These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Sturgeon AI Government Contracting & Grants platform (the “Service”), operated by Trapier Management LLC (“Sturgeon AI,” “we,” “us”). By creating an account or using the Service you agree to these Terms.

1. The Service

The Service provides tools for discovering, tracking, and pursuing government contracting and grant opportunities, including opportunity search, AI-assisted analysis and drafting, proposal management, and related features. Public opportunity data is sourced from government systems such as SAM.gov, USAspending.gov, and Grants.gov; we do not guarantee its completeness or accuracy, and you are responsible for verifying all information against the official source before relying on it.

2. Accounts

You must provide accurate registration information and keep your credentials secure. You are responsible for all activity under your account. You must be at least 18 years old and authorized to act for the business you register.

3. Subscriptions, Credits, and Billing

Paid plans and one-time purchases (including proposal credits and Human Review services) are billed through Stripe. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; you can cancel any time from the Billing page, effective at the end of the current billing period. Except where required by law, fees are non-refundable [CONFIRM REFUND POLICY]. Prices may change with notice before your next renewal.

4. AI-Generated Content

Portions of the Service use artificial intelligence to generate analysis, summaries, and draft documents. AI output may contain errors and does not constitute legal, financial, or contracting advice. You are solely responsible for reviewing, editing, and verifying any AI-generated content before submitting it to any government agency or third party.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to misuse the Service, including: attempting to access other customers’ data; reselling or scraping the Service; using it to violate any law or procurement regulation; or submitting content you don’t have rights to. We may suspend accounts that violate these Terms.

6. Your Content

You retain ownership of the documents and data you upload. You grant us the limited rights needed to operate the Service (storage, processing, display to you and your team). Proposal outputs generated for you belong to you.

7. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its software, design, and content (excluding your content and government data), is owned by Trapier Management LLC and protected by law. These Terms grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Service during your subscription.

8. Disclaimers

The Service is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that use of the Service will result in contract awards or grant funding.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the amounts you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim, and we are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages.

10. Termination

You may stop using the Service and cancel at any time. We may suspend or terminate access for breach of these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive (including 6–9) survive termination.

11. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [CONFIRM STATE — e.g., North Carolina], without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

12. Changes

We may update these Terms; material changes will be announced on this page with a new effective date. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

13. Contact

Questions about these Terms: contact us or write to Trapier Management LLC [CONFIRM MAILING ADDRESS / EMAIL].

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