Terms of Service

Last Updated: September 1, 2025
Effective Date: September 1, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to Sozee AI. Please read these Terms of Service (“Terms”, “Terms of Service”) carefully before using our website(s), products, services, and applications (the “Services”). If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding these Terms or the Services, please contact us at:

Email: support@sozee.ai
Address: 440 Monticello Ave Ste 1802 PMB 95775, Norfolk, VA 23510

These Terms of Service are a binding contract between you and Animus Technologies LLC (DBA Sozee AI) (“Sozee AI,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”). Your use of the Services in any way means that you agree to all of these Terms, and these Terms will remain in effect while you use the Services. These Terms include the provisions in this document as well as those in the Privacy Policy, Copyright Dispute Policy, and any other relevant policies.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. They cover important information about Services provided to you and any charges, taxes, and fees we bill you. These Terms include information about future changes to these Terms, automatic renewals, limitations of liability, a class action waiver, and resolution of disputes by arbitration instead of in court.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, YOU MAY NOT USE OR ACCESS THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER.

ARBITRATION NOTICE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER: EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DISPUTES DESCRIBED IN THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT SECTION BELOW, YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.

1. Use of the Service

1.1 Scope

The Service and content available on the Service are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Unless subject to a separate license agreement between you and Company, your right to access and use the Service is subject to these Terms.

1.2 Age Requirements

You represent and warrant that you are an individual of legal age to form a binding contract (or if not, you’ve received your parent’s or guardian’s permission to use the Services and have gotten your parent or guardian to agree to these Terms on your behalf).

1.3 Entity Use

If you’re agreeing to these Terms on behalf of an organization or entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to agree to these Terms on that organization’s or entity’s behalf and bind them to these Terms.

1.4 Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for or use the Services. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

2. Registration and Your Account

2.1 Account Registration

To access certain features of the Service, you may be required to register an account (“Account”) and select a password and username (“Sozee Credentials”).

2.2 Account Information

You promise to provide accurate, complete, and updated registration information. You may not:

Select a name you don’t have the right to use

Impersonate another person

Transfer your account without our prior written permission

Create multiple accounts

Create an account if previously banned from the Service

2.3 Account Security

You are responsible for:

Maintaining the security of your account and password

All activities under your account

Notifying us immediately of any unauthorized use or security breach

Monitoring your account to restrict use by minors

2.4 Third Party Accounts

You may be able to access the Services through third-party accounts (Google, Discord, etc.). By using such accounts, you permit us to access certain information from those accounts as needed for the Services.

3. Content and User Submissions

3.1 Types of Content

“Content” means all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, and other materials accessible through the Service. This includes:

Your Content: Content you upload, post, or make available through the Service

User Content: Content other users make available

Outputs: Content generated by our AI based on your inputs

3.2 Your Responsibilities

You are solely responsible for Your Content and represent that you have all necessary rights to it. Your Content must not:

Infringe any third party’s rights (copyright, trademark, privacy, etc.)

Contain sexually explicit content or pornography

Contain hateful, defamatory, or discriminatory content

Exploit minors or depict violence against children

Depict unlawful acts or extreme violence

Promote fraudulent schemes

Violate any law

3.3 Prohibited Content

You may not upload or generate content that:

Contains nudity, violence, or sexually explicit material

Is harmful, hateful, harassing, or offensive

Includes biometric data without consent

Impersonates others without permission (including deepfakes)

Propagates misinformation or disinformation

Actively promotes harmful stereotypes

4. Ownership and Licenses

4.1 Service Ownership

We (and our licensors) own all rights, title, and interest in the Service itself, including all software, methods, documentation, and Company materials. This does not include Your Content.

4.2 Your Content Ownership

You retain ownership of Your Content. However, you grant us certain licenses as described below.

4.3 License to Your Content

You grant Sozee AI a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable, transferable license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works from, translate, distribute, publicly perform, and display Your Content for:

Operating and providing the Service

Training and improving our AI models

Marketing and promotional purposes

Any purposes described in these Terms

4.4 User Inputs and Outputs

Inputs: Your prompts, reference images, videos, and instructions to our AI

Outputs: Content generated by our AI based on your Inputs

You retain ownership of your Inputs and Outputs

We may use Inputs and Outputs to train and improve our AI models

Commercial use of Outputs is permitted under your subscription plan

4.5 Feedback

Any suggestions, ideas, or proposals you submit to us (“Feedback”) may be used by us without restriction, attribution, or compensation to you.

5. User Conduct and Restrictions

5.1 Prohibited Activities

You shall not (and shall not permit any third party to):

Content Violations:

Create unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, or offensive content

Infringe any intellectual property or other rights

Harm minors in any way

Send spam or unauthorized advertising

Violate any laws or regulations

Technical Violations:

License, sell, rent, or commercially exploit the Service

Reverse engineer, decompile, or modify the Service

Use automated tools to scrape or download data

Interfere with the Service’s proper functioning

Introduce viruses or harmful code

Attempt to gain unauthorized access

Use the Service to develop competing products

AI-Specific Violations:

Use Outputs to train competing AI models

Generate content that violates these Terms

Misrepresent AI-generated content as human-created

Use the Service for unauthorized surveillance

5.2 API Limitations

We may limit:

Number of API calls

File sizes

Processing capacity

Any other aspects we deem necessary

6. Monitoring and Enforcement

6.1 Content Monitoring

We may (but are not obligated to) monitor, review, or remove Content at any time. You consent to such monitoring and have no expectation of privacy.

