Terms of Service

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About these Terms

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are a legal agreement between you and Anchor Technologies, Inc. ("Anchor", "we", "us"), a Delaware corporation. They govern your use of anchor.cc and the services provided there (together, the "Service"). By creating an Anchor account, connecting an AI agent to Anchor, or otherwise using the Service, you accept these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms, and "you" refers to both you and that organization.

What the Service is

Anchor is cloud infrastructure for AI agents. You connect an AI agent — such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Codex, or any MCP-compatible agent — and the agent uses Anchor as its workspace. Through Anchor, agents create, host, and manage the following first-class item types on your behalf:

  • Apps and online tools hosted at anchor.cc/app/<appID> — mobile-friendly web applications, optionally backed by Anchor tables for storage.
  • Tables — structured data at anchor.cc/table/<tableID>.
  • Files of any type (PDF, markdown, image, audio, video, and more) at anchor.cc/file/<fileID>.

All content is organized into organizations and folders, and every item can be shared with individual Anchor account holders using the roles described below. Access to any hosted item — including apps, tables, and files — always requires a signed-in Anchor account. Anchor does not support anonymous or link-based access for non-users.

Your account

You need an Anchor account to use the Service. You agree to provide accurate account information, keep it up to date, and keep your credentials secure. You are responsible for all activity under your account, including activity performed by AI agents you have authorized. If you suspect unauthorized use, notify us promptly at security@anchor.cc.

You must be old enough to form a binding contract in your jurisdiction (at least 13, or the minimum age required in your country). The Service is not intended for children below that age.

AI agents and your authorization

When you connect an AI agent to Anchor, you grant that agent the ability to act on your behalf within the scope you authorize. Concretely:

  • Agent actions are your actions. Any content an agent creates, modifies, shares, or deletes in Anchor under your authorization is attributable to you, and you are responsible for it under these Terms.
  • You control the scope. Anchor is accessed only over MCP, so you can revoke an agent's connection at any time directly from that agent's connector or integrations settings. Once revoked, Anchor immediately invalidates the associated tokens and the agent can no longer call Anchor on your behalf.
  • Agent providers are third parties. The model provider you connect (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and others) is not Anchor. Your use of that provider is governed by its own terms and privacy policy. Content you or your agent send to the provider is handled by the provider, not Anchor.
  • Agent output is not guaranteed. AI agents can make mistakes, hallucinate, or misinterpret your instructions. You are responsible for reviewing agent output before relying on it for anything consequential.

Your content

You own your content. The apps, online tools, tables, and files that you or your AI agent create or upload to Anchor (your "Content") remain yours.

To operate the Service, you grant Anchor a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (sublicensable only to our subprocessors for the purpose of operating the Service) to host, store, reproduce, transmit, display, and otherwise process your Content solely as needed to (a) provide the Service to you and the people you share with, (b) perform the operations you or your agent request, (c) enforce these Terms, and (d) comply with legal obligations. This license ends when you delete your Content, except that we may retain copies for a short grace period and in backups and logs as described in our Privacy Policy.

To the extent AI-agent output you direct into Anchor is copyrightable, as between you and Anchor that output belongs to you, subject to any terms of the agent provider. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of agent-generated Content does not infringe third-party rights.

We do not use your Content to train third-party AI models, and we do not sell your Content.

You are responsible for your Content. You represent that you have the rights needed to upload it and to grant the license above, that your Content does not violate these Terms or applicable law, and — if your Content processes personal data of others — that you have a lawful basis to do so and have given affected people any notices they are entitled to.

Sharing, organizations, and roles

Anchor's sharing model is explicit and granular. Access is never inferred — it is always granted at the org, folder, or file level to a specific Anchor account.

  • Organizations are the top-level boundary (your team, company, or group). Each org has an owner, managers, and members. Org membership is administrative and does not by itself grant access to any content.
  • Folders are scoped to an organization and can be nested to any depth. Folder permissions flow down to subfolders and files — highest access level wins.
  • Files (apps, tables, and other items) have their own permissions independent of their folder.

Three roles apply everywhere: owner (full control), contributor (view, edit, invite others), and consumer (view only). If you are an org owner or manager, you are responsible for how your organization uses the Service and for the conduct of its members.

Hosted apps, tables, and files — your responsibility

Apps, tables, and files you create on Anchor are hosted at anchor.cc/app/<appID>, anchor.cc/table/<tableID>, and anchor.cc/file/<fileID> respectively, and can be shared with other Anchor account holders as contributors or consumers. Because everyone who can open a hosted item is a signed-in Anchor user, there are no anonymous end users. However:

  • If your Content collects, displays, or processes personal information about the people you share it with — for example, a form backed by an Anchor table, or a roster stored in a file — you are the controller of that personal information. You must provide those people with any required notices and have a lawful basis for collecting and using it.
  • Your apps, tables, and files must not contain malware, phishing content, content that infringes third-party rights, content that exploits or harms minors, or anything prohibited by the Acceptable Use section below.
  • We may restrict or remove Content that we reasonably believe violates these Terms, applicable law, or the rights of third parties.

Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Service — directly or through an AI agent — to:

  • Violate any law or the rights of others, including intellectual-property, privacy, and publicity rights.
  • Upload, host, or distribute malware, phishing kits, ransomware, crypto-mining scripts, material that exploits or endangers minors (including child sexual abuse material), content that incites violence or terrorism, or content that harasses or threatens others.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Service — for example by attempting to break authentication, bypass quotas, reverse-engineer internals, probe for vulnerabilities without authorization, or overload infrastructure.
  • Scrape, copy, or redistribute other users' Content without authorization.
  • Misrepresent your identity or impersonate another person or organization, including through agent-generated content.
  • Use the Service to develop, improve, or train a competing generative AI model or dataset.
  • Direct an AI agent to do any of the above on your behalf. Agent actions do not get a pass.

We may investigate suspected violations and take action, including removing Content, suspending accounts, and reporting conduct to law enforcement where required.

We respect the intellectual-property rights of others and expect you to do the same. If you believe Content on Anchor infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)) at dmca@anchor.cc. The notice should include:

  • Your contact information and a physical or electronic signature.
  • A description of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed.
  • The URL of the allegedly infringing Content on Anchor.
  • A statement of good-faith belief that the use is not authorized and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

If we receive a valid notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing Content and notify the account owner, who may respond with a counter-notice. We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

Fees and plans

Anchor offers free and paid plans. Current plans and limits are described at anchor.cc/pricing. Paid plans are billed in advance on the cadence shown at purchase, and you authorize us (and our payment processor) to charge the payment method on file. Fees are non-refundable except where required by law or as stated in the plan description.

We may change prices or plan features with reasonable notice. If you don't agree with a change, your remedy is to stop using the paid plan before it renews.

Service availability

We work hard to keep Anchor running smoothly, but the Service is provided without a specific uptime guarantee unless a separate service-level agreement is in effect. We may perform maintenance, change, or temporarily suspend the Service for operational reasons, and will try to give reasonable advance notice for planned maintenance that affects paid customers.

Third-party services

The Service works with third-party products — cloud infrastructure providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure), identity providers (such as Google), AI model providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and others), and other integrations you choose to connect. Your use of those third-party products is governed by their own terms and privacy policies. Anchor is not responsible for third-party products or for the availability, accuracy, or security of their services.

Data protection and DPA

Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle personal data. Where you use Anchor to process personal data of your employees, customers, or end users, you are typically the data controller and Anchor is the data processor. For eligible business customers, we offer a Data Processing Addendum incorporating the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and UK Addendum where applicable. Request a copy at legal@anchor.cc.

Exporting your data

You can export your Content at any time while your account is active. Tables export as CSV or JSON, files download in their original format, and apps export with their source and configuration. When you close your account or delete an organization, the deletion timelines in our Privacy Policy apply.

Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Service and close your account at any time. Closing your account triggers the deletion process described in our Privacy Policy.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service (in whole or in part) if you materially breach these Terms, if required by law, or if we reasonably believe your use poses a security, legal, or operational risk to us or to others. Where practical, we will give you notice and a chance to cure. We may also discontinue the Service (or features of it) with reasonable notice.

Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including ownership, licenses you granted, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution — will survive.

Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranties arising from course of dealing or usage of trade. Anchor does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that AI-agent output will be accurate, reliable, or suitable for any specific purpose.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Anchor and its affiliates, suppliers, and licensors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or related to the Service, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Anchor's total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or related to the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid Anchor for the Service in the twelve months before the claim or (b) one hundred US dollars (US $100).

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Anchor and its affiliates from and against any claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to (a) your Content, (b) your use of the Service, (c) actions taken by AI agents you authorized, or (d) your violation of these Terms or applicable law.

Export control and sanctions

The Service is subject to United States export-control laws and sanctions regulations. By using the Service, you represent that you are not located in a country subject to a comprehensive U.S. embargo, that you are not on any U.S. government list of restricted or denied parties, and that you will not use the Service in violation of applicable export-control or sanctions laws.

Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you through the product or by email at least 14 days before the change takes effect. Continued use of the Service after the change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't agree, stop using the Service before the effective date.

Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Francisco County, California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. Nothing in this section limits either party's right to seek injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any plan-specific terms, are the entire agreement between you and Anchor regarding the Service. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent; we may assign them to an affiliate or successor.

Contact

Questions about these Terms: legal@anchor.cc. Security issues: security@anchor.cc. Copyright claims: dmca@anchor.cc. Anchor Technologies, Inc., 5 Penn Plaza, 1955, New York, NY 10016.