Terms of Use
Last updated: 2026-02-16
Welcome to Ascent Bio!
These Terms of Use (these “Terms”) constitute a legal agreement between you and Ascent Bio Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Ascent Bio”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) stating the terms and conditions that govern your access to and use of Ascent Bio website at https://www.ascentbio.ai/, Ascent Bio proprietary software and web platform, applicable application programming interface, content therein, and related technologies (all together, “Services”).
BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES, REGISTERING AN ACCOUNT WITH US, OR CLICKING ON A BUTTON ON THE SERVICES INDICATING YOUR CONSENT, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO COMPLY WITH AND BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THESE TERMS. You also hereby acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information. If you do not agree to these Terms, please discontinue use of the Services immediately.
If you are using the Services on behalf of an entity, then (a) “you” and “your” includes yourself and that entity, (b) you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind the entity to these Terms, and that you agree to these Terms on the entity's behalf, and (c) the entity is legally and financially responsible for your use of the Services as well as for the access or use of your account by others affiliated with your entity, including any employees, agents or contractors.
Our Services
Ascent Bio offers autonomous AI agents for science.
Account Registration
You must be the higher of 18 years of age or the minimum age required in your residential jurisdiction to consent to these Terms. If you create an account or use the Services on behalf of another person or entity, you represent and warrant that you have the legal authority to agree to these Terms on their behalf.
To use the Services, you need to create an account and provide accurate, up-to-date information. All the details you share are covered by our Privacy Policy. Keep your username and password confidential. Any activity on your account is your responsibility. If you suspect someone else is using your account or notice any security issue, please notify us immediately.
We grant you a limited right of access to use the Services as described in these Terms. We reserve the right to disable your account at any time, including if you have failed to comply with any of these Terms, or if activities occur on your account which, in our sole discretion, would or might cause damage to or impair the Services or infringe or violate any third-party rights, or violate any applicable laws.
Artificial Intelligence
We incorporate AI Technology in the Services to enable you to receive Output based on the Input and our Licensed Materials. You are responsible for ensuring the use of our AI Technology and all Input comply with all applicable laws and with these Terms.
“AI Technology” means any machine learning, deep learning, and other artificial intelligence technologies.
“Input” means any data, information, question, publications, or other content that is provided by a user to Ascent Bio for processing, including by AI Technology.
“Output” means any data, information, protocols, or other content generated and produced by Ascent Bio, including by AI Technology.
“Licensed Materials” means any materials Ascent Bio is entitled to use, including content covered by negotiated proprietary licenses (“Proprietary Content”), and content in the public domain.
Output may resemble existing works and other users may receive similar Output in response to similar Inputs, including the Licensed Materials. Output is provided “as is” and is not guaranteed to be accurate, complete, or up to date. It is your responsibility to review and verify any Output for suitability for your use case. Please ensure any Output intended for use in publications or disseminated materials is not substantially similar with existing works.
These Terms expressly prohibit any third party to use any Services, Ascent Bio's intellectual property, or Licensed Materials, to develop, train, validate, update, fine-tune, improve, or modify any of your own or a third party's AI Technology. Any violation shall be considered a material breach of these Terms, subject to all remedies provided under law.
Ownership and License of Input and Output
Input
You are responsible for your Input. You represent and warrant that you have all rights, licenses, and permissions needed to provide Input to our Services. As between you and Ascent Bio, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you retain all intellectual property and other rights in your Input.
We may use your Input to provide, maintain, develop, and improve our Services, comply with applicable law, enforce these Terms, and prevent abuse. For Plus Plan or Enterprise Plan users, we will not use your Input to develop or improve the Services, unless you explicitly agree to such use.
Output
Subject to Section 5 below, and to the extent permitted by applicable law:
As between you and Ascent Bio you own the Output (except for the Licensed Materials). We hereby assign to you all our right, title, and interest, if any, in and to the Output (except for the Licensed Materials). You hereby grant Ascent Bio and its affiliates a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, non-revocable, worldwide, and royalty-free license to use the Output. For Enterprise users, Ascent Bio's use of that Output is limited to the operation and improvement of the system.
Collectively, Inputs and Outputs are “Content.”
Intellectual Property
Ascent Bio IP
As between you and Ascent Bio, Ascent Bio or its licensors retain all right, title, and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to the Services and any and all improvements, modifications or enhancements thereto, as well as all related software programs, data, documentation, specifications, descriptions, algorithms, models, methods, processes, techniques and know-how (the “Ascent Bio IP”) and no Ascent Bio IP is transferred to you.
Feedback
We appreciate feedback, comments, ideas, proposals and suggestions for improvements to the Services (“Feedback”). You hereby assign to Ascent Bio all rights in and to any Feedback without any restriction or compensation to you.
Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect you to do the same. If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any materials accessible on or from the Services infringe your copyright, you may report the alleged copyright infringements and request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Services by submitting a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement (“DMCA Notice”) to our copyright agent designated below. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (17 U.S.C. § 512) (“DMCA>”), we will respond expeditiously to those claims of copyright infringement. The DMCA Notice must include substantially the following:
Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the Website, a representative list of such works.
Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material.
Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Please deliver the DMCA Notice, with all items completed, to our designated copyright agent:
Copyright Agent
Ascent Bio Inc.
11278 Los Alamitos Blvd, Unit #896
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
contact@ascentbio.ai
If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective. Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Services is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.
