Terms of service.

Last updated: August 16, 2026 · Effective immediately

1. Acceptance

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") form a binding agreement between you and empowered.guru, LLC, a California limited liability company ("Company", "we", "us", "our"). By accessing or using our website at empowered.guru or www.empowered.guru, or any free product or service we make available there (collectively, the "Service"), you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. Definitions

• "Content" means text, graphics, images, code, audio, video, and other material made available through the Service.
• "User" means any individual or entity that accesses or uses the Service.
• "Engagement" means a paid consulting or software engagement governed by a signed Master Services Agreement and one or more Statements of Work.
• "Client Materials" means content, data, or other material you provide to us in connection with an Engagement.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction) and able to enter a binding contract to use the Service. If you are accepting on behalf of an entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity, in which case "you" refers to that entity.

4. Accounts and security

Some parts of the Service may require an account. You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential and for activity that occurs under your account. Notify us promptly at security@empowered.guru if you suspect unauthorized use.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to, and not to authorize any third party to:

• Violate any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right.
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract source code of the Service, except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by law.
• Interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its related systems.
• Upload or transmit malware, ransomware, or other harmful code.
• Probe, scan, or test the security of the Service without our prior written consent; see /responsible-disclosure for our safe-harbor terms.
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service in a manner that exceeds reasonable use or our published rate limits.
• Use the Service to develop a competing product or service.
• Remove or alter any proprietary notices or markings.

Our full Acceptable Use Policy, including the rules that apply to infrastructure we operate on your behalf (private LLMs, agents, hosted apps), is at /legal/acceptable-use.

6. Consulting and software services

Paid consulting and software services are not provided under these Terms. They are provided only under a signed Master Services Agreement (MSA) and one or more Statements of Work (SoW). If there is no signed MSA between you and the Company, no paid engagement exists and no service-level commitment applies. A template MSA and SoW are available at /legal/master-services-agreement and /legal/statements-of-work.

7. Fees and payment

Free offerings on the Service are provided at no charge. Any fees for paid services are specified in the applicable SoW. Unless the SoW says otherwise: fees are stated in U.S. dollars; invoices are due net 30; overdue amounts accrue interest at 1.5% per month or the maximum permitted by law; and you reimburse reasonable collection costs. You agree to provide a valid purchase order or, at our request, complete tax / 1099 information described in our /legal/tax notice.

8. Intellectual property

8.1 Our IP

The Service and all Content made available by us (including the terminal-prompt brand mark, the wordmark, the site design, our blog posts, and our open-source code) are owned by the Company or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Except for the limited rights expressly granted in these Terms, no rights are granted to you.

8.2 Trademarks

"empowered.guru", the terminal-prompt mark, the wordmark, and our other names, logos, and product names are trademarks of the Company. You may not use them without our prior written permission, except as permitted under fair use or under our /legal/trademark notice.

8.3 Open source

Code that we release under an open-source license is governed by that license, not by these Terms.

9. Feedback

If you send us feedback, suggestions, or ideas ("Feedback"), you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate the Feedback into the Service without restriction or compensation to you. You represent that you have all rights necessary to grant this license.

10. Confidentiality

Each party will protect the other's confidential information with the same care it uses to protect its own confidential information of similar nature (and in no event less than reasonable care) and will use such information only for purposes of performing under these Terms or the applicable Engagement. Confidential information does not include information that is or becomes publicly known through no fault of the receiving party, was already known to the receiving party, is independently developed, or is rightfully received from a third party without restriction. Mutual NDA template: /legal/nda.

11. Privacy

Our collection and use of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy and, for processing we do on a client's behalf, in the Data Processing Agreement at /legal/data-processing-agreement.

12. Warranty disclaimer

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY OF RESULTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT IT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.

13. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, OR DATA, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EACH PARTY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO US UNDER THESE TERMS IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100). THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION IN THE AGGREGATE AND DO NOT APPLY TO (I) BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY, (II) INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, (III) GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR (IV) LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED AS A MATTER OF LAW.

14. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any third-party claim arising out of (a) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms, (b) your Client Materials, or (c) your violation of any law or third-party right. We will promptly notify you of any claim, give you sole control of the defense and settlement (at your cost), and provide reasonable cooperation.

15. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. We may terminate or suspend your access if you breach these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Service on reasonable notice. Sections that by their nature should survive termination, including Confidentiality, Intellectual Property, Warranty Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Governing Law, and Dispute Resolution, survive.

16. Suspension

We may suspend the Service (in whole or in part) at any time if we reasonably believe that (a) you have breached these Terms, (b) suspension is needed to prevent harm to the Service or to other users, or (c) we are required to do so by law. When feasible, we will give you advance notice and an opportunity to cure. Suspension does not waive any of our other rights or remedies.

17. Force majeure

Neither party will be liable for any failure or delay in performance (other than payment obligations) to the extent caused by events outside its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, internet or telecommunications outages, power failures, supply-chain disruptions, or government actions. The affected party will give prompt notice and use reasonable efforts to mitigate.

18. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. Subject to Section 19, the state and federal courts located in California will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms, and each party consents to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

19. Dispute resolution

19.1 Informal resolution

Before filing a claim, the complaining party will send the other a written notice describing the dispute and the desired relief, and the parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute within 60 days. Send notices to legal@empowered.guru or, if you are the Company sending the notice, to the email you have on file with us.

19.2 Arbitration

Any dispute that is not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be conducted by a single arbitrator in California. The arbitrator may award any relief that a court could award, including injunctive relief, but may not award punitive damages or damages excluded by Section 13. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

19.3 Carve-outs

Either party may bring a claim in small-claims court for matters within its jurisdiction, and either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to protect its intellectual-property or confidential information.

19.4 Class waiver

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL DISPUTES WILL BE BROUGHT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A CLASS ACTION, CONSOLIDATED ACTION, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. IF THIS CLASS-WAIVER IS HELD UNENFORCEABLE, THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WILL NOT APPLY.

19.5 Opt-out

You may opt out of arbitration by sending written notice to legal@empowered.guru within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. The notice must include your name and the email you used to accept, and must state that you opt out of arbitration.

20. Notices

Notices to you may be sent to the email address you provided. Notices to us must be sent to legal@empowered.guru with a copy by mail to empowered.guru, LLC, Attn: Legal, California, U.S.A. Notice is effective on the date sent by email (with confirmation of delivery) or three days after mailing, whichever is earlier.

21. Assignment

You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, with notice to you. These Terms bind and benefit the parties and their permitted successors.

22. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or arbitrator to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary so that the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.

23. Entire agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any signed MSA / SoW applicable to a given Engagement, constitute the entire agreement between the parties regarding the Service and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements on that subject.

24. Changes

We may modify these Terms. When a change is material, we will make a reasonable effort to provide notice before the new Terms take effect, for example by updating the effective date, posting a notice on the website, or emailing you. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

25. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to legal@empowered.guru or through our contact page.