Terms of Use
Please read these Terms of Use carefully. They are a binding agreement between Signal Market Intelligence Incorporated (“Clara”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) and you (“you”). They cover talkclara.com, try.talkclara.com, beta.talkclara.com, and related Clara services (the “Services”).
By accessing or using the Services — including starting a trial, accepting a beta invitation, purchasing a Founding pass, or clicking to agree — you confirm that you have read and agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use Clara.
Important: Clara is an experimental AI voice companion. Replies can be wrong, incomplete, or inappropriate. She is not a person, therapist, doctor, lawyer, or emergency service. Do not rely on her for professional advice. If you are in crisis, contact local emergency services.
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live, if higher) to use the Services. By using Clara you represent that you meet that requirement. Do not use the Services where doing so would be unlawful.
2. The Services
Clara is an AI companion that can talk or text with you in the browser. Features may include a short guest trial, free beta access with daily minute limits, Founding paid access, optional browser memory, and optional Browse with Clara (sharing a browser tab). We may change, suspend, or discontinue features at any time as we develop the product.
We grant you a personal, limited, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Services for your own personal use, subject to these Terms.
3. AI output and your responsibility
Clara uses speech recognition, language models, and synthetic voice. Outputs (“Output”) are generated from your prompts, speech, and other input (“Input”). Because generative AI is probabilistic:
- Output may be inaccurate, misleading, fictional, or offensive.
- Output is not medical, legal, financial, or mental-health advice.
- You are responsible for how you use Output, including whether you verify it before acting.
- Do not present Clara’s voice or Output as an authentic recording of a real person.
If you believe you or someone else is in danger, stop using the Services and seek emergency help immediately.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use Clara for unlawful activity, harassment, exploitation, or to violate others’ rights;
- share someone else’s private information without permission;
- bypass trial limits, access controls, or payment systems;
- attempt to disrupt, reverse engineer, or overload the Services except as allowed by law;
- use Browse with Clara to capture content you are not authorized to share;
- upload or speak regulated health information or other sensitive data you should not disclose to a consumer AI product.
We may suspend or terminate access if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms or put the Services or other people at risk.
5. Guest trial, free beta, and Founding
Guest trial
The public trial is typically a short call (currently about three minutes), subject to capacity and fair-use limits (for example a limited number of trials per network address in a rolling period). Shared networks may share that limit.
Free beta
Signed-in users without an active paid pass currently receive up to 30 minutes of connected conversation time per day, including users with older invitations. The allowance resets on the published daily schedule. Waiting in queue does not consume minutes. Invitations may be single-use and expire.
Founding pass
Founding is a one-time USD $19 purchase for unlimited conversation time for 30 days after payment is confirmed. It is not a subscription and does not auto-renew. One active call per pass. Access usually activates in the browser used for checkout; contact [email protected] if you need help restoring access on another device. If we cannot provide purchased access, we will refund the purchase. Chargebacks or full refunds may revoke the pass. Your non-waivable consumer rights remain.
Optional support donations
Optional contributions via Stripe do not buy access, minutes, or other benefits unless we clearly say otherwise at checkout.
6. Your content
You retain rights in your Input to the extent you have them. You grant us a license to host, process, and transmit Input and related technical data as needed to provide, secure, and improve the Services as described in the Privacy Policy. You represent that you have the rights needed to provide that Input.
As between you and us, Clara’s software, models, branding, and voice assets remain ours. Feedback you send us may be used freely to improve the product without obligation to you.
7. Privacy
Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect and how we use it. Using the Services means you also agree to that Policy.
8. Third-party services
The Services rely on third parties (hosting, GPU compute, payments, fonts, and similar). Their terms and privacy practices apply to their processing. We are not responsible for third-party sites or services you open from Clara.
9. Disclaimers
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE OR APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR NEEDS.
10. Limitation of liability
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded (including fraud, or death or personal injury caused by negligence where such exclusion is prohibited).
SUBJECT TO THAT, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR OUTPUT.
OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICES IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM OR (B) USD $100. IF YOU PAID NOTHING, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO STOP USING THE SERVICES.
11. Indemnity
You agree to defend and indemnify Signal Market Intelligence Incorporated and its people from claims, damages, and reasonable legal fees arising from your Input, your misuse of the Services, or your violation of these Terms or others’ rights — except to the extent caused by our willful misconduct.
12. Changes and termination
We may update these Terms as the product and law change. We will update the date above. Continued use after changes means acceptance. We may suspend or end access to protect the Services or enforce these Terms. You may stop using Clara at any time.
13. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable there, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Courts in Alberta will have exclusive jurisdiction, except that we may seek injunctive relief anywhere to protect our IP or the security of the Services. Consumers keep any non-waivable rights they have where they live.
14. General
These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement for the Services. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a reorganization or sale. Notices to us: [email protected].