Terms of Service

Last updated: 19 October 2026

1. Agreement to these Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a contract between you and Core Engine IT Infrastructure LLC ("we", "us", "our"). They govern your use of Ants: the websites at ants.dev and my.ants.dev, the AI app builder, the hosting of apps on ants.pub and on custom domains, and every related service (together, the "Service").

The following documents form part of these Terms:

Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data.

You accept these Terms when you create an account, or when you confirm them at checkout. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. If you accept on behalf of a company, you confirm you have authority to bind it, and "you" means that company.

2. Who we are

Ants is operated by Core Engine IT Infrastructure LLC, a company registered in the United Arab Emirates (registration number 2647230, licence number 1526216). Our address is Al Souq Al Kabeer, R118, 201-A-19, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Email: [email protected].

3. The Service

Ants is an AI software engineer. You describe what you want in plain language. Ants then:

  1. asks clarifying questions;
  2. writes a product requirements document ("PRD") for you to approve;
  3. shows an estimate in credits;
  4. once you approve the estimate, builds, deploys and hosts the app.

You can keep changing the app afterwards by talking to Ants. The work is done by AI agents that run on third-party AI models, together with our own software. Features and limits depend on your plan, as shown on the pricing page.

We may change or remove features. If a change materially reduces a paid feature you use, we will tell you in advance. You may then cancel, and we will refund the unused part of any prepaid period.

4. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use the Service. Only adults may buy a paid plan or credits. An adult is someone 18 or over, or of full legal age where you live. You may not use the Service if the laws that apply to you prohibit it, including sanctions laws.

5. Your account

You need an account to build with Ants. You must:

  • give accurate details and keep them up to date;
  • keep your sign-in methods secure;
  • tell us at [email protected] if you suspect unauthorised access.

You are responsible for all activity under your account, including that of collaborators you invite. One person may hold only one free account.

6. Plans, credits and payment

Plans. Each plan's price, included credits and features are shown on the pricing page and at checkout. The price at checkout includes any VAT or sales tax we must charge, unless checkout says otherwise.

Credits. Credits measure the work Ants does for you: planning, building, editing, deploying and hosting apps, and running AI features inside them. Credits:

  • are a prepaid right to use the Service;
  • are not money and have no cash value;
  • cannot be transferred or sold;
  • expire as set out in the Refund & Credits Policy.

Estimates. Before a build, Ants shows an estimate in credits. A build never uses more credits than the estimate you approved.

Payment. Paid plans are billed in advance through our payment processor. They renew automatically each month or year until you cancel. You authorise us to charge your payment method at each renewal. If a payment fails, we may move you to the free plan.

Price changes. We will tell you about a price increase in advance. It takes effect from your next renewal after that notice, and you can cancel before then.

Cancellation and refunds. You can cancel online at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. Refunds are covered by the Refund & Credits Policy.

7. Your content and your app's data

Your Content means the prompts, messages, files, images, designs, text, brand names and logos you give the Service. You keep all rights in Your Content.

App Data means data stored by or entered into an app you build, including data from that app's users. As between you and us, App Data is yours. We process App Data only to host and run your app, as set out in the Data Processing Addendum.

You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, copy, process, adapt and display Your Content and App Data, to:

  • provide, secure and support the Service;
  • send Your Content to our AI model providers to generate output for you;
  • improve Ants, as described in the Privacy Policy. This purpose does not cover App Data.

The licence ends when the content is deleted, except for copies held in backups until they expire, and for de-identified or aggregated data.

You confirm that you have the rights needed to give us Your Content and to grant this licence. You also confirm that your app's handling of App Data complies with the law.

8. Generated code and apps

Generated Code means the source code, configuration, database schemas, PRDs and other materials the Service produces, and the repositories and infrastructure we create to run your app. It does not include Your Content or App Data.

We own Generated Code and all rights in it. The Service builds apps from components, templates and patterns that we reuse across users. Similar prompts can produce similar or identical code.

Your licence. While your account is open and your app is hosted on the Service, we grant you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to:

  • use, operate, publish and change apps built for you;
  • make them available to anyone;
  • use them commercially.

This licence covers use of the app as hosted by Ants. It does not include a copy of the source code, or the right to move the app to another host.

AI-generated material may not be protected by copyright in every country. We do not promise that Generated Code is unique to you.

9. Publishing and hosting your apps

Addresses. Published apps get an address on ants.pub. That address remains ours. On paid plans you can connect a domain you own, and you are responsible for that domain.

