Terms of Service

1. The Service

The Service lets you record or write arguments on basketball topics, debate an AI opponent or another person, and receive automated verdicts, scores, points, badges, and leaderboard placement generated by artificial intelligence. Features, formats, and limits may change as the Service evolves. The Service is provided for entertainment and informational purposes.

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under 18, you may use the Service only with the permission of a parent or guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf.

You agree to provide accurate account information and keep it up to date. Your username is public and must not impersonate another person, infringe anyone's rights, or contain offensive language; we may reclaim or change usernames that violate this. You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials and for all activity under your account. One account per person; accounts created to evade limits, bans, or penalties may be removed.

3. Your content

"Your Content" means everything you submit to the Service: voice recordings, written arguments, debate topics, and your username and avatar. You own Your Content. By submitting it, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, process, transcribe, analyze, reproduce, display, and distribute Your Content as needed to operate the Service, including generating transcripts and verdicts, showing results on leaderboards and boards visible to other users, and rendering the shareable verdict pages and images you or your opponent can share.

You represent that Your Content is yours to submit, that it does not violate any law or the rights of any third party, and that you understand transcripts and results derived from it may remain visible as described in our Privacy Policy even though we do not retain your original audio.

If you send us feedback or suggestions about the Service, we may use them without restriction or compensation.

4. Recording other people

Head-to-head mode records two people on one device. If you host a head-to-head debate, you must have the other participant's permission to record them, to have their voice transcribed and judged, and to have the name you enter for them displayed on the verdict and on any shared results. Laws on recording conversations vary by jurisdiction and some require the consent of everyone being recorded; you are solely responsible for complying with them. Do not record anyone without their knowledge and consent.

5. AI verdicts, scores, and points

Verdicts are AI-generated.Debate verdicts, scores, topic suggestions, and the AI opponent's arguments are produced by artificial intelligence. They are opinions of a machine offered for entertainment, may contain errors or outdated or incorrect facts, and are not professional advice of any kind. We do not guarantee that any verdict is accurate, consistent, or fair in your view.

Verdicts are final. For purposes of points, standings, streaks, and badges, the AI verdict is final. We may, at our discretion, correct results affected by technical errors or cheating, but we are not obligated to re-judge debates.

Points have no monetary value. Points, badges, streaks, and leaderboard placement are virtual features with no cash value. They cannot be sold, transferred, or redeemed, and we may recalculate, adjust, or reset them at any time, including to correct errors or address abuse. The Service may not be used for gambling or wagering of any kind.

6. Acceptable use

As a user of the Service, you agree not to:

• submit content that is hateful, harassing, threatening, obscene, defamatory, or that contains slurs, or otherwise target other users or third parties with abuse;
• cheat or manipulate results, including attempting to instruct, trick, or prompt-inject the AI judge or AI opponent, exploiting bugs, or coordinating accounts to inflate points or standings;
• circumvent usage limits, quotas, moderation, or security features, or access the Service through automated means such as bots or scrapers;
• upload malicious code or interfere with the operation of the Service or its infrastructure;
• impersonate any person, misrepresent your affiliation, or use another user's account;
• copy, resell, reverse engineer, or build a competing service from the Service or its content, except as permitted by law; or
• use the Service in violation of any applicable law.

7. Moderation and enforcement

Submissions are screened for inappropriate language. Content that violates these Terms may be redacted or removed, and in ranked debates a violation may result in an automatic loss and a points penalty, applied automatically. We may also suspend or terminate accounts, remove content, recalculate standings, and take any other action we consider appropriate for violations of these Terms, with or without notice. To report content or behavior, email pitchcoachai@gmail.com.

8. Plans, subscriptions, and billing

Plans.The Service offers a free plan and a paid subscription ("Pro") with higher usage limits, at the prices and limits displayed in the Service at the time of purchase. Usage limits (such as debates per week) are part of the Service design and may change; we will not reduce what a paid plan includes mid-billing-period.

Billing and automatic renewal. Payments are processed by Stripe. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period and your payment method is charged the then-current price until you cancel. By subscribing, you consent to these recurring charges.

Cancellation. You can cancel at any time through the app or by emailing pitchcoachai@gmail.com. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you keep paid features until then and are not charged again.

Refunds. Except where required by applicable law, payments are non-refundable and we do not provide refunds or credits for partial billing periods or unused debates. If you believe you were charged in error, contact us and we will review.

Price changes and promotions. We may change prices or plan limits. Price changes to an active subscription take effect at your next renewal after reasonable advance notice. Promotional codes are subject to their stated terms, have no cash value, and may be revoked in cases of abuse.

9. Intellectual property

The Service, including its software, design, text, graphics, and branding, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for personal, non-commercial purposes in accordance with these Terms. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

Heated is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Basketball Association, any of its teams, or any player. Player and team names appear only as the factual subjects of debate topics and statistics. All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

10. Third-party services

The Service depends on third-party providers, including Supabase, Vercel, AssemblyAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and basketball statistics providers. We are not responsible for the availability or conduct of third-party services, and outages or changes on their side may affect the Service.

11. Termination

You may stop using the Service or delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Service. Upon termination, your license to use the Service ends and we may delete Your Content, subject to our Privacy Policy. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 3, 5, and 12 through 15) survive.

12. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT AI-GENERATED VERDICTS, SCORES, OR CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR RELIABLE. YOU USE THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

13. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE OR FIFTY US DOLLARS ($50). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

14. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of: (1) Your Content, including any claim that you recorded someone without the required consent; (2) your breach of these Terms; or (3) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

15. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict of law rules.

Before filing any claim, you and we agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally: send written notice to pitchcoachai@gmail.com and allow at least thirty (30) days of good-faith negotiation. Any dispute not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration before a single arbitrator under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (and, where applicable, its Consumer Rules), seated in San Diego, California, in English. Disputes must be brought individually; to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither party may participate in a class action against the other. Either party may instead bring an individual claim in small claims court, and either party may seek injunctive relief in court for intellectual property claims or unauthorized use of the Service.

16. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top, and for material changes we will provide additional notice, such as an in-app message or email. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

17. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Using the Service, emailing us, and submitting forms are electronic communications, and you consent to receiving notices and doing business with us electronically.

18. Contact us

Heated
San Diego, CA, United States
pitchcoachai@gmail.com