Disclaimer

1. Audience and purpose

This website (https://cranebioworks.com) is operated by ThinkData BV, which operates the Crane Bioworks brand, and is intended exclusively for a business-to-business, professional audience. It is not directed at consumers. The information on this website is general in nature, is not adapted to your personal or specific circumstances, and cannot be considered personal or professional advice on which you should rely.

2. The nature of computational and AI-generated results

Crane Bioworks designs proteins using artificial intelligence and computational methods. By their nature, these methods are predictive and probabilistic. Results — including designed sequences, structures, mutations, ranked variant panels, property predictions, mechanistic rationales, and scores — represent our best current estimate and may be inaccurate, incomplete, or unsuitable for your particular use case.

Computational predictions are not a substitute for experimental validation. A result that performs well in silico may not reproduce in vitro or in vivo. You are responsible for independently testing, validating, and verifying any design, recommendation, or output in the laboratory before relying on it for any decision, publication, product, or downstream application.

3. No warranty

All content, designs, recommendations, and outputs are provided “as is” and “as available”, to the best of our knowledge at the time of delivery. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Crane Bioworks makes no warranties or representations of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to:

• that any sequence or design will express, fold, bind, be soluble, be stable, retain activity, be manufacturable, or achieve any predicted property, metric, or target;
• that any content or output is accurate, complete, current, error-free, or fit for a particular purpose; or
• that the website will be available, uninterrupted, secure, or free of harmful components.

Nothing provided by Crane Bioworks creates any guarantee or representation, and nothing relieves you of your own obligation to carry out — or to have carried out — appropriate investigations, research, and tests to determine the suitability of all content and outputs for your intended use.

4. Not professional, medical, or regulatory advice

Our outputs are research and engineering recommendations only. They are not medical, clinical, diagnostic, legal, regulatory, financial, or investment advice. They are not approved by any regulatory authority and must not be used as the sole basis for any clinical, therapeutic, diagnostic, or safety-critical decision. You should obtain advice from suitably qualified professionals before acting in any of these areas.

5. Responsible use, biosafety, and legal compliance

Crane Bioworks' work is intended solely for legitimate, lawful, and ethical research and commercial purposes. You are solely responsible for the safe, lawful, and responsible use of any design, recommendation, or output, including ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, institutional policies, and ethical standards. This includes, without limitation, biosafety and biosecurity requirements, dual-use research of concern controls, export-control and sanctions laws, and rules governing genetically modified organisms.

You must not use our work to design, develop, produce, or facilitate any pathogen, toxin, biological or chemical weapon, or any other agent, product, or activity intended or reasonably likely to cause harm, or that is otherwise unlawful.

6. Intellectual property and freedom to operate

Crane Bioworks does not represent or warrant that any design, sequence, recommendation, or output — or your use of it — is free from the intellectual property rights of third parties, or that it does not or will not infringe any patent or other right. No liability is accepted for any infringement of patents or other intellectual property rights resulting from the use of the information or outputs we provide. Determining freedom to operate and securing any necessary rights or licences is your responsibility.

7. Technical stories, benchmarks, and demonstrations

Any technical “stories,” case studies, benchmarks, or demonstrations published on this website are illustrative of our methods and reasoning. They are not peer-reviewed scientific articles, and they are not customer outcomes or promises of the results you will obtain. Reported figures relate to the specific systems and conditions described and may not generalise to your target.

8. Forward-looking statements

Certain pages may contain forward-looking statements about our capabilities, roadmap, or intentions. Such statements reflect our current views and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual capabilities or results to differ materially. We assume no obligation to update them.

9. Third-party content and links

This website may reference or link to third-party websites and content over which we have no control. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of any third-party site. Following such links is at your own risk.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and except in the case of fraud, wilful misconduct, or any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, Crane Bioworks shall not be liable for any loss or damage — direct or indirect, incidental, special, or consequential — arising out of or in connection with this website, our content, or the use of any design, recommendation, or output. This Disclaimer does not exclude or limit any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under the laws of Belgium. The full limitation of liability is set out in our Terms of Service.

11. Contact

Questions about this Disclaimer can be sent to hello@cranebioworks.com.