Terms

SlideSleuth Terms of Service

Last updated: 16 October 2026

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are an agreement between you and SlideSleuth (“SlideSleuth,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They govern your access to and use of the SlideSleuth website, desktop application, accounts, subscriptions, analysis features, local agent connection, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).

Please read these Terms carefully. By creating an account, purchasing a subscription, downloading or using SlideSleuth Desktop, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms and acknowledge our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or modified, including applicable statutory consumer protections. Further information appears in Sections 10, 15, 16, and 18.

1. Eligibility

The Service is offered globally wherever Stripe Managed Payments supports the customer, excluding restricted locations. The Service, product documentation, and SlideSleuth product support are currently provided in English.

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a contract. If you use the Service for a company or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms, and “you” includes that organization.

The Service is not offered where its use would violate applicable law.

These Terms apply to both individual customers and business customers. Certain statutory rights and obligations may differ depending on the purpose for which the Service is acquired and the laws applicable to the customer.

2. What SlideSleuth does

SlideSleuth helps you find and understand visual and spoken information in YouTube videos that can be viewed using their source URL.

Depending on your plan and the source video, features may include timestamped spoken text, playable slides, slide explanations, referenced video summaries, chat, saved history, favorites, exports, and local access for compatible AI agents.

SlideSleuth Desktop currently requires an Apple silicon Mac. Supported sources, system requirements, plan features, and usage allowances may change over time, subject to Section 11 and applicable law.

The plan details and price shown to you before purchase are part of these Terms.

Availability of any analysis depends on factors such as source accessibility, captions, video format, visual and spoken content, third-party services, and your plan allowance.

A Pro subscription is not an unlimited analysis plan.

3. Accounts

You must provide accurate account information and keep it current.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your sign-in credentials and for activity under your account, except to the extent that applicable law provides otherwise or the activity results from circumstances for which we are legally responsible.

Promptly notify us through our contact form if you suspect unauthorized access.

You may not share, sell, transfer, or make your account available to another person.

4. Source videos, your instructions, and permissions

You may direct the Service to videos that can be viewed using their source URL and provide searches, questions, prompts, and other instructions.

You retain any rights you have in the material you submit. You give us the limited rights needed to process that material to provide, secure, troubleshoot, and support the Service as described in these Terms.

You are responsible for the sources you select and for having any permission required for your use.

You may not use SlideSleuth to access nonpublic, restricted, unlawfully obtained, or access-controlled material; circumvent technical protections; or infringe another person’s copyright, privacy, or other rights.

The fact that a video is publicly accessible does not mean that every use of it is permitted.

SlideSleuth does not claim ownership of third-party videos or other third-party content. SlideSleuth is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.

5. Acceptable use

You may not use the Service to:

• break the law or violate another person’s rights;
• analyze or distribute content that you are not authorized to use;
• bypass access restrictions, security measures, plan limits, or usage controls;
• upload or transmit malware or other harmful code;
• probe, disrupt, overload, or interfere with the Service or another user;
• scrape, resell, sublicense, or provide the Service as a service bureau without our written permission;
• reverse engineer or attempt to extract source code, models, or nonpublic components, except where applicable law prohibits this restriction; or
• use automated means that create an unreasonable load or evade rate limits.

We may investigate suspected misuse and take reasonable steps to protect users, third parties, and the Service.

6. Analysis results and AI limitations

SlideSleuth uses automated systems, including artificial intelligence, to produce analysis.

Results may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or misleading. They may omit important context or misinterpret a source. Always check important conclusions against the original video and other reliable sources.

The Service and its results are for general informational purposes.

They are not legal, medical, financial, tax, safety, or other professional advice, and they should not be the sole basis for decisions that could materially affect a person’s rights, health, safety, finances, employment, education, or access to essential services.

7. Third-party services and content

The Service depends on third-party platforms, content, software, payment providers, hosting providers, and AI services.

Stripe or its Link service acts as merchant of record for eligible new purchases made through Managed Payments and provides transaction support for those purchases. Their terms may apply to your use of their products.

We do not control third-party content or services and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, are not responsible for their availability, accuracy, security, or conduct.

A source video or feature may become unavailable without notice because of a third-party change, rights restriction, technical failure, or other circumstance outside our control.

