Terms of Service

1. Who we are

The Services are provided by ThinkData BV, a company established in Belgium (enterprise number BE 0533.840.686, VAT BE 0533.840.686), with registered office at [registered office address — to add before publishing], operating the Crane Bioworks brand and website (“Crane Bioworks,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). You can reach us at hello@cranebioworks.com.

2. Professional, business use only

The Services are intended for businesses and professional users, and for individuals who are at least 18 years old and have authority to accept these Terms on behalf of their organisation. They are not directed at consumers. If you access the Services from a location where their use is unlawful, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local law.

3. The Services and engagements

This website is an informational and marketing resource describing Crane Bioworks' computational protein-engineering work. It does not by itself constitute an offer to provide services, and no contract for paid work is formed merely by using the website.

Any engagement to perform protein-engineering work is governed by a separate written agreement (such as a proposal, statement of work, or master services agreement) signed by both parties. Where such an agreement conflicts with these Terms in respect of that engagement, the signed agreement prevails.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to, and not to permit any third party to:

• use the Services for any unlawful, infringing, harmful, or fraudulent purpose;
• copy, reproduce, republish, scrape, data-mine, or systematically extract content from the Services except as expressly permitted by these Terms;
• reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source of any part of the Services, except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by applicable law;
• introduce malware or attempt to gain unauthorised access to, interfere with, or disrupt the Services or the systems or networks connected to them;
• circumvent or interfere with any security, access-control, or content-protection feature; or
• use the Services to build or assist a competing product or service.

5. Intellectual property

The Services and all content on them — including text, graphics, logos, designs, and the Crane Bioworks name and marks — are owned by Crane Bioworks or its licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and view the website for your internal business purposes. No other rights are granted. For permissions beyond this, contact hello@cranebioworks.com.

If you send us questions, comments, suggestions, or other feedback about the Services (“Feedback”), you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use that Feedback to operate and improve our business, without obligation to you.

6. Third-party websites and content

The Services may link to third-party websites and content that we do not control. We are not responsible for, and do not endorse, their content, accuracy, or practices. Your use of any third-party site is at your own risk and subject to that site’s own terms.

7. Disclaimers

The Services and all content and outputs are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind to the fullest extent permitted by law. Crane Bioworks' work is AI-assisted and computational, and is predictive rather than guaranteed; it requires independent experimental validation. Your use of the Services and any outputs is subject to our Disclaimer, which forms part of these Terms and which you should read in full.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Crane Bioworks will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or business, arising out of or in connection with the Services or any content or output, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to your use of the website (other than under a separate signed engagement agreement, which sets its own liability terms) is limited to one hundred euro (€100). Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under the laws of Belgium, including liability for fraud, for wilful misconduct, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Crane Bioworks and its officers, employees, and agents from any claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable expenses arising out of your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Services, or your violation of any law or of the rights of any third party.

10. Privacy

Our handling of personal data is described in our Privacy Policy. By using the Services you acknowledge that processing of personal data takes place as described there.

11. Availability and changes

We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time, and we do not guarantee that the Services will always be available or error-free. We may also update these Terms from time to time; the “Last updated” date above shows when. Material changes take effect when posted, and your continued use of the Services after that constitutes acceptance.

12. Suspension and termination

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to the Services at our discretion, including where we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms or applicable law. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law — will survive.

13. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them or the Services are governed by the laws of Belgium, excluding its conflict-of-law rules. The courts of Ghent, Belgium have exclusive jurisdiction, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer-protection rights you may have where applicable.

14. General

These Terms, together with the documents they reference, are the entire agreement between you and Crane Bioworks regarding the Services. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. You agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that communications be in writing.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to hello@cranebioworks.com.