Terms of Service

Last updated: January 29, 2026

Welcome to Founder Notes. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Founder Notes's website, applications, and services (collectively, the "Service"), operated by Founder Notes ("we", "us", or "our"). You can reach us at foundervox.workplace@gmail.com. By accessing or using Founder Notes, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. Please read them carefully.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Founder Notes, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this service. These Terms of Service apply to all users of the service, including without limitation users who are browsers, customers, and contributors of content.

2. Description of Service

Core Features

Founder Notes is a voice-first productivity application that enables users to capture ideas through voice recordings, automatically transcribe audio to text, and organize content into notes, tasks, and actionable items using artificial intelligence.

Service Availability

We strive to maintain high availability of our service but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time with reasonable notice to users.

New Features

Certain features may be offered as early access. These features are provided "as is" and may be modified or discontinued at any time. Users acknowledge that new features may be refined over time.

3. User Accounts

Account Creation

To use Founder Notes, you must create an account by providing a valid email address and creating a password. You may also sign up using third-party authentication services such as Google or Apple. You must be at least 16 years old to create an account.

Account Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.

Google Account Connection

If you choose to connect your Google account, you authorize Founder Notes to access your Google Calendar event details and to send emails on your behalf through Gmail, as described in our Privacy Policy. You are responsible for the content of any emails you compose and send through Founder Notes. You may disconnect your Google account at any time through your account settings or through your Google Account permissions page. Disconnecting immediately revokes all Google access.

Account Termination

You may delete your account at any time through the application settings. Upon deletion, all your personal data will be permanently removed within 30 days. Since Founder Notes does not store Google data, no Google data deletion is necessary upon account termination. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms of Service or engage in prohibited activities.

4. User Content and Conduct

Your Content

You retain ownership of all content you create, upload, or store in Founder Notes, including voice recordings, transcriptions, and notes. By using our service, you grant us a limited license to process and store your content solely to provide the service to you.

Prohibited Content

You agree not to use Founder Notes to store, process, or transmit any content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. You also agree not to upload content that infringes on any third party's intellectual property rights.

Prohibited Activities

You agree not to: (a) attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems or other users' accounts; (b) use the service for any illegal purpose; (c) interfere with or disrupt the service or servers; (d) reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of the service; (e) use automated systems or bots to access the service; (f) resell or redistribute the service without authorization.

5. Subscription and Payments

Free Tier

Founder Note offers a free tier that provides limited usage (5 notes and 15 minutes of transcription per month) with access to core features. No credit card is required to use the free tier. You may upgrade to a paid subscription at any time to access higher usage limits and additional features.

Paid Subscriptions

Paid subscription plans provide access to all features and usage limits. Subscription fees are billed on a monthly basis. All fees are non-refundable except as required by applicable law.

Price Changes

We reserve the right to modify subscription prices with 30 days notice. Price changes will not affect current billing periods. Founding member pricing may be grandfathered at the discretion of Founder Notes.

Cancellation

You may cancel your subscription at any time. Cancellation will take effect at the end of your current billing period, and you will retain access to paid features until then.

6. Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property

Founder Notes and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by Founder Notes and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.

License to Use

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use Founder Notes for your personal or internal business purposes.

Feedback

If you provide us with any feedback, suggestions, or ideas regarding the service, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.

7. Third-Party Services

Founder Notes integrates with third-party services for transcription, AI processing, and other features. Your use of these integrated services is subject to their respective terms of service and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the practices of third-party service providers.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

FOUNDER NOTES IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.

Transcription Accuracy

While we strive for high accuracy in our transcription services, we do not guarantee 100% accuracy. Users should review transcribed content before relying on it for important purposes.

AI-Generated Content

AI-powered features, including categorization, summarization, and insights, are provided for informational purposes only. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of AI-generated content. Users should review and verify AI-generated content before relying on it.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FOUNDER NOTES AND ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, OR AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM: (A) YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (B) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVERS AND/OR ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN; (C) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICE; (D) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE SERVICE; (E) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO FOUNDER NOTES IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Founder Notes and its directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and suppliers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Service or your use of the service.

11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

Governing Law

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

Dispute Resolution

Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms of Service shall first be attempted to be resolved through good-faith negotiation between the parties. If the dispute cannot be resolved through negotiation within 30 days, either party may pursue binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.

Class Action Waiver

You agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action.

12. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time. We will provide notice of material changes by posting the updated terms on our website and updating the "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the service after such modifications constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms. If you do not agree to the modified terms, you must discontinue use of the service.

13. Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect.

14. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Founder Notes regarding the use of our service and supersede all prior and contemporaneous written or oral agreements.

15. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at foundervox.workplace@gmail.com. We will respond to your inquiry within a reasonable timeframe.