Aori Terms of Use and End User License Agreement

1. Agreement

These Terms of Use and End User License Agreement (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and Robert Meliksetyan, an individual based in Portugal and the operator of the Aori application and website.

“Aori” and “Aori AI” refer to the Aori app, website, documentation, downloads, beta builds, and related materials operated under the Aori brand.

Aori AI may be used as the public developer name, app-store publisher label, website/domain brand, or product brand. Aori AI is not currently a separate limited company, LLC, Lda., or other incorporated legal entity.

By downloading, installing, accessing, or using Aori, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use Aori.

2. What Aori is

Aori is a local-first personal AI application. It may allow you to:

• chat with AI models in the app;
• connect cloud AI providers using your own API keys or accounts;
• use desktop local model runtimes such as Ollama;
• create and switch between custom personas;
• use in-app conversations and conversation threads;
• use supported external channels such as Telegram and WhatsApp;
• connect optional integrations such as Google Account features, Notion, Local Folder, and Obsidian Vault;
• use local files and documents with Aori features;
• use optional in-app analytics if you consent.

Aori is not a cloud-hosted account service. Unless a future version says otherwise, Aori does not provide an Aori-hosted backend for storing your app conversations, files, memory, settings, API keys, or provider responses.

3. Beta status

Aori may be provided as beta, preview, experimental, or early-access software.

You understand that beta software may:

• contain bugs;
• produce incorrect results;
• lose or corrupt local data;
• change behavior between versions;
• be temporarily unavailable;
• stop supporting features, providers, integrations, file formats, operating systems, or model types;
• fail to work on some devices or operating-system versions.

Do not rely on Aori as your only copy of important information. Keep backups of important files, documents, settings, credentials, and app data.

4. License

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to download, install, and use Aori for personal or internal business purposes.

This license does not transfer ownership of Aori to you. Aori, including its design, software, user interface, name, logo, documentation, and related materials, remains owned by us or our licensors.

Unless we give written permission, you may not:

• copy, resell, sublicense, rent, lease, or distribute Aori;
• modify, adapt, or create derivative works of Aori;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble Aori except where applicable law allows it;
• remove copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices;
• use Aori to build a competing product by copying protected parts of Aori;
• bypass technical limitations, license checks, safety controls, or approval flows;
• use Aori in a way that violates law, third-party rights, provider policies, or these Terms.

Nothing in these Terms restricts rights you may have under open-source licenses for third-party components included with Aori.

5. Your content and local data

“Your Content” means content you provide to or use with Aori, such as prompts, conversations, files, documents, images, local memory, configuration, integration data, and provider outputs stored locally by the app.

You retain your rights to Your Content.

You give Aori permission to process Your Content locally on your device as needed to provide the app’s features.

If you choose a cloud AI provider or cloud integration, you authorize Aori to send the content needed to perform your request to the provider or integration you selected.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to use and process Your Content with Aori and with any third-party providers you select.

6. Local-first design and deletion

Aori stores app data locally on your device by default. We do not operate an Aori-hosted backend that stores your app conversations, files, memory, API keys, settings, or provider responses.

You are responsible for managing and backing up local Aori data.

Deleting Aori from your device, using app reset/delete controls, or deleting the app data directory may delete local Aori data. This cannot be undone unless you have your own backup.

Because Aori does not store app data on Aori-controlled servers, we cannot recover your local conversations, local memory, local files, API keys, or local settings if they are lost.

If you use a “Delete all local data” feature, it may reset local settings, local conversations, local memory, local analytics consent, and other local app data according to the behavior described in the app and Privacy Policy.

7. Cloud AI providers

Aori lets you use cloud AI providers that you choose and configure. Examples may include OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Cohere, or other compatible providers.

You are responsible for:

• creating and managing your provider accounts;
• entering and securing your own API keys or access tokens;
• understanding provider pricing, usage limits, and billing;
• complying with provider terms, policies, and acceptable-use rules;
• deciding what content is safe to send to each provider.

When you use a cloud AI provider, Aori sends your prompt and relevant context to that provider so the provider can generate a response. Depending on the feature, this may include files, documents, images, memory snippets, tool results, or integration data.

We do not control third-party AI providers and are not responsible for their availability, pricing, data retention, security, model behavior, output quality, policy enforcement, or changes to their services.

Direct Billing and Cost Responsibility. Aori acts as a local client, not a service provider. When you use your own API keys, you are entering into a direct financial relationship with the third-party provider (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google). You are solely responsible for all costs, fees, and charges incurred through the use of your API keys within Aori. You acknowledge that AI interactions can consume significant "tokens" or credits depending on conversation length, system instructions, attached files, and the specific model used. While Aori may provide local estimates of token usage or cost-related alerts, these are provided for your convenience only; the third-party provider’s actual billing and usage records shall be the sole definitive source of your financial obligations.

8. Desktop local model runtimes such as Ollama

On desktop, Aori may let you connect to local model runtimes such as Ollama.

