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Terms of Service

The terms for using Surf Studio, in force from 13 November 2026.

Version of 13 November 2026, in force from that day.

These terms are an agreement between you and Surf Platforms Inc., a Delaware corporation, trading as Surf Studio ("Studio", "we"). Our address is 5434 Manderston Drive, San Jose, CA 95138, United States. You accept them, together with the Acceptable Use Policy and the Data Processing Addendum, when you create your account. All of Studio's legal texts are on its Legal page.

1. What Studio is

Studio makes short animated films from a sentence you type. A model directs each film: it writes the film as code, and Studio renders it on Studio's own machine. The pictures are drawn by code. Studio does not use image or video generation models.

2. Who may use it

Studio is for businesses and for people acting for their business or profession. You must be at least 18. If you accept for a company, you confirm you may bind it. A right the law gives a consumer that cannot be waived still applies, and nothing here reduces it.

3. Your account

You create your account and sign in with a 6-digit code sent to your email address. There is no password. Keep your email account secure: whoever can read it can sign in as you. You are responsible for what is done in your account and in your workspaces.

4. The model that directs your films

Each workspace directs its films on one model account.

  • Studio's account. Studio's own team, and workspaces that existed before open sign-up on 13 November 2026, run on Studio's own model account with Anthropic.
  • Your own account. Every other workspace runs on a model account you connect: your own Anthropic API key or OpenAI API key, or your own machine paired with npx studio-pair, running your own Claude Code or Codex login.

When you connect your own account:

  • Your provider bills you for the usage. Your agreement with that provider is yours, and its terms apply to it.
  • Studio never falls back to its own model account for your films. If your connection fails, the film is not made, and the connection records the error code.
  • A key you save is stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM) and is never shown again, to you or anyone. You can remove it at any time in Settings.
  • A paired machine keeps its login. Studio never sees your Claude Code or Codex login.

5. Your content

You keep the rights you have in what you type and in the films Studio makes for you. You give Studio the permission it needs to store, process and render them to provide Studio to you, and nothing more. Studio does not use your prompts or films to train any model. You are responsible for what you type and for how you use your films, including the rights of others in them.

Films are made by a model, and a model can make mistakes. Check a film before you use it.

6. Acceptable use

Follow the Acceptable Use Policy. We may remove content or suspend an account that breaks it, or the law. When we do, we tell you what we did and why, and how to ask us to look again, unless the law forbids it.

7. Price

Studio charges you nothing under these terms today. If you direct films on your own model account, your provider charges you for that usage under your agreement with it. If Studio ever charges for something, we will show you the price and you will agree to it before any charge.

8. Privacy

The Privacy Policy says what we keep about you and why. The Data Processing Addendum covers personal data in what you give Studio, and the Sub-processor List names the vendors that handle it.

9. Ending

You can delete your account at any time in Settings. That deletes your films, their stored files, your model connections and your sign-in, as the Privacy Policy describes. We may end or suspend your account if you break these terms or the law, or if we stop offering Studio. Unless the law or a safety reason stops us, we give you notice and time to download your films first.

10. No warranty

Studio is provided as it is and as available. We do not promise that it will always work, be free of errors, or make a particular film. To the extent the law allows, we disclaim all implied warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

11. Liability

To the extent the law allows, neither party is liable to the other for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for lost profits, revenue or data. Our total liability under these terms is limited to the greater of the amount you paid Studio in the 12 months before the claim and US$100. These limits do not apply to fraud, wilful misconduct, or a liability the law does not allow to be limited.

12. Changes

We may change these terms. A new version is published here with its date. If a change takes away a right or adds a duty for you, we tell you at least 30 days before it applies and ask you to accept it again; if you do not, you can delete your account before then. A change the law requires sooner applies when the law says.

13. Law and courts

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The state and federal courts located in Delaware decide disputes, unless the law where you live gives you a right to go to your own courts.

14. General

These terms, with the documents they name, are the whole agreement between us about Studio. If a part of them cannot be enforced, the rest still applies. Not enforcing a term is not a waiver of it. You may not transfer these terms without our consent; we may transfer them with our business.

15. Contact

Legal notices: legal@surfplatforms.com, or Surf Platforms Inc., Legal Notices, 5434 Manderston Drive, San Jose, CA 95138, United States. Help with your account: contact@surfplatforms.com.