CrewsForge — Terms of Service

Last updated: 11 Jan 2026

Effective date: 12 Jan 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") form a binding agreement between you and Ryomen Corporation, a Wyoming corporation ("CrewsForge", "we", "us", "our"), governing your access to and use of the CrewsForge website, application, and related services (collectively, the "Platform").

By creating an account, accessing, or using the Platform, you accept these Terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the Platform.

Please read Section 18 (Binding Arbitration and Class Action Waiver) and Section 14 (Limitation of Liability) carefully — they materially affect your legal rights.

1. Definitions

2. What CrewsForge Is — and What It Is Not

2.1 We are a marketplace and coordination layer. CrewsForge provides software that helps Founders and Teams find each other, structure work into Milestones, fund and release payments, exchange deliverables, and resolve disputes.

2.2 We are not a party to the Project Agreement. The Project Agreement is concluded solely between the Founder and the Team. CrewsForge is not a contractor, subcontractor, employer, agent, partner, or joint venturer of any User. We do not perform, supervise, or guarantee development work.

2.3 We are not a bank, escrow agent, trustee, or money transmitter. Payment processing and the holding of Milestone funds are performed by our third-party payment processor (currently Stripe, Inc. and its affiliates) under its own terms. Funds held with the processor are not deposits, are not insured, and do not accrue interest for your benefit. References on the Platform to "escrow" or "holding" describe a payment-flow feature, not a regulated escrow service.

2.4 We are not a law firm, accounting firm, or investment advisor. Nothing on the Platform, including AI Consultant output, constitutes legal, tax, accounting, or investment advice.

2.5 We do not guarantee outcomes. We do not guarantee that a Founder will find a suitable Team, that a Team will find work, that any Project will succeed, or that any deliverable will meet a Founder's commercial expectations.

3. Eligibility and Accounts

3.1 Eligibility. You must be at least 18 years old and have full legal capacity to enter into contracts. If you use the Platform on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to bind that organization, and "you" includes that organization.

3.2 Restricted jurisdictions. You may not use the Platform if you are located in, ordinarily resident in, or organized under the laws of a country or territory subject to comprehensive sanctions administered by the United States, the European Union, or the United Kingdom, or if you are listed on any applicable restricted-party list.

3.3 Account accuracy and security. You must provide accurate, current, and complete registration information and keep it updated. You are responsible for safeguarding your credentials and for all activity under your account. Notify us immediately at support@crewsforge.com of any unauthorized access.

3.4 One account. You may not maintain multiple accounts to circumvent restrictions, manipulate reputation, or evade fees.

3.5 Verification and KYC. We and our payment processor may require identity verification, business documentation, beneficial-ownership information, and sanctions screening. We may suspend account functionality — including payouts — until verification is completed satisfactorily.

4. The AI Consultant

4.1 Nature of the output. The AI Consultant produces roadmaps, technology recommendations, role breakdowns, and budget estimate ranges. All output is informational and probabilistic. Estimate ranges are not quotes, offers, or price guarantees, and no Team is bound by them.

4.2 No reliance without judgment. AI output may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect. You are solely responsible for decisions you make based on it. Verify material decisions independently, including with qualified professionals.

4.3 Inputs you provide. You may upload documents to the AI Consultant. Do not upload material you are not entitled to disclose, and do not upload payment card data, government identifiers, health data, or other sensitive personal data except where the Platform expressly requests it.

4.4 Processing. AI features are delivered using third-party model providers. Your inputs and outputs may be processed by those providers under our agreements with them. See our Privacy Policy for details.

4.5 Human handoff. Where available, the AI Consultant may escalate to a human. Escalation is not guaranteed to be immediate or available at all times.

5. Team Registration, Matching, and Team Entities

5.1 Manual onboarding. Teams are registered and reviewed by CrewsForge Operators. Registration does not imply endorsement, certification, or a warranty as to skill, availability, or integrity.

5.2 Matching. Matching is performed manually by CrewsForge. A Project may be shown to one or more Teams before it is shown to the Founder. We do not guarantee a match, a specific number of candidates, or any timeline.

5.3 Teams as entities. A Team is an entity on the Platform carrying its own composition, history, and reputation. The Team entity — not any individual member — is the counterparty to the Project Agreement, unless the Project Agreement expressly provides otherwise. Changes to Team membership do not release the Team from its obligations.

5.4 Team responsibility for members. A Team is responsible for the acts and omissions of its members and for ensuring that every member is bound by confidentiality and IP-assignment obligations at least as protective as those in these Terms.

6. Projects, Milestones, and Acceptance Criteria

6.1 Milestone structure. Work is organized into Milestones. Each Milestone must specify deliverables, Acceptance Criteria, a fee, and a target completion date.

6.2 Funding gate. A Milestone is not active and work is not authorized until its funds have been received and are held. Any work performed by a Team before funding is performed at the Team's own risk and is not covered by the Platform's payment or dispute mechanisms.

6.3 Delivery and review. When a Team marks a Milestone delivered, the Founder must review it against the Acceptance Criteria within the review period stated in the Project Agreement, or [X] business days if none is stated.

6.4 Approval. A Milestone is approved when the Founder approves it and CrewsForge (via Operator review) does not reject it. Operator review is limited to confirming that the Platform's procedural conditions are met; it is not a technical audit or quality certification.

6.5 Deemed approval. If the Founder neither approves nor raises a documented objection referencing specific Acceptance Criteria within the review period, and after we send at least one reminder, the Milestone may be deemed approved and released.

6.6 Rejection. A rejection must identify the specific Acceptance Criteria not met. Vague dissatisfaction, changed business priorities, or scope not present in the Acceptance Criteria are not valid grounds for rejection.

6.7 Change of scope. Changes to scope, Acceptance Criteria, fees, or dates take effect only when recorded on the Platform and accepted by both parties. Off-Platform side agreements are not enforceable through the Platform's payment or dispute mechanisms.

7. Fees

7.1 Platform fee. CrewsForge charges a fee on Project value. The applicable rates, the split between Founder-side and Team-side, and any stage-based rate schedule are shown on the Platform before you commit to a Milestone.

7.2 Fee transparency. Fee decomposition is disclosed to the Team at the planning stage, before Milestone terms are accepted.

7.3 Processing fees. Payment-processing fees charged by our processor are applied as disclosed at checkout and in the Team's payout summary.

7.4 Taxes. Each User is solely responsible for determining, reporting, and paying its own taxes. Amounts shown are exclusive of VAT, GST, sales tax, or similar taxes unless stated otherwise. We may collect tax documentation and withhold where required by law.

7.5 Changes. We may change fees on [30] days' notice. Changes do not apply to Milestones already funded.

8. Payments and Fund Holding

8.1 Processor terms. All payments are processed by Stripe. By transacting on the Platform you also agree to the applicable Stripe terms, including the Stripe Connected Account Agreement. Teams must maintain a connected payout account in good standing.

8.2 Holding. Milestone funds are held with the processor and released to the Team upon approval under Section 6, upon a Dispute resolution under Section 10, or as otherwise required by law.

8.3 No interest. Held Funds do not earn interest for Users. Any interest or float accrues to CrewsForge or its processor.

8.4 Refunds. Refunds of unreleased Held Funds are made in accordance with the Project Agreement or a Dispute outcome. Released funds are not refundable by CrewsForge; a Founder's recourse in that case is against the Team.

8.5 Chargebacks. If a Founder initiates a chargeback, we may suspend the relevant Project and account pending resolution. Abusive chargebacks are grounds for termination and cost recovery.

8.6 Failed payouts and dormant balances. If a payout fails or a balance is unclaimed, we will attempt to contact you. Unclaimed amounts are handled in accordance with applicable unclaimed-property law.

8.7 Set-off. We may set off amounts you owe us (including fees, reversals, and losses caused by your breach) against amounts payable to you.

9. Off-Platform Circumvention

9.1 No circumvention. For the duration of a Project and for [12] months after its last Milestone, a Founder and a Team introduced through the Platform must transact on the Platform for work within the scope of that relationship.

9.2 Consequences. Circumvention — including moving payments off-Platform, soliciting off-Platform engagement, or sharing contact details for that purpose before a Project Agreement is formed — may result in account suspension, forfeiture of reputation, and liability for the fees we would have earned.

9.3 Exception. Parties may transact off-Platform with our prior written consent, which may be conditioned on a conversion fee.

10. Disputes Between Users

10.1 Availability. A Dispute may be opened only in respect of a funded Milestone. Unfunded work is outside the Platform's dispute mechanism.

10.2 Stage 1 — Direct resolution. The parties must first attempt good-faith resolution through the Platform for at least [5] business days.

10.3 Stage 2 — Administrator resolution. If unresolved, either party may escalate. An Administrator reviews the Project Agreement, Acceptance Criteria, deliverables, and on-Platform communications and proposes a resolution.

10.4 Stage 3 — Arbitrator decision. If a party rejects the Administrator's proposal, the matter goes to an Arbitrator. The Arbitrator's decision determines how Held Funds for the disputed Milestone are allocated.

10.5 Scope and effect. The Arbitrator decides only the allocation of Held Funds. The decision is final and binding as to the Platform's disbursement of those funds. It does not adjudicate the parties' broader legal rights, and it does not prevent either party from pursuing other remedies in a court or forum of competent jurisdiction.

10.6 Evidence. Decisions are based on material recorded on the Platform. Off-Platform communications, agreements, and deliverables may be disregarded. Keep your record on the Platform.

10.7 Non-participation. If a party fails to participate within the stated deadlines, a decision may be rendered on the available record.

10.8 Our role. In acting as Administrator or Arbitrator we act as a neutral facilitator of a contractual mechanism. We are not a court, we owe no fiduciary duty to either party, and we are not liable for the outcome of any Dispute except in cases of our fraud or willful misconduct.

10.9 Fees. We may charge a Dispute-handling fee, disclosed before escalation, and allocate it in the decision.

11. Intellectual Property

11.1 Platform IP. The Platform, including its software, design system, trademarks, and documentation, is owned by CrewsForge and its licensors. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Platform in accordance with these Terms. All other rights are reserved.

11.2 Project deliverables. Ownership of deliverables is governed by the Project Agreement. The Platform's default position, applicable unless the Project Agreement states otherwise, is that all right, title, and interest in a Milestone deliverable assigns to the Founder upon release of that Milestone's funds, and that the Team retains ownership of its pre-existing and generally reusable materials, granting the Founder a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use them as embedded in the deliverable.

11.3 Third-party and open-source components. Teams must disclose third-party and open-source components and ensure their licences are compatible with the Founder's intended use.

11.4 Your Content. You retain ownership of Content you submit. You grant CrewsForge a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, and display that Content solely to operate, secure, and improve the Platform and to perform our obligations under these Terms.

11.5 Feedback. If you send us suggestions, we may use them without restriction or compensation.

11.6 Publicity. We will not use your name or logo as a customer reference without your prior consent, which you may give or withdraw in your account settings.

12. Confidentiality

12.1 Each User must keep confidential all non-public information received from another User through the Platform, use it only for the relevant Project, and protect it with at least reasonable care.

12.2 Confidentiality obligations survive for [3] years after the end of the Project, or indefinitely for trade secrets.

12.3 These obligations do not apply to information that is or becomes public through no breach, was rightfully known without a duty of confidence, is independently developed, or must be disclosed by law (with prompt notice where lawful).

13. Acceptable Use

You must not, and must not permit others to:

We may investigate suspected violations and cooperate with law enforcement.

14. Disclaimers

14.1 THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

14.2 WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DATA WILL NOT BE LOST, OR THAT AI OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE.

14.3 WE MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE CONDUCT, SOLVENCY, QUALIFICATIONS, OR PERFORMANCE OF ANY USER. VERIFICATION AND MATCHING ARE BEST-EFFORT AND DO NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT.

14.4 Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers; in those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted.

15. Limitation of Liability

15.1 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CREWSFORGE AND ITS OFFICERS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.

15.2 OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE PLATFORM WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (a) THE TOTAL PLATFORM FEES YOU PAID US IN THE [6] MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (b) USD [500].

15.3 THESE LIMITS DO NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED BY LAW, INCLUDING FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE.

15.4 These limitations are a fundamental basis of the bargain between us and apply even if a limited remedy fails of its essential purpose.

16. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CrewsForge and its officers, members, employees, and agents from and against any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your breach of these Terms or applicable law; (b) your Content or deliverables, including any claim that they infringe third-party rights; (c) your performance or non-performance under a Project Agreement; (d) your tax obligations; or (e) any dispute between you and another User.

17. Suspension and Termination

17.1 By you. You may close your account at any time, provided you have no open Projects, funded Milestones, or unresolved Disputes.

17.2 By us. We may suspend or terminate your access, with or without notice, if you breach these Terms, if we reasonably suspect fraud, illegal activity, or risk to other Users or the Platform, or if required by law or by our payment processor.

17.3 Effect. On termination, your licence to use the Platform ends. Funded Milestones and open Disputes will be brought to conclusion under Sections 6, 8, and 10 to the extent practicable. Sections 2, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19 survive.

17.4 Data. We will retain and delete data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable law. Export your Project records before closing your account.

18. Governing Law; Binding Arbitration; Class Action Waiver

18.1 Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, USA, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

18.2 Informal resolution first. Before filing a claim against us, you agree to contact us at support@crewsforge.com and attempt informal resolution for 60 days.

18.3 Binding arbitration. Any dispute between you and CrewsForge that is not resolved informally will be finally resolved by binding arbitration administered by [JAMS / AAA] under its [applicable] Rules, seated in [Cheyenne, Wyoming], conducted in English, before a single arbitrator. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

18.4 Exceptions. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and either party may seek injunctive relief in court to protect intellectual property or confidential information.

18.5 Class action waiver. YOU AND CREWSFORGE AGREE TO BRING CLAIMS ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. If this waiver is held unenforceable, Section 18.3 does not apply to that claim.

18.6 Opt-out. You may opt out of Sections 18.3 and 18.5 by sending written notice to support@crewsforge.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms.

18.7 Consumer rights. If you are a consumer resident in the EU, UK, or another jurisdiction granting non-waivable rights, nothing in this Section deprives you of the protection of mandatory provisions of your local law or of your right to bring proceedings in your local courts.

(This Section governs disputes with CrewsForge. Disputes between Users regarding Held Funds are handled under Section 10.)

19. General

19.1 Changes to these Terms. We may update these Terms. Material changes take effect [30] days after we post them and notify you. Continued use after that date constitutes acceptance. If you do not accept, stop using the Platform and close your account.

19.2 Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any policies referenced here, constitute the entire agreement between you and CrewsForge regarding the Platform, and supersede prior understandings on that subject.

19.3 Order of precedence. In case of conflict: (1) these Terms as to Platform use, fees, and dispute mechanics; (2) the Project Agreement as to the substance, scope, and deliverables of a Project.

19.4 Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

19.5 Severability. If a provision is held unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions remain in effect.

19.6 No waiver. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.

19.7 Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including war, armed conflict, natural disaster, power or network failure, or acts of government.

19.8 Independent contractors. Nothing creates an employment, agency, partnership, or joint-venture relationship between CrewsForge and any User, or between Users, except as expressly set out in a Project Agreement.

19.9 Notices. We may send notices to your registered email or through the Platform. Send legal notices to Ryomen Corporation, 30 N Gould St #66355, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA, copy to support@crewsforge.com.

19.10 Language. These Terms are drafted in English. Any translation is provided for convenience; the English version controls.

20. Contact

Ryomen Corporation

30 N Gould St #66355

Sheridan, WY 82801, USA

General: support@crewsforge.com

This document is a drafting template prepared for CrewsForge and is not legal advice. It must be reviewed and adapted by qualified counsel in Wyoming and in each jurisdiction where the Platform is offered before publication.