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1. Acceptance of These Terms

1.1 Agreement

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and AINautics, LLC (“AINautics,” “we,” “us”) governing your use of the AINautics University website, learning platform, courses, content and related services at www.ainauticsuniversity.com (together, the “Platform”). By creating an account, enrolling in a course or otherwise using the Platform, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, please do not use the Platform.

1.2 Who “you” is

• Individual Users — adults who create an account and purchase a course for themselves.
• School Users — students, teachers and administrators who use the Platform through a school, district, college or workforce program that has engaged AINautics (a “School”). If you are a student using the Platform through your School, your School has agreed to these Terms on your behalf to the extent permitted by law, and Section 4 applies to you.

1.3 Order of precedence

If there is a conflict among the documents that govern a School’s use of the Platform, they control in this order: (1) a signed data privacy, confidentiality or service agreement between AINautics and the School (a “District Agreement”); (2) a signed quote, purchase order or statement of work; (3) the Curriculum License Agreement, for licensed curriculum materials; (4) the Student Data Privacy Commitments in Part B of our Privacy Policy; and (5) these Terms.

2. Accounts and Eligibility

2.1 Individual Users

You must be at least 18 years old to purchase a course as an Individual User. A learner under 18 who is not part of a School program may use the Platform only if a parent or guardian creates the account, agrees to these Terms and supervises its use.

2.2 School Users

Student accounts for School programs are created with a registration code that AINautics issues to the School’s teacher of record or program administrator. The School is responsible for deciding which students receive a code, for distributing codes only to authorized students, and for telling us when a student should be removed. A registration code gives access only to the course(s) assigned to that School’s class. Students under 18 use the Platform under the supervision of their School and in accordance with its policies.

2.3 Account security

Keep your password confidential, do not share your account, and tell us right away (through your teacher, if you are a School User) if you believe your account has been used without permission. You are responsible for activity on your account until you notify us. We may suspend an account to protect it or the Platform.

2.4 Accurate information

Provide accurate registration information and keep it current. Do not impersonate another person or register under a false name.

3. Courses, Certification and the FAA

3.1 What the courses are

AINautics University courses prepare learners for the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate knowledge test and teach unmanned aircraft operations, safety and related workforce skills. Course content is educational information. It is not legal advice and does not replace the current Federal Aviation Regulations, FAA guidance or an operator’s own responsibility to fly safely and lawfully.

3.2 AINautics is not the FAA

• The FAA Part 107 knowledge test is administered by FAA-approved testing centers under FAA rules, which currently require a candidate to be at least 16 years old, able to read, speak, write and understand English, and to present acceptable government-issued identification. Testing fees are paid to the testing center, not to AINautics, unless a School’s agreement says otherwise.
• Only the FAA issues a Remote Pilot Certificate. Completing a course, passing practice tests or earning an AINautics certificate of completion does not guarantee that a learner will pass the FAA test or receive a certificate, and does not itself authorize anyone to operate a drone commercially.
• Aviation rules change. Learners are responsible for following the regulations in effect when they fly. We update course content as rules change, but we do not guarantee that every page reflects the most recent FAA action at every moment.

3.3 Flight activities

Any hands-on flying, simulator or lab activity offered as part of a School program is conducted under the supervision of an AINautics instructor or the School’s teacher, in accordance with FAA regulations, the School’s policies and any permission forms the School requires. The Platform itself does not control any aircraft.

3.4 Availability and changes

Courses are subject to availability. We may update, add, retire or modify courses, lessons, quizzes and features to keep content current or improve the Platform. For School programs we give reasonable notice of changes that would materially affect a course in progress. Course access for Individual Users is personal and non-transferable; access for School Users lasts for the term of the School’s program unless the School’s agreement provides otherwise.

4. School and District Programs

4.1 The School’s role

A School that engages AINautics is responsible for: obtaining any parental notices or consents its own policies or law require for the use of an online learning tool; designating a teacher of record or administrator as our point of contact; distributing registration codes; and informing us of students who have left the program.

4.2 Our role

AINautics provides the Platform, course content, progress reporting to the School, and support. When we receive education records we act as a school official under FERPA with a legitimate educational interest, under the School’s direct control, as described in our Privacy Policy. We communicate with students and parents about School programs only through, or as directed by, the School.

4.3 Student Data

All student information collected or generated through a School program (“Student Data”) remains the property of the School and, as applicable, the student or parent. AINautics receives only a limited license to process Student Data to provide the service. We do not sell Student Data, use it for advertising or marketing, mine it, or store it outside the United States, and we return or delete it when the School asks. The full commitments are in Part B of our Privacy Policy and in any District Agreement.

4.4 Teacher and administrator accounts

Teachers and administrators may use their access to view and export the progress of students in their own classes for legitimate educational purposes only, and must protect their credentials. Teacher accounts are provisioned by AINautics at the School’s request.

4.5 Fees for Schools

Pricing, payment terms and any applicable taxes for School programs are set out in the School’s quote, purchase order or agreement, not on the public course pages. School Users are never asked to pay through the Platform.

4.6 Public entities

Where a School is a public school district or other governmental body, nothing in these Terms requires it to indemnify AINautics, waive sovereign or governmental immunity, submit to binding arbitration, or agree to any term that applicable law prohibits. Any such term in these Terms does not apply to that School.