6.2 Our Rights

We reserve the right to:

Remove or refuse any Content for any reason

Take action against Content violating these Terms

Disclose information to third parties claiming rights violations

Cooperate with law enforcement

Terminate or suspend access for violations

6.3 Reporting

If we believe criminal activity has occurred, we may disclose information to:

Comply with legal requirements

Enforce these Terms

Respond to claims

Protect safety and rights

7. Third-Party Services

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, applications, and advertisements. We are not responsible for:

Third-party content or services

Privacy practices of third parties

Any damages from third-party interactions

You access third-party services at your own risk.

8. Pricing and Payment

8.1 Fees

Some Services require payment. We use third-party payment processors (like Stripe) to handle billing. By providing payment information, you authorize us to charge your payment method for all fees.

8.2 Billing

All fees are non-refundable except as stated herein

You must keep payment information current

We may change prices with notice

Taxes are additional where applicable

8.3 Refunds

You may request a refund within seven (7) days of initial purchase if no credits have been used. Refunds are subject to a service fee not exceeding 6% where permitted by law.

8.4 Credits

Credits are prepaid amounts for Service features

Credits expire as specified

Credits have no cash value

Unused credits are forfeited upon cancellation

9. Subscriptions

9.1 Automatic Renewal

YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF THE SAME DURATION AT OUR THEN-CURRENT RATES UNLESS YOU CANCEL.

9.2 Cancellation

You may cancel subscriptions through your Account settings or by contacting support@sozee.ai. Cancellations take effect at the end of the current term with no prorated refunds.

9.3 Changes

Upgrades take effect immediately

Downgrades take effect next renewal period

We may change subscription pricing with notice

10. Privacy

Your use of our Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Services and informs users of our data collection practices.

11. Copyright and DMCA

11.1 Copyright Policy

We respect intellectual property rights and will terminate repeat infringers.

11.2 DMCA Notices

To report copyright infringement, send notice to:

Animus Technologies LLC (DBA Sozee AI)
Attn: DMCA Designated Agent
440 Monticello Ave Ste 1802 PMB 95775, Norfolk, VA 23510
Email: dmca@sozee.ai

Include:

Signature of copyright owner’s representative

Identification of copyrighted work

Identification of infringing material

Your contact information

Good faith statement

Statement under penalty of perjury

11.3 Counter-Notices

If you believe material was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice with similar requirements.

12. Termination

12.1 Term

These Terms continue while you use the Service unless terminated earlier.

12.2 Termination by Us

We may terminate:

Immediately for material breach

If required by law

At any time with notice (with refund of prepaid amounts)

12.3 Termination by You

You may terminate by:

Notifying us

Closing your Account

Stopping use of the Service

12.4 Effect of Termination

Upon termination:

Your access ends

We may delete Your Content

No refunds except as stated

Surviving provisions remain in effect

13. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant:

The Service will meet your requirements

Uninterrupted or error-free operation

Accuracy of Outputs or Content

Freedom from harmful components

Outputs may contain errors, offensive material, or third-party content. You are solely responsible for your use of Outputs.

14. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR:

Indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages

Lost profits, revenue, or data

Business interruption

Procurement of substitute services

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF:

Amount paid by you in the three months before the claim

$100

This does not apply to death, personal injury, or fraud.

15. Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from:

Your Content and Outputs

Your misuse of the Service

Your violation of these Terms

Your violation of any rights

Your violation of any laws

16. Arbitration Agreement

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY – THIS AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

16.1 Agreement to Arbitrate

Disputes will be resolved by binding arbitration, not court, except:

Small claims court qualifying claims

Injunctions for intellectual property violations

16.2 Informal Resolution Required First

Before arbitration, we must attempt informal resolution:

Written notice required

Good faith conference within 45 days

Individual conferences only

16.3 Arbitration Rules

AAA Consumer or Commercial Rules apply

Individual arbitration only

No class actions

Arbitrator decides all issues except class action waivers

16.4 Opt-Out Right

You may opt out within 30 days by sending written notice to:

Animus Technologies LLC (DBA Sozee AI)
Attn: Legal – Arbitration Opt-Out
440 Monticello Ave Ste 1802 PMB 95775, Norfolk, VA 23510

17. General Provisions

17.1 Governing Law

These Terms are governed by California law without regard to conflicts of law.

17.2 Entire Agreement

These Terms are the complete agreement between us and supersede all prior agreements.

17.3 Updates to Terms

We may update these Terms. Continued use after updates means acceptance.

17.4 Assignment

You cannot assign these Terms. We may assign freely.

17.5 Severability

If any provision is invalid, the remainder continues in effect.

17.6 No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver.

17.7 Export Control

You must comply with all export laws and are not in an embargoed country.

17.8 Force Majeure

We’re not liable for delays beyond our reasonable control.

17.9 Contact Information

For questions or concerns: