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Terms of Service

Effective Date: May 27, 2026
Last Updated: May 27, 2026

1. Agreement to Terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Launch (“the Platform”), a coding education platform operated by Austin Christian University (“ACU,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By creating an account, joining a team, or otherwise using the Platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Platform.

If you are a teacher or educator using Launch on behalf of a school or organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms, and “you” refers to both you individually and the organization.

2. Who Can Use Launch

2.1 Educators

Educator accounts (teachers, parents, tutors, and other adults using Launch on behalf of an Org) require registration with a valid email address and password. You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, to create an educator account. Educators are responsible for:

  • Maintaining the confidentiality of their account credentials.
  • All activity that occurs under their account.
  • Managing the students they enroll, including distributing student codes only to the intended student.
  • Informing parents and guardians that students will be using Launch and making the Privacy Policy available upon request.

2.2 Students

Students are added to the Platform by an authorized educator (a teacher or parent acting on behalf of an Org). Each student has a roster entry created by the educator, with a short student code used to access the Platform. Students do not register their own accounts and are not asked for an email address or password; a student session is identified by a browser cookie rather than an individual login credential the child creates.

The educator who creates a student entry is responsible for obtaining any parental notification or consent required by their institution or local law before adding the child to the Platform. Student codes must only be shared with the intended student. Unauthorized use of student codes is prohibited.

2.3 Schools, Households & Solo Educators (“Orgs”)

Accounts on Launch are organized around an Org—the billing and ownership root for a group of educators and students. An Org can be a single solo teacher, a household (a parent with their own students), or a school with multiple educators. The educator who creates the Org is the org-admin and may invite additional educators, manage students, and control billing. When Launch is adopted by a school or district, the institution is responsible for ensuring that educator and student use complies with applicable institutional policies, including any required parental notification procedures under FERPA or state law.

3. The Service

3.1 What Launch Provides

Launch is an AI-assisted coding learning platform for students ages 5–13. The Platform provides:

  • An in-browser coding workspace where students write and run code.
  • An AI coding assistant that helps students learn by answering questions and guiding their projects.
  • A teacher dashboard for managing students and reviewing their projects.
  • Gamification elements (XP, coins, levels, streaks) to motivate learning.
  • Optional voice input for dictating messages to the AI assistant.

3.2 AI-Generated Content

The Platform uses third-party AI language models to provide coding assistance. You acknowledge and agree that:

  • AI output is not guaranteed to be accurate, complete, or error-free. Code suggestions may contain bugs, security vulnerabilities, or factual inaccuracies.
  • AI-generated content does not constitute professional advice of any kind (educational, legal, medical, or otherwise).
  • We do not guarantee that AI responses will be appropriate for all age groups at all times. While we tailor AI communication style to age group settings, AI models may occasionally produce unexpected output. Teachers should review student interactions as appropriate.
  • We are not responsible for any consequences arising from reliance on AI-generated content.

3.3 Availability

We strive to maintain high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. The Platform may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, or circumstances beyond our control. We are not liable for any loss of progress, data, or access during downtime.

4. Billing & Subscription

4.1 Pricing

Paid access to Launch is offered at $20 per student seat per month. Schools may pay month-to-month or prepay the full 10-month school-year term at the same per-seat rate. A limited free tier is also available for evaluation and casual use.

4.2 What a Seat Includes

Each paid seat includes up to 5,000,000 AI tokens per student per month. When a student reaches that cap, the student’s AI access pauses with a prompt to ask their teacher or parent; the student’s saved work and project files are not affected. The school may add additional capacity at any time.

4.3 Billing Party & Authority

For school or organizational plans the school is the billing party. The educator or administrator who sets up the account represents that they have authority to bind the school or organization to these Terms and to authorize payment.

4.4 Term & Auto-Renewal

Paid school plans run for the agreed term—a 10-month school year unless we state otherwise in writing—and renew automatically for successive terms unless the school cancels. Cancellation must be submitted at least 30 days before the renewal date. We will provide notice of any price change before the start of a renewal term.

4.5 Payment & Non-Payment

If payment is not received or a paid plan lapses, paid access ends and the Org reverts to the free tier. Saved projects are retained in accordance with the data-retention terms in our Privacy Policy.

4.6 Refunds

Fees are non-refundable, including prepaid term fees, except where required by law.

4.7 Pilots

A pilot is a time-limited (typically 30-day) full-access evaluation with a conversion price agreed in writing before the pilot begins. At the end of the pilot the school converts via invoice or reverts to the free tier.

