Terms of Service

The agreement

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Devzilla (“Devzilla,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) that governs your use of the website at devzilla.co and the content and features on it. By accessing or using the site, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

What we offer

Devzilla works across four divisions: the Agency (forward-deployed engineering and AI consulting), the Lab (AI and product research), the Foundry (products we build and spin off as companies), and the Signal (our media work). This website presents that work and lets you get in touch. The website itself is informational. It is not an offer to enter a contract, and nothing on it guarantees that we will take on any particular project.

Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old and able to form a binding contract to use the site. If you use it on behalf of a company or other organization, you confirm that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

Client engagements

Paid work with the Agency, the Lab, or the Foundry is governed by a separate written agreement, such as a master services agreement and a statement of work, signed by both parties. That agreement sets the scope, deliverables, fees, timelines, intellectual property assignment, confidentiality, and warranties for the engagement.

Where a signed agreement and these Terms conflict for that engagement, the signed agreement controls. Submitting the contact form or emailing us does not by itself create a client relationship or any obligation for us to provide services.

Acceptable use

When you use the site, you agree not to:

• Break any law or infringe anyone's rights.
• Copy, reproduce, or resell the site's content without our permission.
• Reverse engineer, probe, or disrupt the site or its infrastructure.
• Scrape or harvest data in a way that burdens or overloads the site.
• Upload or transmit malware or other harmful code.
• Impersonate anyone or misrepresent your affiliation.

Our intellectual property

The site and everything we created for it, including the text, layout, graphics, the Wingmark logo, and the Quetzalcoatlus creature artwork, are owned by Devzilla or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. The “Devzilla” name and our logos are our marks.

We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to view the site for your own informational use. We keep all other rights. You may not use our brand, marks, or artwork without our prior written permission.

Your content

You keep ownership of the messages, materials, and other content you send us through the site. By sending it, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, store, and reproduce that content as needed to respond to you and operate the site. You are responsible for what you send and confirm you have the right to send it.

If you send us feedback, ideas, or suggestions about our work, we may use them freely and without any obligation to you.

Third-party services

The site may link to or embed services we do not control, such as podcast platforms, external articles, and the sites of Foundry companies. We provide these for convenience and do not endorse or take responsibility for them. Your use of any third-party service is governed by that party's own terms, and is at your own risk.

Editorial content

The Signal, including our essays, field notes, and podcast, is published for information and to share our point of view. It is not professional, legal, financial, or engineering advice, and it may become out of date. Reading it does not create a client or advisory relationship. Make your own decisions, and get advice suited to your situation before you act on anything you read here.

Disclaimers

The site is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that any content is accurate or complete. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all such warranties.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Devzilla and its people will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of your use of the site. Our total liability for any claim relating to the site is limited to one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Devzilla harmless from claims, damages, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, that arise out of your misuse of the site or your violation of these Terms or the rights of anyone else.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and the courts located in California will have jurisdiction over any dispute, except where the law gives you the right to bring a claim elsewhere. Before starting formal proceedings, we ask that you contact us so we can try to resolve the issue directly. (Set the governing law and venue that match the operating entity before launch.)

Termination

We may suspend or end your access to the site at any time if you break these Terms or if we need to protect the site or others. The sections that by their nature should survive, including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification, remain in effect after your access ends.

Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date above. Your continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated Terms. If you do not agree to a change, please stop using the site.

Contact us

Questions about these Terms? Email us at legal@devzilla.co, or write to Devzilla, Attn: Legal, [company mailing address].