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Last Updated: March 24, 2025

What are these terms? These additional product terms (“Additional Terms”) apply to the products and/or services listed herein. Section A contains terms applicable to the listed CB Insights products and/or services. In the event of any conflict between these Additional Terms and the terms of an ordering document or agreement between Customer and CB Insights, these Additional Terms will prevail.

When do these terms apply? It is the Customer’s sole decision to use any of these products and/or services. If Customer uses a particular product and/or service, the terms for such product and/or service apply and are incorporated by reference into Customer’s ordering document; if Customer does not use a particular product and/or service, the terms for such product and/or service do not apply. These Additional Terms may be updated from time to time.

Who is entering into these terms? As used in these Additional Terms, “Customer” means the entity entering into an ordering document or agreement with CB Insights for the purchase of Licensed Materials and/or our services.


Section A: CB Insights Products and Services

  1. AI Functionality – Customer agrees to use the product features powered by large language models (“LLMs”) in compliance with existing master agreement in place between the parties. CB Insights AI functionality leverages Azure OpenAI APis and Anthropic APIs which have codes of conduct that you may be required to comply with (e.g. Microsoft’s Code of Conduct for Azure OpenAI Service and Anthropic’s Acceptable Usage Policy.
  2. Buyer or Investor Transcripts – Customer agrees to use and apply information from Transcripts for Customer’s own internal business activities and Customer will not identify, quote, or attribute insights or opinions to a Transcript participant or to CB Insights (except for Earnings Transcripts) and will not redistribute, publish, or display, in whole or in part, any written materials provided in connection with any Transcript, to any third parties without prior written consent of CB Insights.
  3. CB Insights API or Direct Data Feed – If Customer accesses the Licensed Materials via CB Insights’ API or Direct Data Feed, Customer agrees to (i) use any retrieved Licensed Materials solely for Customer’s own internal purposes and may not distribute such received Licensed Materials to any third parties; (ii) not include raw data from either the CB Insights platform or API and data feed solutions in any of Customer’s databases or systems that are accessible by Customer’s clients or otherwise used as a component of, or as a basis for, any material offered for sale, license, or commercial distribution, including using such raw data as a primary source to create and/or maintain any market index or database that Customer publishes or distributes to third parties.
  4. ChatCBI – Prior to December 1, 2024 use of this feature is subject to a monthly usage limit of 150 messages/Authorized User. Effective December 1, 2024, feature use is subject to a monthly usage limit of 150 messages/Authorized User, calculated and enforced annually (e.g.,150 x the # Authorized Users x 12). Additional Tiers for additional messages per Authorized User are available as described in the applicable Order Form. These limits are subject to change from time to time. CBI reserves the right to suspend Customer’s access to this feature if Customer’s usage exceeds the allotted annual limit by 20% or more and until such time as Customer upgrades to a higher usage tier. For example, if a Customer has 10 Users, they have a 150 message/User/month limit with an annual cap of (150×10) x 12 = 18,000 annual messages.
  5. Customer Sentiment (made accessible via Yardstick data) – Provides Customers with access to transcripts of conversations between software buyers and analysts, including product evaluations and customer satisfaction.
  1. Definitions.
    Transcript: Transcripts of Analyst-led conversations with Buyers. Conversations are generally interview-style wherein Analysts question Buyers about the purchase process or usage of a particular software product.

    Analyst: The individual leading the conversation with a Buyer. Analysts ask Buyers structured and specific questions regarding the Buyer’s purchase process and/or use of a particular software product.

    Buyer. The individual being interviewed by the Analyst. The Buyer may be a software buyer, end-user, or otherwise have specific insight into the purchasing process or usage of a software product or service.

    Transcript Research. Includes Software Buyer’s Guides and Vendor Scorecards. Software Buyer’s Guides provide questions which Buyers ask when evaluating categories of software. Vendor Scorecards compare companies within a particular technology market.

  2. Content and Disclaimer.Transcripts reflect discussions conducted between Analysts and Buyers. CB Insights does not verify the accuracy of any information or data provided by Analysts and Buyers in any Transcript. Any statements, views or opinions contained in any Transcript do not represent the statements, views, or opinions of CB Insights. CB Insights expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for the content of any Transcript or for any consequences that may arise from the use of or reliance on the information or data contained in any Transcript to the fullest extent permitted by law.
  3. Configured Transcripts. In some cases, Customers may request that CB Insights configure a Transcript that is not currently available on the Yardstiq platform and if agreed by CB Insights, the contents of the Transcript shall be incorporated into the Yardstiq database and accessible by all customers. CB Insights reserves the right to refuse Custom Transcript requests at its sole discretion.
  4. Limitations on Use. Customer may use and apply information from Transcripts for the purpose of internal business activities, but under no circumstances shall Customer be permitted to identify or quote Buyers or attribute insights or opinions to Buyers or CB Insights. Any written materials provided in connection with a Transcript may not be redistributed, disseminated, published, or displayed, in whole or in part, with any third party without prior written permission of CB Insights.

  1. Document/File Upload – By using this feature, You agree that (i) CB Insights will use the uploaded document and related metadata to provide only you with the Services and optimize your use of the Services (e.g., more tailed answers and recommendations); (ii) CB Insights will not share the document or related metadata with any third parties and the document will not be used to train or improve CB Insights’ or third party AI models or AI algorithms that power our features (i.e., OpenAI and Anthropic); (iii) You will remove any Personally Identifiable Information before uploading Customer Data; and (iv) You will not share any sensitive or confidential information that would violate any laws, IP or third-party rights, or other contractual agreements you may have in place
  2. Page Insights Functionality – CB Insights may use its, or other third-party large language models, to provide the Page Insights and related services to You. You, on behalf of your organization, agree to use the Page Insights functionality and related services only as permitted by law. You may not access or reuse the information and materials generated or derived from the Page Insights functionality, or any portion thereof, for any commercial purpose.
You agree to not:
  1. Use the Page Insights functionality if You are prohibited from sharing with CB Insights the applicable information, materials, text or content (collectively, “Content”) that may be subject to copyright protection and/or if such distribution and sharing by You, and/or access by CB Insights, would violate any applicable terms and conditions applicable to You and the copyrighted Content; or
  2. Use the Page Insights functionality if you are prohibited from using Content for any retrieval-augmented generation purposes, including through the use of large language models, AI algorithms, or other Generative AI technologies.
You represent and warrant you have all necessary rights, licenses, and permissions to use the Content with our Page Insights functionality and You will not use the analysis contained herein to train or teach any large language model or other artificial intelligence algorithm.
You are solely responsible and liable for any and all liability arising out of or related to, and will indemnify, defend, and hold CB Insights harmless from and against any and all costs, damages, fines, and losses arising out of or related to any claims of infringement of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, rights of publicity or other proprietary rights or any other harm resulting from Your use of the Page Insights functionality.

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