Terms of Use

About 5HATS

5HATS helps businesses identify opportunities for AI leverage and design and build practical AI-powered systems, workflows, and technology.

Information provided on this website is intended to explain our approach, services, tools, and capabilities. It does not create a client relationship by itself.

A client relationship with 5HATS is established only through an applicable written agreement, proposal, statement of work, order, or similar engagement document accepted by both parties.

Website Content

The content on this website is provided for general business and informational purposes.

While we aim to provide useful and accurate information, business circumstances differ and information on this website should not be treated as individualized legal, financial, accounting, tax, medical, cybersecurity, or other regulated professional advice.

You are responsible for evaluating information before relying on it in your business.

Artificial Intelligence

5HATS uses and builds systems involving artificial intelligence, automation, and third-party technology.

AI-generated information and output can be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, or unexpected.

Human judgment remains important.

Unless specifically stated otherwise in a written client agreement, you are responsible for reviewing AI-generated output and determining whether it is appropriate for your business, customers, decisions, and circumstances before relying upon or publishing it.

No AI system should be considered a substitute for qualified professional advice where such advice is required.

AI Leverage Map and Other Website Tools

Tools such as the AI Leverage Map are designed to help identify patterns, dependencies, and potential opportunities for AI leverage within a business.

Results are diagnostic and informational. They are not guarantees of business performance, savings, revenue, efficiency, or suitability of any particular solution.

Results are based in part on the information you provide and may not account for every factor affecting your business.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the website and its original content—including text, graphics, branding, frameworks, diagrams, tools, software, design elements, methodologies, and other materials—are owned by or licensed to 5HATS and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may view and use the website for your own legitimate personal or business evaluation.

You may not, without permission:

• Copy or reproduce substantial portions of the website
• Republish or commercially distribute our content
• Remove copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices
• Reverse engineer or attempt to extract proprietary website tools or software
• Present 5HATS materials, frameworks, or tools as your own
• Use our trademarks or branding in a way that suggests an affiliation or endorsement that does not exist

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of 5HATS intellectual property to you.

Information You Submit

You retain ownership of information and materials you submit to 5HATS.

By submitting information through the website, you give us permission to process and use that information as reasonably necessary to respond to you, operate the website, provide requested functionality, and deliver services you request.

You represent that you have the right to provide any information or materials you submit.

Do not submit information that you are not authorized to share.

Acceptable Use

You agree not to use this website to:

• Violate applicable law
• Infringe another person’s rights
• Attempt unauthorized access to systems or data
• Introduce malware or harmful code
• Interfere with the security or operation of the website
• Scrape, harvest, or systematically extract website content or data without authorization
• Misuse website forms, diagnostics, or tools
• Impersonate another person or organization
• Use the website for fraudulent or abusive purposes

We may restrict access where reasonably necessary to protect the website, our business, users, or others.

Third-Party Services and Links

The website may contain links to or integrate with third-party services.

Those services are controlled by their respective providers and may be subject to separate terms and privacy policies.

5HATS is not responsible for third-party websites, services, availability, security, content, or practices.

Services and Purchases

Certain services offered by 5HATS may be governed by additional terms, proposals, statements of work, payment terms, refund policies, or client agreements.

If there is a conflict between these website Terms and a written agreement governing a specific paid engagement, the written agreement controls with respect to that engagement.

No Guarantee of Results

Examples, demonstrations, case studies, projections, testimonials, diagnostic results, or descriptions of potential outcomes are not guarantees that you or your business will achieve the same result.

Business outcomes depend on many factors outside the control of 5HATS.

Website Availability

We aim to keep the website available and functioning properly, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

We may modify, suspend, remove, or discontinue website features at any time.

Disclaimer of Warranties

To the extent permitted by law, the website and its publicly available content and tools are provided on an “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or rights that cannot legally be excluded.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, 5HATS will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of, inability to use, or reliance on the publicly available website, its content, or its diagnostic tools.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability where doing so would be prohibited by law.

Liability relating to paid client services may be governed separately by the applicable client agreement.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time.

The effective date at the top of this page indicates when these Terms were most recently updated.

Your continued use of the website after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.

Governing Law

Unless a separate written agreement provides otherwise, these Terms are governed by the laws of Arizona, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to: