Terms of Website Use

1. About us and these terms

NextStep.ai (the Website) is operated by Composable Architectures Ltd (we, us or our), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 14858550. Our registered office is 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, England, W1W 5PF.

These terms govern access to and use of the Website. By using it, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

2. Business use

The Website is intended for people acting for business or professional purposes, not as consumers. If you use it on behalf of a company or other organisation, you confirm that you have authority to act for that organisation. Nothing in these terms excludes any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded.

3. Information, not advice

Website content is provided for general information only. It is not financial, investment, legal, tax, regulatory or other professional advice, and it is not a substitute for technical due diligence or independent professional judgement. You should obtain advice appropriate to your circumstances before acting or refraining from acting on Website content.

We do not promise or guarantee any funding, valuation, reduction in dilution, investor or board response, compliance status, technical performance, commercial result or other outcome. Examples, frameworks and descriptions are illustrative and may not apply to your business.

4. Enquiries and separate engagements

Descriptions of diagnostics, courses, consultancy and other services are invitations to enquire, not binding offers. Submitting a form does not create a client, adviser or fiduciary relationship, does not oblige us to respond or accept work, and does not reserve a place or form a contract for services. Submitting information through a public Website form does not, by itself, create an obligation of confidence unless we have agreed otherwise in writing.

A paid or professional engagement begins only when the parties enter into a separate written agreement, statement of work or order signed or otherwise expressly accepted by authorised representatives. That agreement will govern matters such as scope, fees, delivery, confidentiality, intellectual property, cancellation and liability. If it conflicts with these terms, it prevails in relation to that engagement.

Please do not send trade secrets, source code, credentials, special-category personal data or other highly sensitive or confidential information through a public Website form. You retain ownership of information you submit and give us permission to receive, store, copy and use it as reasonably necessary to assess and respond to your enquiry, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

5. Acceptable use and security

You must not:

• ▸use the Website unlawfully, fraudulently, to harm others or to infringe anyone's rights;
• ▸introduce malware, malicious code or harmful material, or conduct a denial-of-service attack;
• ▸attempt to gain unauthorised access to, probe, scan, test or disrupt the Website, its server or connected systems;
• ▸impersonate another person, submit misleading information or misuse the forms;
• ▸use automated means to scrape, harvest or extract content or personal data, except for ordinary search-engine indexing or with our written permission; or
• ▸remove ownership notices, circumvent security measures, or use Website content to build or promote a competing dataset or service.

We may block or restrict access where we reasonably believe these terms have been breached or the Website, its users or our systems are at risk. We may also report suspected unlawful activity to the relevant authorities.

6. Intellectual property

We or our licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Website and its content, including its text, graphics, branding, structure and software, and, to the extent protected by applicable law, its methodologies. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to view and use that content for your own internal business evaluation. You may not copy, modify, republish, distribute, sell, license or commercially exploit it without our prior written permission, except where permitted by law.

Third-party names and trade marks belong to their respective owners. References to third-party organisations, including Deloitte, Accenture and Microsoft, describe background or experience only unless expressly stated otherwise; they do not imply endorsement, sponsorship or current affiliation.

7. Third-party websites

The Website may link to third-party websites or services. Links are provided for convenience and do not amount to approval or endorsement. We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for their content, availability, security or privacy practices. Your use of them is governed by their own terms and policies.

8. Availability and changes to the Website

We aim to keep the Website useful and available, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted, error-free, secure or virus-free access. We may update, suspend, restrict or withdraw all or part of the Website without notice. You are responsible for your own devices, connectivity, security controls and backups.

9. Our responsibility to business users

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

Subject to that paragraph and to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Website and its content are provided on an “as available” basis. We exclude implied conditions, warranties, representations and other terms that may apply to the Website or its content.

We will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, revenue, business, opportunity, contracts, anticipated savings, goodwill or data, arising from or in connection with the Website, its unavailability, use of or reliance on its content, or a third-party website. Subject to those exclusions, we are responsible only for loss that is a reasonably foreseeable direct result of our breach of these terms.

This section applies only to use of the public Website. Liability relating to a separate paid engagement is governed by the agreement for that engagement.

10. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use personal data when you visit the Website or contact us.

11. Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms to reflect changes to the Website, our business or the law. The date at the top shows when they were last updated. Revised terms apply from publication, so please review this page from time to time. If you do not agree to a revision, you must stop using the Website.

12. General

If any part of these terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts will continue in effect. A delay in enforcing a right is not a waiver of that right. No person other than you and us has any right to enforce these terms. These terms govern Website use only and do not replace any separate agreement between you and us.

13. Governing law and courts

These terms and any non-contractual obligations or dispute arising out of or in connection with them are governed by the law of England and Wales. As a business user, you and we agree that the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.

14. Contact

Questions about these terms may be sent through our contact form or by post to Composable Architectures Ltd, 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, England, W1W 5PF.