Terms of Service

1. The service

Kota (“we,” “us,” “our”) is a personal productivity tool that uses artificial intelligence to help you plan and focus your work day. It’s available at focuswithkota.com.

By creating an account or using Kota, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, don’t use the service.

2. Your account

• You must be at least 13 years old to create an account (16 if you’re in the European Union or United Kingdom).
• Keep your sign-in details secure, and don’t share your account with others.
• You’re responsible for all activity under your account.
• You may create only one account per person.
• If you think your account has been compromised, email us right away at daphneejeune.dev@gmail.com.

3. Acceptable use

You may use Kota for lawful personal productivity only. You may not:

• Use Kota to create, store or share content that is unlawful, abusive, harassing or harmful to others.
• Try to reverse-engineer, extract or copy Kota’s AI prompts, models or proprietary methods.
• Use bots, scripts or other automated tools to scrape Kota or abuse its API.
• Misrepresent your identity or impersonate another person or organization.
• Resell or sublicense access to Kota, or use it to provide services to others for commercial gain, without our written permission.
• Interfere with or disrupt Kota’s systems or infrastructure.

We may suspend or close accounts that break these rules, with or without notice.

4. Subscription and billing

Free plan. Kota is free to use with limited features. No credit card is required.

Kota Plus. Kota Plus is a paid subscription that unlocks more of Kota, like insights and coaching, unlimited drafts, and Kota learning how you work. Current pricing:

• Monthly: $20.00 a month, billed monthly.
• Yearly: $200.00 a year (about $16.67 a month), billed as a single charge.

Free trial. We may offer a free trial of Kota Plus. When it ends, you go back to the free plan automatically. You’re never charged unless you choose to subscribe.

Auto-renewal. Paid subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period unless you cancel before the renewal date. By subscribing, you authorize us to charge your payment method at the start of each renewal period. Payments are processed by Stripe.

Cancellation. You can cancel any time in Settings → Plan & billing → Manage subscription. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period, and you keep Kota Plus until then. We don’t refund partial periods.

Price changes. We may change prices with at least 30 days’ notice. A new price takes effect at your next renewal.

5. AI disclaimer

Kota’s plans, drafts, summaries and replies are generated by an AI model. By using Kota, you understand that:

• AI-generated content may be inaccurate, incomplete or wrong for your situation.
• We don’t guarantee the accuracy, reliability or suitability of any AI output.
• Nothing Kota says is medical, legal, financial, therapeutic or other professional advice.
• You use Kota’s suggestions at your own discretion and are responsible for the decisions you make, including every email and calendar change you approve.

Kota is a productivity tool, not a substitute for professional guidance.

6. Google integration

Kota offers an optional integration with Google (Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and Docs). If you connect your Google account:

• You authorize Kota to read data in your Google account, and to act on it on your behalf when you approve, as described in our Privacy Policy.
• Kota checks your Gmail and Calendar in the background to keep your digest, plan and reminders current. It never sends an email or changes your calendar until you approve it.
• You can disconnect at any time in Settings → Integrations, or in your Google account’s security settings (myaccount.google.com).
• Kota’s use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

7. Data and privacy

Your use of Kota is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms. By using Kota, you agree to the collection and use of your data as it describes.

8. Termination

By you. You can delete your account at any time in Settings → Data & privacy. Deleting your account cancels any Kota Plus subscription right away, so you won’t be charged again; the current period isn’t refunded. Your personal data is then deleted as the Privacy Policy describes.

By us. We may suspend or close your account if you break these Terms, if we discontinue the service, or for any other reason with reasonable notice. If we close your account without cause, we’ll refund the unused part of a prepaid subscription.

Effect of termination. When your account is closed, your right to use Kota ends, and we delete your personal data as the Privacy Policy describes, except where the law requires us to keep it.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows:

• Kota is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
• We don’t promise that Kota will be uninterrupted, error-free or free of harmful components.
• We aren’t liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including lost data, lost profits or business interruption, even if we were told they were possible.
• Our total liability for any claim arising from your use of Kota is limited to the greater of what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or $50.

Some places don’t allow these exclusions or limits. There, our liability is limited as far as the law allows.

10. Changes to these Terms

When these Terms change, we’ll update the date at the top. For material changes, we’ll tell you by email or in Kota before they take effect. If you keep using Kota after a change, you accept the updated Terms.

11. Contact

Questions about these Terms, billing or support: daphneejeune.dev@gmail.com.