If you configure a local runtime running on your own device, Aori may send prompts and related context to the endpoint you configured. If the endpoint is local, this may allow requests to be processed on your own machine.

You are responsible for:

• installing and maintaining the local runtime;
• understanding the runtime’s licenses, model licenses, and restrictions;
• ensuring your device can run the selected model safely;
• understanding whether the endpoint you configured is actually local or remote;
• reviewing any logs, storage, or network behavior of the runtime.

Local runtimes may have limitations, including lower quality than cloud models, slower performance, incomplete tool support, memory or context-window limits, hardware compatibility issues, crashes, freezes, or out-of-memory errors.

9. AI outputs and no professional advice

AI-generated outputs may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, biased, unsafe, or unsuitable for your purpose.

You are responsible for reviewing and verifying AI outputs before relying on them.

Aori does not provide legal, financial, medical, tax, immigration, employment, or other professional advice. Do not rely on Aori as a substitute for qualified professional advice.

You are responsible for decisions and actions you take based on AI outputs.

10. Optional integrations and external services

Aori may support optional third-party integrations, such as Google Account features, Notion, Telegram, WhatsApp, Zapier or other integration providers, desktop local runtimes, app stores, analytics providers, or other services.

Your use of third-party services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services.

Aori may require your approval before performing sensitive actions, such as sending email, writing calendar events, modifying external services, overwriting files, or performing other actions that the app marks as requiring approval. You are responsible for reviewing approval prompts before approving any action.

If you connect an integration, you are responsible for ensuring that the connected account and data may lawfully be used with Aori.

11. WhatsApp integration

WhatsApp integration is different from Telegram bot integration.

Telegram supports creating a bot account for this type of assistant workflow. WhatsApp does not provide the same simple bot-account model for Aori’s use case. If you connect Aori to WhatsApp, you connect Aori to a WhatsApp account controlled by you.

We recommend using a separate WhatsApp account and, where needed, a separate SIM card for Aori rather than connecting Aori to your main personal WhatsApp account.

You are responsible for:

• choosing which WhatsApp account to connect;
• complying with WhatsApp’s terms and policies;
• understanding the risks of connecting automation software to a WhatsApp account;
• accepting the possibility of account limitations, delivery issues, unsupported behavior, or platform changes.

We are not responsible for WhatsApp account restrictions, message delivery failures, platform changes, or other consequences arising from your use of WhatsApp with Aori.

12. Local Folder and Obsidian Vault

Aori may let you grant access to a specific local folder or Obsidian vault.

In the launch scope, these features are intended to let Aori:

• read files inside the folder or vault you choose;
• search and index supported files locally;
• use relevant content from those files to answer your requests;
• create new files where the feature allows it;
• append to files where the feature allows it.

In the launch scope, Aori is not intended to autonomously delete or directly edit user-created notes in Local Folder or Obsidian Vault. Future file modification features may require explicit approval and updated documentation.

You are responsible for:

• choosing which folders or vaults to grant access to;
• backing up important files;
• ensuring you have permission to process the files;
• reviewing outputs before relying on them;
• avoiding use of confidential or regulated information with cloud providers unless you have assessed the risks and provider terms.

Bugs, user-approved actions, operating-system behavior, or future features may still cause unintended changes. Keep backups of important files.

13. Notion and cloud knowledge bases

Aori may let you connect a cloud knowledge base such as Notion.

If you connect Notion or a similar service, Aori may access the pages, databases, or workspace content permitted by the authorization you grant. Aori may use that content to search, retrieve, summarize, or answer your requests.

If you use a cloud AI provider while working with Notion or other cloud knowledge-base content, relevant content may be sent to the selected AI provider to process your request.

Your use of Notion or similar services is governed by those services’ own terms and privacy policies.

14. Personas, conversations, channels, and threads

Aori may support custom personas, including Assistant and Friend-style presets. Aori may allow you to switch personas using commands in the app or in supported channels.

Aori may support multiple in-app conversations and multiple external channels or threads. Aori is designed to keep conversations, channels, and threads as separate contexts rather than automatically mixing all content together.

You are responsible for choosing the appropriate persona, channel, thread, and provider for each use case.

15. API keys and credentials

If you enter API keys, OAuth tokens, or other credentials into Aori, you are responsible for keeping them secure.

Aori stores credentials locally where possible using operating-system secure storage or local storage mechanisms. No storage method is perfectly secure.

You are responsible for revoking or rotating keys if you believe they have been exposed.

We are not responsible for costs, charges, account suspension, rate limits, or misuse resulting from your provider accounts or API keys, except to the extent caused by our unlawful conduct or where liability cannot be excluded by law.

16. Analytics and product improvement

Aori may use analytics in limited ways to understand website visits, downloads, app usage, and product quality.

Website analytics may be provided by Umami. Website analytics may help us understand page views, referrers, download-button clicks, and platform interest.

