attempt to circumvent trial limitations or engage in any form of trial scamming or abuse of the service.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services.
  • Use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Services.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or any other user's account.

AI Monitoring: Kodu Cloud inference requests are subject to automated AI monitoring to detect and prevent violations of these Terms, specifically regarding sexually explicit content and trial abuse. Details of this monitoring are outlined in our Privacy Policy.

Consequences of Violation: If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have violated these Terms, including but not limited to the prohibitions listed above, we may take any or all of the following actions:

  • Issue a warning.
  • Suspend or terminate your access to the Services.
  • Ban your account.
  • Take legal action, if necessary.

No VSCode Extension Monitoring: Requests made directly through our official VSCode extension interface are *not* subject to the automated AI monitoring mentioned above.

6. Intellectual Property

The Services and their original content, features, and functionality are owned by Kodu.ai and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from the Services, except as expressly permitted in these Terms.

7. User Data and Content

7.1. Ownership: You retain all rights, title, and interest in and to any data or content you submit or generate while using our Services.

7.2. Service Functionality: Kodu.ai does not assert any ownership rights to your data or content.

7.3. Data Usage for Service Improvement: In order to enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of our Kodu Engineer product, we may collect Kodu Engineer data such as sanitized prompts and outputs. This process is designed to improve model performance and user experience.

7.4. Opt-In/Opt-Out: We will provide mechanisms for users to opt in or out of data collection for service improvement purposes. These options will be clearly communicated and easily accessible within our Services.

7.5. Future Community Support: In the future, we may introduce additional opt-in programs that allow users to contribute sanitized and anonymized data to support the broader user community. Such programs, if implemented, will be entirely voluntary and subject to separate terms and conditions.

7.6. Data Protection: Any use of user data for service improvement or community support will be conducted in strict accordance with our Privacy Policy, employing robust anonymization and sanitization techniques to protect user privacy and intellectual property rights.

7.7. Transparency: We are committed to maintaining transparency in our data usage practices. We will provide clear information about how user data is used and the benefits of participation in any data collection programs.

7.8 AI Monitoring Data: As described in our Privacy Policy, limited data from Kodu Cloud inference requests may be temporarily logged for review if flagged for potential violations. This data is deleted within 24 hours.

8. Limitation of Liability

Kodu.ai shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages resulting from your use of the Services, or from any: (a) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content; (b) personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to and use of our services; (c) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information and/or financial information stored therein; (d) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from our services; (e) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like, which may be transmitted to or through our services by any third party; and/or (f) any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the services, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not the company is advised of the possibility of such damages. The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Services are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranties arising out of course of dealing or usage of trade. Kodu.ai does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. You use the Services at your own risk.

10. Changes to Services

We reserve the right to modify or discontinue any part of our Services at any time without notice.

11. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your access to our Services immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including if you breach the Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Services will immediately cease.

12. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

13. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of significant changes by posting the new Terms on this page. Your continued use of the Services after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at [email protected].