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Terms

The rules, in plain words

Last updated October 23, 2026

Draft for review. A lawyer should check this page before launch. This note isn’t part of the live page.

The short version

  • Your ideas and work are yours.
  • Be honest with the people you talk to.
  • FoundUp helps you think. It isn’t legal, financial or tax advice.
  • Be kind and lawful, or we may close your account.

1. Using FoundUp

  • You need to be 18 or older to use FoundUp.
  • One account per person. Keep your sign-in safe, and tell us if you think someone else is using it.

2. Your content is yours

  • You own your ideas, notes, answers and plans.
  • You let us store and process them only to run FoundUp for you and your team.
  • You’re responsible for what you add, including what you write about other people.

3. Working with cofounders

  • Ideas you share with a team are shared with everyone on it.
  • How you split work and ownership is for you and your cofounders to agree. “To agree on” in the team chat helps you keep track, but it isn’t a contract. Put important agreements in writing.

4. Not legal or financial advice

  • Prices, market sizes, odds and advisor share suggestions are estimates to help you think.
  • Check equity, contracts and tax with a lawyer or accountant.
  • Payments you take from your customers are between you and them.

5. Talking to people

  • Be honest with the people you interview and sell to.
  • Follow local rules on contacting people, taking notes and recording.

6. Fair use

  • No spam, harassment, scraping, or anything illegal.
  • Don’t try to break FoundUp or get into other people’s accounts.

7. Ending your account

  • You can delete your account any time from Account.
  • We may pause or close accounts that break these terms. When we can, we’ll tell you first and explain why.

8. Changes

  • If we change these terms in a way that matters, we’ll tell you in the app before it takes effect.