Nothing in this section excludes responsibility that we have under applicable law for providing the Service or meeting applicable statutory obligations.

8. Our intellectual property

The Service, including its software, design, branding, and original content, is owned by SlideSleuth or its licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws.

Subject to these Terms, we give you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable license to use the Service for its intended purpose, including authorized personal or internal business use.

Any revocation of this license is subject to these Terms and applicable law.

These Terms do not transfer ownership of the Service or the SlideSleuth name, logo, or other marks.

If you voluntarily send us feedback, you allow us to use it without restriction or compensation, but we will not identify you publicly as its source without your permission.

9. Free and paid plans

SlideSleuth may offer a Free plan and one or more paid plans.

Free features may be changed or discontinued.

Paid features and allowances are those displayed when you subscribe, subject to changes made under Section 11 and applicable law.

Monthly subscriptions and automatic renewal

Paid plans are monthly subscriptions.

When you subscribe, you authorize Stripe or Link, as merchant of record, to charge the final amount displayed at checkout to your selected payment method.

Prices are shown in USD. Your local currency and applicable taxes are calculated and shown at checkout. For US and Canadian customers, checkout may add applicable sales tax. Other local-currency checkouts may show a tax-inclusive total.

Your subscription begins when the first payment is successfully processed and automatically renews each month until you cancel it.

Your renewal date generally corresponds to the date your paid subscription began, subject to payment-processor and calendar adjustments disclosed at checkout or in your account.

Before you subscribe, we will clearly display the plan, recurring price, billing frequency, automatic-renewal terms, and cancellation method and ask for your affirmative consent.

We will provide an electronic acknowledgment that you can retain.

You are responsible for keeping your billing information current.

Where applicable law requires additional subscription disclosures, renewal reminders, notices, consent, or cancellation rights, those requirements apply.

Founder launch pricing

For the limited founder launch offer, eligibility is secured when you start the authorized checkout by 1 November 2026 and complete that checkout while it remains available.

A founder monthly price continues while the same paid subscription remains active. You may switch between the founder Plus and founder Pro plans without losing founder status.

Scheduling cancellation for the end of a paid billing period does not end the subscription immediately.

If you reverse that scheduled cancellation before the subscription ends, the founder price continues.

If the subscription ends after cancellation or reaches a terminal unpaid or canceled state after payment retries, founder eligibility ends permanently.

Any later subscription uses the then-current regular price.

The founder price will remain available while the subscription continues to satisfy these eligibility conditions, subject to any changes required by applicable law.

Cancellation

You may cancel future renewal at any time through the online billing controls in your SlideSleuth account or the Stripe/Link order-management tools made available for your purchase.

Cancellation stops future subscription charges and normally takes effect at the end of your current paid billing period, so you may continue using paid features until then.

Deleting the desktop application or ceasing to use the Service does not cancel a subscription.

If online cancellation is unavailable because of a technical problem, you may request assistance through our contact form using the address associated with your account.

We will not require you to call or complete unnecessary steps to cancel.

Nothing in this section restricts any additional cancellation, withdrawal, or termination rights available under applicable law.

Failed payments

If a payment fails, we or our payment processor may retry it and ask you to update your payment method.

We may limit paid features until payment succeeds.

We will not continue charging after your cancellation takes effect, except to collect an amount validly incurred before cancellation.

10. Refunds and statutory rights

Your first paid subscription payment is covered by our 14-day money-back promise.

Eligibility, request instructions, timing, and the effect of a refund are explained in our Refund Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms.

Refund requests and related inquiries may be submitted through our contact form, subject to any additional methods provided in the Refund Policy or required by applicable law.

Except as stated in the Refund Policy or required by law, subscription payments are nonrefundable and we do not provide credits or prorated refunds for an unused part of a billing period.

Cancelling future renewal does not by itself request a refund.

Our 14-day money-back promise is a voluntary contractual benefit provided in addition to any statutory consumer rights.

Depending on your location and the nature of your purchase, applicable law may give you additional rights to withdraw from a contract, cancel a subscription, obtain a refund, receive a price reduction, or obtain another remedy.

These rights may apply independently of our money-back promise and may continue after its 14-day period has expired.

Nothing in these Terms or the Refund Policy excludes, restricts, or modifies any such right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or modified.

Where applicable law provides more favorable rights, those rights prevail.

11. Price and subscription changes

We may change paid-plan prices or material subscription terms, subject to existing promotional commitments, including the founder pricing arrangements described in Section 9, and applicable law.

We will provide clear notice by email and, when appropriate, in the Service 30 days before a price change takes effect.

A price change will apply no earlier than your first renewal after that notice period.

If you do not agree, you may cancel online before the change takes effect.

We will request new consent where applicable law requires it and comply with any additional applicable notice or cancellation requirements.

We may add, improve, limit, or discontinue features for legitimate operational reasons, including security, legal compliance, technical compatibility, service reliability, changes in third-party dependencies, or product improvement.

If a change materially reduces the core paid Service during a prepaid period, you may contact us through our contact form.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide advance notice, a right to terminate, an appropriate refund, or another applicable remedy.

Nothing in this section permits changes that would deprive customers of statutory rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded.

12. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Service at any time, but you must separately cancel any paid subscription to stop renewal charges.

We may suspend or terminate access if you materially or repeatedly violate these Terms, create a security or legal risk, fail to pay amounts due, or misuse the Service.

We will exercise these rights reasonably and proportionately, having regard to the circumstances and applicable law.

When reasonably possible, we will give notice and an opportunity to resolve the issue.

We may act immediately when necessary to prevent harm, protect the Service, or comply with law.

If we end a paid subscription without cause before the end of a prepaid period, we will provide a prorated refund for the unused portion.

If we terminate for a material violation of these Terms, no refund is due except where required by law.

Nothing in this section affects any additional statutory rights to terminate the Service or obtain a remedy.

13. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, retain, and disclose personal information associated with accounts, subscriptions, security, and contact requests.

Please review it before using the Service.

Personal information will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection laws.

14. Copyright and rights concerns

If you believe use of the Service or material associated with it infringes your rights, submit our contact form with enough information for us to identify the material, understand your claim, and contact you.

We may remove or restrict material and may terminate repeat infringers where appropriate.

15. Disclaimers and consumer guarantees

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any statutory guarantee, warranty, right, or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or modified.

In Australia, where the Australian Consumer Law applies, goods and services come with consumer guarantees that cannot be excluded.

Depending on the circumstances, these guarantees may include requirements that services be provided with due care and skill and be reasonably fit for a purpose made known to the supplier. Where a service fails to meet an applicable consumer guarantee, you may be entitled to remedies including correction of the failure, cancellation, a refund, or compensation for reasonably foreseeable loss or damage.

Customers in other jurisdictions may have equivalent or additional mandatory statutory rights.

SUBJECT TO THOSE RIGHTS, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”

TO THAT EXTENT, SLIDESLEUTH DISCLAIMS WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT, EXCEPT FOR EXPRESS WARRANTIES GIVEN IN THESE TERMS OR WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation, that the Service will be suitable for every video or purpose, or that automated analysis results will always be accurate or complete.

These limitations do not affect any guarantee, warranty, or obligation imposed by applicable law that cannot lawfully be excluded.

16. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SLIDESLEUTH AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS, EVEN IF ADVISED THAT SUCH DAMAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THEIR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF:

(A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM; OR

(B) US$100.

For the purposes of this calculation, amounts paid for the Service include subscription payments made to Stripe or Link as merchant of record.

These exclusions and limitations do not apply to liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

In particular, nothing in this section excludes, restricts, or modifies any statutory consumer guarantee or remedy under the Australian Consumer Law or any other applicable mandatory consumer protection law.

Where applicable law restricts the exclusion or limitation of liability, this section applies only to the maximum extent that the law permits.

Nothing in this section limits a consumer’s entitlement to compensation for reasonably foreseeable loss or damage where that entitlement cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

17. Responsibility for misuse

To the extent permitted by applicable law, if you use the Service on behalf of a business or organization, that business or organization will defend and indemnify SlideSleuth against third-party claims and reasonable costs arising from its unlawful use of the Service, its infringement of another person’s rights, or its material violation of these Terms.

This obligation applies only to the extent the relevant claim or cost arises from that conduct and does not apply to liability caused by SlideSleuth’s own unlawful conduct or breach of an obligation that cannot lawfully be excluded.

