The rules of the road.

01Scope & acceptance

These Terms of Use ("Terms") form a binding agreement between you and [LEGAL ENTITY NAME — e.g. AIKOME S.r.l.], registered at [REGISTERED ADDRESS] ("AIKOME", "we", "us"). They apply to your access to and use of the website aikome.co and its subdomains (the "Site"), including submitting the waitlist form.

By using the Site, you confirm you have read, understood, and accepted these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Site.

These Terms cover the Site only. When AIKOME's media-buying platform launches, separate platform terms will apply to platform users — they are not part of this document.

02Eligibility

You may use the Site if you are at least 16 years old (the GDPR age of digital consent in Italy) and legally capable of entering into a binding contract. If you are signing up on behalf of a company, agency, or other entity, you confirm you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

The Site is intended primarily for B2B audiences — brands, agencies, publishers, creators, and investors. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16 (see our Privacy Policy).

03The waitlist

The waitlist is a non-binding expression of interest in AIKOME. Joining it:

• Does not guarantee access to the platform, a particular invitation date, or any specific pricing or terms.
• Does not create a contractual right to AIKOME's services.
• Does authorise us to contact you about your waitlist status, AIKOME launch news, and the platform's onboarding.

You may unsubscribe or ask to be removed from the waitlist at any time by emailing privacy@aikome.co. The information you provide must be accurate, current, and yours (or your organisation's) to share.

04Intellectual property

All content on the Site — including the AIKOME name, wordmark, folded-heart pictogram, logo, color palette, typography choices, copy, page layouts, code, illustrations and any associated documents — is owned by AIKOME or its licensors and is protected by Italian, EU, and international intellectual-property laws (including copyright, trademark, and trade-dress protection).

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and view the Site for your own internal information purposes. This licence does not permit you to:

• Copy, reproduce, mirror, republish, or redistribute any part of the Site.
• Use the AIKOME wordmark, logo, or pictogram in your own materials without our prior written consent.
• Frame, hotlink, or embed Site content into another site or service.
• Use AIKOME content to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or benchmark any AI / machine-learning model.
• Sell, sublicense, or otherwise commercialise any part of the Site.

References to the AIKOME name and brand in editorial, journalistic, or analyst contexts are welcome under standard fair-dealing / fair-use principles. If unsure, ask: hello@aikome.co.

05Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Scrape, crawl, or harvest the Site or any data from it, beyond standard browsing or what is explicitly allowed by our robots.txt when it exists.
• Submit false information to the waitlist or any other form (including impersonating another person or organisation).
• Use the Site or its forms to distribute spam, malware, phishing content, or any unlawful material.
• Probe, test, or reverse engineer the Site's infrastructure or attempt to bypass any access controls.
• Interfere with the Site's availability — including denial-of-service attacks, excessive automated requests, or any activity that degrades performance for other visitors.
• Use the Site in any way that violates applicable law, including Italian Civil Code, the GDPR, the Italian Consumer Code, the Digital Services Act (EU 2022/2065), or the e-Commerce Directive.

We reserve the right to investigate suspected violations, restrict access from offending IP ranges, refuse waitlist signups, and cooperate with law enforcement where appropriate.

06Feedback & submissions

If you send us ideas, suggestions, comments, or feature requests — by email, the waitlist form, or any other channel — you grant AIKOME a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use, modify, and incorporate that feedback into our products and communications, without obligation to compensate or attribute you.

Please don't send us confidential information or trade secrets that you wouldn't want us to use freely. Feedback should not contain personal data of third parties unless you have legal authority to share it.

07Third-party services & links

The Site may link to third-party websites (for example, the Italian data protection authority). We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, or privacy practices of any third-party site. Your use of those sites is governed by their own terms.

08Disclaimers

The Site is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by law, AIKOME makes no warranties, express or implied — including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, non-infringement, or uninterrupted availability.

Forward-looking statements on the Site (about future product features, geographic expansion, market timing, etc.) are aspirational and may change. They are not commitments or representations of fact.

Nothing on the Site constitutes legal, financial, investment, tax, or professional advice. The Site is not an offer to sell securities and does not solicit investment.

09Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by Italian law:

• AIKOME shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including lost profits, lost opportunities, lost data, or business interruption — arising from your use of or inability to use the Site.
• AIKOME's aggregate liability in connection with these Terms or the Site shall not exceed one hundred euros (€100), except where Italian law mandates a different limit (in particular, this cap does not apply to liability for gross negligence, wilful misconduct, personal injury, or other matters that cannot be limited by contract under Italian law).
• Nothing in these Terms limits rights you have as a consumer under the Italian Consumer Code (D.Lgs. 206/2005) or the GDPR.

10Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold AIKOME, its founders, employees, and contractors harmless from any claim, damage, loss, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of: (a) your breach of these Terms; (b) your misuse of the Site; or (c) your violation of any third party's rights or applicable law in connection with your use of the Site. AIKOME will notify you promptly of any such claim and may, at its option, control the defence.

11Termination & changes

We may, at any time and without notice:

• Modify, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the Site.
• Remove you from the waitlist if we suspect a violation of these Terms or applicable law.
• Block access from specific IP ranges, regions, or devices to protect the Site or other users.

We may also update these Terms from time to time. The "Effective" date at the top of this page reflects the current version. For material changes that affect your rights — for example, a change to the liability cap — we will notify everyone on the waitlist by email at least 14 days before the change takes effect. Continued use of the Site after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

12Governing law & jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of Italy, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. To the extent permitted by mandatory Italian law:

• The courts of Milan, Italy have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms.
• If you are a consumer (i.e. acting outside your trade, business, profession, or craft), the mandatory protections of your country of residence's consumer-protection law apply, and you may bring proceedings before the courts of your habitual residence.
• EU consumers may also use the EU's Online Dispute Resolution platform for out-of-court resolution.

13Miscellaneous

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by a competent court, the remaining provisions remain in full effect, and the invalid provision will be replaced by a valid provision that most closely reflects the original intent.

No waiver

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms does not waive that right or provision in the future.

Assignment

You may not assign your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. AIKOME may assign these Terms to a successor entity (e.g. in connection with a merger, acquisition, or reorganisation) without restriction.

Entire agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and AIKOME regarding the Site, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications on that subject.

Language

These Terms are published in English. If we publish a translation, the English version prevails in the event of any inconsistency, except where mandatory Italian or local law requires otherwise.

14Contact

For questions about these Terms, IP or licensing requests, or anything not covered above, write to legal@aikome.co (or hello@aikome.co if you're unsure).

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