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Terms of Use

Effective: March 2026 · Last updated: July 26, 2026

A8C Ventures LLC (“we,” “us”) operates a8c.xyz (the “Site”). By using the Site you agree to these terms.

The Site

The Site is informational only. Nothing on it constitutes an offer of securities, investment advice, or a solicitation of any kind. Content may be created with the assistance of AI tools. Information about how we handle data when you visit is in our Privacy Policy.

Studio and Advisory Services

The Site describes venture-studio and advisory offerings — including working sessions, advisory retainers, and build partnerships. Those descriptions are informational. They are not an offer, a contract, or a commitment to provide services, and they do not guarantee availability, results, or any particular outcome. Prices shown as “Inquire,” “By application,” or otherwise are indicative only.

Any engagement is governed solely by a separate written agreement signed by you and A8C Ventures that sets out the actual scope, fees, and terms. If that agreement conflicts with these terms with respect to the engagement, the signed agreement controls. Submitting an idea, requesting advisory, or contacting us does not by itself create any engagement or obligation on either side.

Advisory and studio services provide business, product, and technical guidance only. They are not legal, financial, investment, tax, accounting, or other professional advice, and they do not create any fiduciary, partnership, joint-venture, agency, or employment relationship except as expressly set out in a signed agreement.

Paid engagements are invoiced and payable up front, before work begins; we process invoice payments through our banking provider, Mercury. The package description, the invoice, and any engagement agreement together set the scope, fee, turnaround, and any satisfaction or money-back terms (for example, the Reality Check guarantee).

Confidentiality depends on how you reach us. Anything submitted through a public form on this Site, by email, or through any other unsolicited channel before an engagement exists is non-confidential, as described in the “Unsolicited Submissions” section below, and we will not sign a non-disclosure agreement merely as a precondition to reading such a submission. Paid engagements are different: they are governed by the separate written agreement described above, which sets the confidentiality and data-handling terms for that work.

Views and Opinions

Views and opinions expressed on the Site, including in the Think section and any guest content, are those of the respective authors and not necessarily the views of A8C Ventures LLC or its affiliates.

Forward-Looking Statements

The Site contains forward-looking statements about our thesis, market opportunities, and product plans — including projections about market size, retention dynamics, and the economics of underserved verticals. These statements reflect our current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risk and uncertainty. Actual outcomes may differ materially. Industry data, operator counts, and financial figures cited on the Site are directional estimates drawn from public sources; they are not claims of precision and should not be relied on for investment, business, or other decisions.

Intellectual Property

All content, logos, and design on the Site are owned by A8C Ventures LLC. You may view the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, scrape, or redistribute content without written permission.

Acceptable Use

When using the Site, you agree not to:

  • Scrape, crawl, or harvest content using automated means, other than compliant search-engine crawlers respecting robots.txt;
  • Reproduce, redistribute, or repurpose Site or newsletter content (including the Think essays) without our written permission;
  • Use Site or newsletter content as training data, fine-tuning data, or evaluation data for machine-learning or generative AI models, or to construct derivative datasets, without our written permission;
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, its systems, or related infrastructure, or probe for vulnerabilities;
  • Interfere with the Site’s operation, including by overloading, attacking, or otherwise impairing it;
  • Use the Site to harass, defame, threaten, or impersonate any person.

We may suspend or restrict access for any user who violates this section.

Third-Party Content

The Site may include links to third-party websites, content, products, or services. A8C Ventures does not endorse, control, or assume responsibility for any third-party content, and inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement. Your use of any third-party site or content is at your own risk and subject to the third party’s terms.

Newsletter

Our newsletter is operated by Substack, Inc. You can subscribe either by submitting your email through a form on a8c.xyz, which we forward to Substack on your behalf as the data processor, or by clicking a subscribe link that takes you to Substack’s site to complete subscription. In both cases the resulting subscription is held by Substack, and by subscribing you agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy in addition to these terms. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of any newsletter email.

You agree not to use the subscription form to submit email addresses that are not your own, to submit addresses in bulk or through automated tooling, or otherwise to abuse the form. We apply per-IP rate limiting and may block submissions that appear automated. We do not sell, rent, or share subscriber email addresses with third parties for their marketing purposes. Newsletter content is informational only and is subject to the same disclaimers set out elsewhere in these terms, including the “Views and Opinions” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections above.

Unsolicited Submissions

A8C Ventures evaluates a large volume of ideas, business plans, pitch materials, technical concepts, and similar communications, many of which are similar to each other and to ideas we are already developing independently. To preserve our ability to continue this work, the following applies to any information, materials, ideas, suggestions, plans, decks, code, demonstrations, or other content you submit to us through this Site, by email, or through any other channel before an engagement exists, unless you and A8C Ventures have a separately signed written agreement covering the specific submission. It does not apply to materials exchanged under a paid engagement, which are governed by that engagement’s agreement instead:

  • No confidentiality. Your submission is not confidential and is not made in confidence. A8C Ventures is under no obligation — express, implied, or fiduciary — to keep it secret, to refrain from disclosing it, to limit who within A8C Ventures or its affiliates may see it, or to return it to you.
  • No restriction on our activities. A8C Ventures may already be developing, investing in, advising, or working with companies, products, technologies, or strategies that are the same as, similar to, or competitive with the subject of your submission. Nothing about your submission limits A8C Ventures’ right to continue or expand any such activity, including activity that competes with you.
  • License to evaluate and act. You grant A8C Ventures a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, evaluate, share internally and with third parties (including but not limited to prospective co-investors, advisors, and counsel), and otherwise act on the submission for any lawful purpose. This license does not transfer ownership of, or any other intellectual-property rights in, the underlying subject matter beyond the rights you grant in this paragraph.
  • No compensation. A8C Ventures owes you no compensation, attribution, equity, or other consideration for any submission, including if a similar idea is later pursued by A8C Ventures or by a company in which A8C Ventures has any interest.
  • Your warranties. By submitting, you represent that the submission is yours to share, that sharing it does not breach any obligation you owe to a third party, and that it does not contain anyone else’s trade secrets, personally identifying information beyond what is reasonably necessary to evaluate the submission, or other restricted material.

If you consider any information genuinely confidential, do not send it to us without a separately signed written agreement in place. We will not sign an NDA solely as a precondition to reviewing an unsolicited submission. If the work itself requires confidentiality, tell us at a high level and we will get terms in place before you send anything sensitive.

This section does not modify how we handle personal information you provide to us; that handling is governed by our Privacy Policy. To the extent this section and the Privacy Policy conflict with respect to personal information, the Privacy Policy controls.

Portfolio and Affiliate Relationships

Where the Site discusses or references companies in which A8C Ventures or its affiliates have an investment, advisory role, or other business relationship, such relationship will be disclosed in the relevant content. The absence of a disclosure does not imply the absence of a relationship.

Disclaimers

THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CONTENT.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, A8C VENTURES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED $100, OR THE MINIMUM AMOUNT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless A8C Ventures LLC and its members, officers, and affiliates from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your misuse of the Site or your violation of these terms.

Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Disputes shall be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Florida.

General

If any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. These terms are the entire agreement between you and A8C Ventures regarding the Site and supersede any prior agreements. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision. Neither party is liable for delays or failures resulting from circumstances beyond their reasonable control. We may assign these terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

Changes

We may update these terms. Changes take effect when posted, with an updated date above. Continued use constitutes acceptance.

Contact

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