This section does not apply to an individual consumer acting solely for personal, family, or household purposes.

Nothing in this section limits protections available to eligible small businesses or other customers under applicable unfair-contract-terms or consumer protection laws.

18. Disputes, governing law and jurisdiction

Informal dispute resolution

Before filing a lawsuit, you and SlideSleuth agree to make a good-faith effort for 30 days to resolve the dispute informally.

To raise a dispute, please use our contact form and describe the issue and the resolution you seek.

This informal-resolution process does not prevent either party from seeking urgent or interim relief, pursuing an eligible small claim, exercising statutory rights, making a regulatory complaint, or commencing proceedings where required to preserve a legal right or comply with a limitation period.

It does not apply where mandatory law prohibits requiring prior informal resolution.

Governing law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them, including non-contractual claims, are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of New South Wales, Australia, including applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Australia.

This choice of law is subject to any mandatory laws that apply notwithstanding the parties’ choice of governing law.

In particular, if you are a consumer, this choice does not deprive you of the protection of any mandatory consumer protection laws applicable in the country or jurisdiction of your habitual residence, where those laws would apply in the absence of this choice.

Jurisdiction

Subject to applicable mandatory laws, you and SlideSleuth submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia, and the federal courts of Australia sitting in New South Wales, including courts competent to hear appeals from those courts, in relation to disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service.

This provision does not prevent either party from bringing proceedings in another court or tribunal that has jurisdiction under applicable law.

In particular, nothing in these Terms prevents a consumer from bringing proceedings in, or defending proceedings before, the courts or tribunals of the consumer’s country or jurisdiction of residence where applicable mandatory law provides that right.

SlideSleuth will not rely on this jurisdiction provision to require a consumer to bring proceedings exclusively in Australia where doing so would conflict with applicable mandatory consumer protection or jurisdiction laws.

Other dispute rights

Either party may bring an eligible individual claim in an available small-claims or equivalent court.

These Terms do not require arbitration and do not waive any right to participate in a class action.

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any consumer rights, statutory remedies, complaint mechanisms, or legal forums that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or modified.

19. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes to the Service, law, or our practices.

If a change materially affects your rights or an active paid subscription, we will provide advance notice by email or through the Service.

For an active paid subscription, a material change will apply no earlier than your next renewal after the stated notice period, unless the change is required sooner by law or addresses an urgent security risk.

You may cancel before the change takes effect.

Where applicable law requires additional notice, express agreement, a right to terminate, or another remedy, we will comply with those requirements.

Changes will not retrospectively deprive you of rights that have already accrued or rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

The Last Updated date above shows when these Terms were last revised.

20. Communications

Our contact form is the primary way to contact SlideSleuth about the Service, including general inquiries, account support, billing assistance, refunds, complaints, disputes, and questions about these Terms.

When submitting an inquiry, please provide sufficient information for us to identify your account or purchase where relevant and respond to your request.

We may communicate with you electronically, including by email or through the Service, about your account, transactions, subscription, security, support requests, changes to these Terms, and other service-related matters.

You agree to receive these electronic communications to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Where applicable law requires a particular form of notice, communication, or consent, or provides another legally required method of contact, those requirements will apply.

Marketing communications, if any, will be handled separately and may be unsubscribed from without affecting essential service communications.

21. General terms

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Refund Policy, and the plan and billing terms presented at checkout form the agreement between you and SlideSleuth about the Service.

If there is a conflict, the checkout terms control for the specific price and billing frequency you accepted, and these Terms control on other subjects.

However, no provision of the agreement overrides applicable mandatory law.

If part of these Terms is unenforceable, the remaining parts remain in effect to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.

You may not assign these Terms without our consent, except where applicable law provides otherwise.

We may assign these Terms as part of a merger, reorganization, sale of assets, or operation of law, provided that doing so does not reduce your nonwaivable rights or otherwise violate applicable law.

22. Contact

The primary method for contacting SlideSleuth is through our contact form.

Please use this form for general inquiries, customer support, account issues, billing and subscription questions, refund requests, privacy inquiries, intellectual-property concerns, complaints, disputes, or questions about these Terms.

Where applicable law requires another method of communication or provides you with additional rights to contact us, those requirements and rights remain unaffected.