Use Restrictions
As a platform dedicated to accelerating scientific progress, Ascent Bio expects all users to use our Services responsibly. You agree not to:
In a way that violates any applicable statutory law or regulation.
In a way that misappropriates, violates, or otherwise infringes upon a third party's rights.
In a way that could have a legal or material impact on a third party.
In a way that could cause risk or harm to a third party.
In a way that reverse-engineers, disassembles, decompiles, derives access to, decodes, exploits, or otherwise grants access to our intellectual property, source code, or the underlying structure of any of the Services.
In a way that aids in developing products or services to compete with our Services, including any way that reproduces, modifies, translates, rents, leases, lends, resells, or creates derivative works of the Services.
In a way that probes, scans, or attempts to penetrate the Services without explicit authorization from an authorized representative of Ascent Bio to do so.
In a way that provides Ascent Bio with any data that is subject to specific protections under applicable laws and in which you do not have the right to disclose.
In a way that abuses, harms, interferes with, or disrupts the Services.
In a way that knowingly permits a third party to do any of the foregoing.
Ascent Bio is not obligated to monitor all activity but reserves the right to do so to ensure compliance with these Terms and applicable law. We may remove or disable access to the Services at our discretion and without notice if we determine it violates these Terms. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Ascent Bio.
Subscriptions and Payment
We reserve the right to modify the subscription fees and payment policies from time to time. Subscriptions will be automatically renewed until earlier cancelled before the end of the current period. You can cancel via your account settings or by contacting us, but no refunds are provided for the current period. Except as otherwise specified herein or in any purchase order, all subscription fees and applicable taxes are quoted and payable in US dollars. Payment is non-cancelable and non-refundable.
Payments can be made via third parties. These payment processing services are subject to their own terms and conditions, privacy notice, and all other relevant agreements. By agreeing to these Terms, you hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the applicable payment processor and authorize the applicable payment processor to bill your specified subscription fees. We assume no liability for any payments you make through a payment processor.
You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made via the Services. You further agree to promptly update account and payment information, including email address, payment method, and payment card expiration date, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed. Sales tax will be added to the price of purchases as deemed required by us. All payments shall be in US dollars.
Beta Offerings
We offer Services in beta or limited release stages for testing, evaluation, proof of concept, or similar purposes (collectively, “Beta offerings”). You may choose to use Beta Offerings at your sole discretion. If you use Beta Offerings, you agree to, at our request, report any issues or errors, suggest improvements, and provide us with necessary information for evaluation. Notwithstanding anything provided in these Terms, we make no representation or warranty and shall have no liability whatsoever in relation to the content or use of any Beta Offerings, and you are fully responsible for any damages incurred during your use of Beta Offerings. We may change, suspend, or discontinue Beta Offerings at any time in our sole discretion.
Change to the Services
We may update our Services from time to time at our discretion. These updates are to improve the capacities and capabilities of the Services, and it may include the addition or removal of features within the Services. Similarly, we reserve the right to remove any Content from the Services at any time, for any reason, in our sole discretion, and without notice.
Third-Party Services
You may be able to link from the Services to third-party websites, software, services, or other resources that take you outside of the Services (“Third-Party Services”). We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We have no responsibility for the information, content, products, services, advertising, code, or other material provided through the Third-Party Services. Your interactions with Third-Party Services are subject to their own terms.
. Account Termination
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend access to your account or your use of the Services at our discretion, including for breach of these Terms. You can permanently delete your account at any time by contacting us. Please refer to our Privacy Policy to understand how we handle information you provide after you stop using our Services.
Account termination may result in the deletion of any Content associated with your account. We will try to provide advance notice before terminating your account so you can retrieve any important Content (subject to law and these Terms), but we may not do so if it's impractical, illegal, compromises safety or security, or harms our rights or property. Deleting your account means losing access to any unused paid subscription plans. No refunds will be issued after account deletion.
Provisions that, by their nature, should survive termination of these Terms shall survive termination. For example, the following will survive termination: any obligation you have to pay us or indemnify us, any limitations on our liability, any terms regarding ownership
or intellectual property rights, and terms regarding disputes resolutions.
. Warranty Disclaimer
OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW, WE AND OUR AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTIES (EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, AND DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF ANY COURSE OF DEALING OR TRADE USAGE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ACCURATE OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT ANY CONTENT WILL BE SECURE OR NOT LOST OR ALTERED.
YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE THAT ANY USE OF OUTPUT FROM OUR SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND YOU WILL NOT RELY ON OUTPUT AS A SOLE SOURCE OF TRUTH OR FACTUAL INFORMATION, OR AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE, ACADEMIC PRACTICE, OR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH.
. Limitation of Liability
NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, OR DATA OR OTHER LOSSES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE THAT GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE LIABILITY AROSE OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Some countries and states do not allow the disclaimer of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages, so some or all of the terms above may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights. In that case, these terms only limit our responsibilities to the maximum extent permissible in your country of residence.
. Indemnity
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless us, our affiliates, officers, agents, employees, and partners, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising from or in any way related to any third party claims relating to (a) your use of the Services and Content (including any actions taken by a third party using your account), and (b) your violation of these Terms.
. Changes to the Terms
We may at our sole discretion change, add, modify, or delete portions of these Terms from time to time. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of changes to these Terms constitutes your acceptance of any changes.
. Miscellaneous
These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Legal Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the Services.
You agree that these Legal Terms will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defences you may have based on the electronic form of these Legal Terms and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Legal Terms.
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