In-app feature analytics may be provided by Aptabase Cloud EU. In-app analytics are disabled by default and are based on your consent. If you enable in-app analytics, Aori may send limited usage and technical information, such as whether the app was opened, whether onboarding was completed, whether provider setup or chat requests succeeded or failed, whether major settings areas were opened, and broad technical information such as app version, platform, operating system family, and build type.

Aori analytics are designed NOT to collect or send:

• prompts;
• AI responses;
• conversation titles;
• memory contents;
• file contents;
• file names;
• local folder paths;
• Obsidian vault paths;
• API keys;
• OAuth tokens;
• email contents;
• calendar contents;
• contact data;
• provider responses;
• screenshots;
• raw logs;
• crash stack traces;
• advertising IDs;
• stable device identifiers;
• persistent user identifiers.

Analytics practices are described in the Privacy Policy. You can enable or disable optional in-app analytics in Settings → App Settings → Privacy & Data.

Aori does not use Sentry or automatic crash reporting for the initial launch unless the Privacy Policy and app behavior are updated before such tooling is enabled.

17. Support, feedback, and user-submitted diagnostics

If you contact us for support, send feedback, report bugs, or participate in beta testing, you may choose to provide information such as your email address, message content, app version, device information, screenshots, logs, or diagnostic details.

You are responsible for ensuring that support requests, bug reports, logs, screenshots, and attachments do not include confidential information, API keys, private prompts, AI responses, files, email contents, calendar contents, or other sensitive data unless you intentionally choose to share such information for support.

We may use support and feedback information to respond to you, diagnose problems, improve Aori, and maintain support records.

18. Acceptable use

You agree not to use Aori to:

• violate any applicable law or regulation;
• infringe intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, or other rights;
• harass, abuse, threaten, defame, or harm others;
• generate, distribute, or facilitate unlawful or harmful content;
• compromise security, credentials, accounts, devices, or networks;
• bypass safety controls, provider restrictions, platform rules, or approval flows;
• access data, accounts, files, or systems without authorization;
• automate messaging or integrations in a way that violates third-party platform terms;
• misrepresent Aori outputs as human-authored where disclosure is required;
• use Aori for high-risk decisions without appropriate human review and professional oversight.

19. Third-party components and open-source software

Aori may include third-party components, libraries, SDKs, models, or tools. Some may be subject to open-source licenses or separate third-party terms.

Where required, third-party notices and open-source license information will be provided in the app, documentation, website, or distribution package.

Your rights to open-source components are governed by their respective licenses.

20. Updates and changes

Aori may update automatically or manually depending on platform, distribution channel, and settings.

Updates may:

• add, remove, or change features;
• change supported providers or integrations;
• change settings, permissions, or local storage formats;
• fix security or stability issues;
• require new system permissions;
• change compatibility with operating systems or devices.

You are responsible for reviewing release notes and deciding whether to install updates where updates are optional.

21. App stores and distribution platforms

If you obtain Aori through an app store or distribution platform, such as Google Play, Apple App Store, Microsoft Store, GitHub Releases, or another provider, that platform’s terms may also apply.

The platform is not responsible for Aori except to the extent required by its own terms or applicable law.

For app-store versions, app-store rules may affect refunds, updates, privacy disclosures, platform permissions, and availability.

22. No warranty

Aori is provided “as is” and “as available” to the maximum extent permitted by law.

We do not guarantee that Aori will:

• be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free;
• produce accurate or reliable outputs;
• preserve local data;
• work with every provider, model, integration, device, operating system, or file type;
• meet your needs or expectations;
• remain available indefinitely.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions. In those cases, the exclusions apply only to the maximum extent permitted by law.

23. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, business opportunities, or anticipated savings.

24. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from:

• your use of Aori;
• Your Content;
• your violation of these Terms;
• your violation of third-party terms or rights;
• your use of cloud providers, integrations, local runtimes, or messaging platforms;
• your misuse of API keys, credentials, or connected accounts.

25. Termination

You may stop using Aori at any time.

We may suspend or terminate access to updates, support, downloads, or related services if you violate these Terms or use Aori unlawfully.

Termination does not automatically delete local data on your device. You are responsible for deleting local data if you no longer want it stored.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including ownership, license restrictions, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, governing law, and dispute provisions.

26. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as Aori changes.

The updated Terms will show a new “Last updated” date. If a change is material, we may provide additional notice in the app, on the website, or through release notes.

Your continued use of Aori after updated Terms become effective means you accept the updated Terms. If you do not agree, stop using Aori.

27. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Portugal, except where mandatory consumer-protection laws require otherwise.

If you are a consumer, you may have mandatory rights under the laws of your country of residence that cannot be excluded by these Terms.

Before starting a formal dispute, please contact aori.support@gmail.com so we can try to resolve the issue.

28. Contact

For support questions, contact:

aori.support@gmail.com

For privacy questions, contact:

aori.support@gmail.com