5. Payments and Refunds (Individual Users)

• Prices are shown at checkout in U.S. dollars and may change; the price at the time of purchase applies.
• Payments are processed securely by our payment processor. We do not store full card numbers.
• Refunds. You may request a refund within 7 days of purchase, provided you have completed no more than 20% of the course content. Refund requests go to droneteam@ainautics.com. Refunds are returned to the original payment method.
• Promotional pricing, bundles and in-person courses may have their own stated terms.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• share quiz or test questions and answers, or help anyone else cheat on an assessment;
• copy, record, download (except where a download button is provided), scrape, redistribute, sell or publicly post course videos, lessons, question banks or other content;
• share your account or let anyone else use your registration code;
• upload or transmit anything unlawful, harmful, threatening, harassing, discriminatory or infringing, or anything containing malware;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Platform, other users’ accounts or data, or interfere with the Platform’s operation or security;
• reverse-engineer, decompile or create derivative works from the Platform or its content;
• use the Platform in violation of your School’s acceptable-use policy or any applicable law.

We may remove content, suspend or terminate access, or take other reasonable action in response to a violation. For a School User, we will notify the School before taking action except where immediate action is needed to protect the Platform or other users.

7. Intellectual Property

7.1 Our content

The Platform and all course content—including the BRIEF instructional method (Background, Regulation, Instructor demonstration, Example, Fly/Apply), lesson materials, videos, question banks, practice tests, study sheets, teacher guides, graphics, software and trademarks (including AINautics, AINautics University, iFlyDrone and the AINautics emblem)—are owned by AINautics, LLC or its licensors and are protected by U.S. and international copyright and trademark law. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

7.2 Your license

We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the course content you are enrolled in, for your own learning (or, for teachers, for instruction within your School program), during your period of access. Schools that license curriculum materials for their own instructors have the additional rights set out in the Curriculum License Agreement.

7.3 Your content

Work that students create in a course (projects, written assignments, flight-planning exercises) remains the student’s and, as applicable, the School’s. You grant AINautics only the limited right to store, display and process that work on the Platform to deliver the course and report progress. We do not use student work for marketing or training artificial-intelligence models. Feedback or suggestions you choose to send us about the Platform may be used by us without obligation.

8. Privacy and Accessibility

Our Privacy Policy describes what information we collect and how we protect it, and Part B of that Policy sets out our Student Data privacy commitments to Schools. Our Web Accessibility Statement describes the Platform’s conformance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA, known limitations and how to request an accommodation or alternate format. Both documents are available at www.ainauticsuniversity.com and on request.

9. Third-Party Services and Links

Course videos are streamed through Vimeo, and lessons link to external resources such as FAA.gov, the FAA IACRA portal, PSI testing-center scheduling and aviation-weather sites. Those services are operated by third parties under their own terms and privacy policies. We choose and configure third-party components with privacy and accessibility in mind, but we are not responsible for third-party sites.

10. Disclaimers

THE PLATFORM AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AINAUTICS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the Platform will be uninterrupted or error-free, that any learner will pass an FAA examination or obtain a certificate, or that completing a course will result in employment. Nothing in this Section limits any warranty or service commitment AINautics has made to a School in a District Agreement, quote or statement of work.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AINAUTICS AND ITS MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM, AND OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO AN INDIVIDUAL USER FOR ALL CLAIMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT USER PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE (OR $100 IF NOTHING WAS PAID). These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot be limited by law, to either party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, or to AINautics’ data-protection, confidentiality and indemnification obligations to a School under a District Agreement, which are governed by that agreement.

12. Indemnification (Individual Users)

An Individual User agrees to indemnify and hold AINautics harmless from third-party claims, losses and reasonable expenses arising from that user’s violation of these Terms or misuse of the Platform. This Section does not apply to Schools, districts or other public entities, whose obligations are governed solely by their written agreements with AINautics and applicable law.

13. Term, Suspension and Termination

• You may stop using the Platform at any time and may ask us to close your account (Individual Users) or ask your School to remove your access (School Users).
• We may suspend or terminate access for a material violation of these Terms, for non-payment, or where required by law, with notice to the user or the School as appropriate.
• When a School program ends, Student Data is returned and deleted as described in our Privacy Policy and any District Agreement.
• Sections 3, 4.3, 4.6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 survive termination.

14. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of South Carolina, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The parties will first try to resolve any dispute informally by contacting each other in writing. Any lawsuit relating to these Terms will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Richland County, South Carolina, and the parties consent to their jurisdiction. Disputes with a School are resolved as provided in the School’s agreement with AINautics.

15. General

• Changes to these Terms. We may update these Terms by posting a revised version with a new effective date. For material changes affecting School programs we give the School at least 30 days’ notice. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance by Individual Users; a School’s rights are governed by its agreement.
• Notices. Notices to AINautics should be sent to droneteam@ainautics.com or by mail to the address below. We send notices to the email address on the account or to the School’s designated contact.
• Entire agreement; severability; waiver. These Terms, the Privacy Policy and any applicable District Agreement, quote or Curriculum License Agreement are the entire agreement for the Platform. If any provision is held unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms. AINautics may assign them to a successor that assumes our obligations, except that where a School’s District Agreement requires the School’s prior written consent to an assignment, that consent will be obtained; Student Data is handled as described in Section A7 of the Privacy Policy.
• Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delays caused by events beyond its reasonable control, except that AINautics remains responsible for protecting Student Data.
• Electronic communications. You agree to receive account-related notices electronically.

16. Contact

Approved and issued by: Taz Little, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, AINautics, LLC. Effective April 27, 2026; last reviewed October 12, 2026. A signed PDF copy of this document is available on request.