You are the publisher. When you publish an app, you are its operator. You are responsible to its users and for complying with the law, including:

  • giving your app's users the terms, privacy notice and consents the law requires;
  • complying with consumer, data protection, e-commerce and advertising laws, and with the rules for any regulated activity the app involves;
  • acting as the merchant for any payments your app takes. We are not a party to transactions between you and your app's users.

Free-plan apps may show an Ants badge.

Hosting uses credits. A live app uses credits while it runs. If your credits run out, we may limit or pause the app.

Grace period. An app becomes inactive, and goes offline, in any of these cases:

  • you close your account;
  • your plan no longer covers the app;
  • the app stays paused for lack of credits;
  • we suspend the app under section 15.

We keep an inactive app, including its Generated Code and App Data, for 3 months. During that time you can restore it by fixing the cause. After 3 months we permanently delete it. We may delete it earlier where the law requires, or after a serious breach of the Acceptable Use Policy.

10. Acceptable use

You must follow the Acceptable Use Policy, both in your use of Ants and in the apps you build and publish. You also may not:

  • get around usage limits, credit metering, estimates or our screening;
  • resell access to the Service, or use it to build or train a competing AI service;
  • probe, scan, overload or attack our systems, or interfere with other users.

11. AI output

Ants uses AI, which can make mistakes. Generated apps, code, text and images may be incomplete, insecure, inaccurate, or similar to existing material.

You are responsible for reviewing and testing an app before you rely on it or invite others to use it. That matters most where money, personal data, health or safety are involved.

Nothing Ants produces is legal, financial, medical or other professional advice.

12. Third-party services

The Service relies on third-party providers, including AI model providers, cloud hosting and payment processing. If you sign in with Google or Apple, or connect another service to Ants or to your app, that service's terms also apply to you. We are not responsible for third-party services you choose to use.

13. Availability

We do not guarantee that the Service or hosted apps will be uninterrupted or error-free. We may carry out maintenance, apply fair-use limits, and restrict usage to protect the platform.

14. Our intellectual property

We own the Service and everything in it other than Your Content and App Data. That includes the platform, our agents, prompts, templates and components, Generated Code, and the "Ants" name and logos.

You may not copy, reverse-engineer or resell the platform, or use our name or logos. You may say truthfully that your app was built with Ants.

If you send us feedback, we may use it without obligation to you.

15. Suspension and termination

By you. You can close your account at any time. When you do:

  • your subscription ends at the end of the paid period;
  • your remaining credits are forfeited;
  • your apps become inactive under section 9.

By us. We may remove or unpublish an app, or suspend or close your account, if:

  • you or your app breach these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy;
  • the law or an authority requires it;
  • your use creates a security, legal or abuse risk;
  • you fail to pay;
  • a free account has been unused for 12 months.

We will tell you the reason unless the law prevents it. You can appeal as described in the Acceptable Use Policy.

If we close your account for a reason other than your breach, or stop offering the Service, we will give you reasonable notice where we can. We will also refund the unused part of any prepaid period.

What continues after termination. Sections 7, 8, 11, 14 and 16 to 21 continue to apply after these Terms end.

16. Warranties

We will provide the Service with reasonable care and skill. Apart from that, and from any rights you have by law, the Service and Generated Code are provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we disclaim all other warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and accuracy.

17. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows:

  • we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, revenue, business, goodwill or data;
  • our total liability to you in any 12-month period is limited to the greater of what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or USD 100.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited by law. That includes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, and your mandatory rights as a consumer where you live.

18. Your responsibility for your apps

You are responsible for third-party claims that arise from Your Content, your apps, App Data, or your breach of these Terms or the law. If you use the Service for business purposes, you will indemnify us against those claims and the reasonable costs of defending them. If you are a consumer, this applies only to the extent the law where you live allows.

19. Governing law and disputes

Please contact us first at [email protected] if something goes wrong.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates as applied in the Emirate of Dubai, and the courts of Dubai have jurisdiction. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live, and you may bring proceedings in the courts there.

20. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. We will tell you about material changes by email or in the product before they take effect. If you do not agree to a change, you can cancel before it takes effect. If you keep using the Service after a change takes effect, you accept it.

21. General

We may transfer these Terms to a company that takes over the Service, provided your rights are not reduced. If any part of these Terms is unenforceable, the rest still applies.

22. Contact

Previous versions July 29, 2026