5. Acceptable Use

5.1 General Rules

You agree not to:

  • Use the Platform for any purpose other than coding education and learning.
  • Attempt to circumvent security measures, including the PII scrubber, Content Security Policy, or rate limits.
  • Use the AI assistant to generate content that is harmful, harassing, threatening, obscene, or otherwise inappropriate for a K–8 educational environment.
  • Share student codes with unauthorized individuals.
  • Attempt to access other Orgs’ projects or data.
  • Use automated tools, bots, or scripts to interact with the Platform (except as part of approved educational activities within the coding workspace).
  • Reverse-engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Platform (except as permitted by applicable law).
  • Introduce malicious code, viruses, or any technology designed to harm the Platform or its users.

5.2 Educator-Specific Responsibilities

Educators additionally agree to:

  • Keep student codes confidential and share them only with the intended student.
  • Monitor student use of the Platform as appropriate for the educational setting.
  • Review flagged content surfaced on the teacher dashboard.
  • Not use the Platform to collect personal information from students beyond what the Platform is designed to collect (which is none).
  • Inform parents/guardians that students will be using Launch and provide access to the Privacy Policy upon request.

6. Intellectual Property

6.1 Student-Created Content

Students (and their parents/guardians, as applicable) retain all rights to the code and other content they create using the Platform. We do not claim ownership of student-created projects.

By using the Platform, students grant us a limited, non-exclusive license to store and display their project files solely for the purpose of operating the service (e.g. saving projects so they can be loaded later, displaying projects on the teacher dashboard for review). This license terminates when the project is deleted.

6.2 Educator-Created Content

Educators retain all rights to any content they create using the Platform, including roster configurations and any custom materials.

6.3 Platform Content

All Platform content—including the user interface, design, curriculum materials, lesson content, challenge descriptions, and underlying code—is owned by Austin Christian University and protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works from Platform content without our prior written permission.

6.4 AI-Generated Code

Code generated by the AI assistant is provided for educational purposes. Students may use AI-generated code in their projects. We make no warranties regarding the originality, correctness, or fitness of AI-generated code for any particular purpose.

7. Privacy & Data Protection

Your use of the Platform is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. Key commitments—subject to the more detailed disclosures in the Privacy Policy:

  • Data minimization for students. We design Launch to minimize the personal information we collect from students. See the Privacy Policy for the specific student-linked data we hold.
  • No data is used for AI training. Student data (text or voice) is never used to train or improve any AI model.
  • No marketing or profiling. Student data is never used for advertising, commercial profiling, or behavioral targeting.
  • Retention controls for AI services. We require our AI processors to operate under Zero Data Retention terms where available and are finalizing Data Processing Agreements with each. Chat messages and voice audio are processed in real time rather than stored on Platform servers.

8. Content Moderation

Student-created content (project code, titles, descriptions) is automatically checked for inappropriate language and potential PII before it is saved. The teacher dashboard surfaces flagged entries for review.

We reserve the right to remove or restrict access to any content that violates these Terms or that we reasonably believe to be harmful, inappropriate, or in violation of applicable law.

9. Account Termination

9.1 By You

Educators may delete their account at any time by contacting us at privacy@launch.kids. Account deletion will permanently remove the educator’s profile, the students they manage, and the projects associated with those students. When an org-admin deletes the Org, all educators, students, and projects under that Org are removed.

Students may stop using the Platform at any time by simply not entering their student code. Students can clear locally stored data (codename, avatar, progress) by clearing their browser’s site data for Launch.

9.2 By Us

We may suspend or terminate access to the Platform if we reasonably believe that a user has violated these Terms. Where possible, we will provide notice before termination. We may also terminate accounts that have been inactive for more than 12 months after providing 30 days’ notice.

10. Disclaimers

THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Without limiting the foregoing, we do not warrant that:

  • The Platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.
  • AI-generated content will be accurate, appropriate, or complete.
  • The Platform will meet any specific educational standard or outcome.
  • Defects will be corrected within any particular timeframe.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AUSTIN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PLATFORM.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE PLATFORM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

12. Indemnification

Educators and school administrators agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Austin Christian University and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to:

  • Your violation of these Terms.
  • Your use of the Platform.
  • Your distribution of student codes to unauthorized individuals.
  • Any failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, including FERPA obligations, in connection with your use of the Platform.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will:

  • Post the updated Terms on this page with a new “Last Updated” date.
  • Notify educators via email at least 30 days before the changes take effect.

Your continued use of the Platform after the effective date of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Platform.

14. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, except that either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Arbitration shall take place in Georgetown, Texas and shall be conducted by a single arbitrator. The arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding.

Class Action Waiver: You agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action.

Exception for Schools: If you are a public school or school district, and applicable law prohibits you from agreeing to arbitration or class action waivers, those provisions shall not apply to you.

15. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable while preserving its original intent.

16. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Austin Christian University regarding your use of the Platform. These Terms supersede all prior agreements, communications, and understandings regarding the Platform.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us:

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