Terms of Service
Effective Date: November 12, 2026 · Operated by Ascua Labs LLC
Welcome to Ascua™. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) form a binding legal agreement between you and Ascua Labs LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company (“Ascua Labs,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), governing your access to https://ascua.ai and the Ascua software applications on Web, iOS, and iPadOS (collectively, the “Service”).
1. Eligibility & Private Preview Status
You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum legal age in your jurisdiction) to use the Service. Portions of Ascua are currently offered in Private Preview (v0.2); preview features may evolve prior to our general commercial v1.0 release.
2. Your Library & Copyright Compliance
- Ascua is designed for reading lawful, DRM-free ebooks (such as personal EPUB editions, open-access books, or public-domain works from catalogs like Project Gutenberg).
- You represent and warrant that you hold the necessary lawful rights or permissions to import, convert, design, and store any ebook files you upload to your personal workspace, and that you will not use the Service to circumvent technological protection measures (DRM) or unlawfully distribute copyrighted works.
- You retain all rights you hold in your legally acquired ebooks and your personal reading notes.
3. AI Co-Reading & Book Design Disclaimers
- Verify Against the Source Text: Read together provides AI-generated responses accompanied by clickable passage citations to assist your reading. AI outputs may contain inaccuracies or omissions and do not constitute legal, medical, financial, or professional advice. Always verify important claims against the cited book passage.
- Designed EPUB Exports: Book Design generates typographic layouts and bundles appropriately licensed open-source fonts for your personal reading use. Exported editions remain subject to the underlying copyright of the book’s author or publisher.
4. Planned Subscriptions, Billing & Cancellation
Upon commercial launch, paid features under Ascua Pro will be offered on a recurring monthly or annual subscription basis via Apple App Store In-App Purchase or direct Web checkout:
- Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing cycle unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to renewal.
- Subscriptions purchased through the Apple App Store are billed by Apple and may be managed or canceled anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings; refunds for App Store purchases are governed by Apple Media Services Terms.
- For direct Web subscriptions, you may cancel anytime from your account settings or by contacting [email protected].
5. Intellectual Property & Trademarks
The Ascua software, interface design, website content, Ascua™ name, and the Ascua wood-and-ember mark are the exclusive property of Ascua Labs LLC and are protected by applicable intellectual property and trademark laws.
6. Acceptable Use
You agree not to misuse the Service, attempt unauthorized access to our systems, abuse AI inference endpoints through automated scraping, or interfere with the security or availability of Ascua.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASCUA LABS LLC BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEEDING THE GREATER OF FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS ($50.00) OR THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO ASCUA LABS LLC IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.
8. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States of America, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.