1. Acceptance of terms

By submitting data to AI Spend Index or using contributor-only benchmark features, you agree to these Data Use Terms, the Privacy Policy, and the Data Protection Commitment.

2. Eligibility and authority

• You must use a valid email address. Standard sign-in uses work email, and a personal-email sign-in option is also available. Disposable email addresses are not allowed.
• You represent that you are authorized by your organization to submit the data you provide.
• You must keep your account credentials private and may not share contributor access with others outside your organization's authorized use.

3. How contributed data is used

• Submitted data may be used to operate contributor-only pseudonymous benchmark views, the public overall market distribution, and related academic research outputs.
• Company names are stored encrypted and are not shown publicly or to other contributors.
• Contributor-facing company rows use aliases plus bucketed industry, region, and engineering headcount instead of company names.
• AI Spend Index may reject, remove, or request clarification on submissions that appear inaccurate, fraudulent, or incomplete.

4. Prohibited use

• You may not attempt to identify any contributor behind a pseudonymous row.
• You may not scrape, bulk-export, or systematically extract contributor-only data.
• You may not use the service to coordinate pricing, hiring, or other competitive conduct.
• You may not resell, republish, or redistribute contributor-only benchmark views without written permission.

5. Accuracy, correction, and deletion

You are responsible for submitting data that is accurate to the best of your knowledge. You may request correction or deletion of identifiable submission data by contacting the research team.

6. Intellectual property

Aggregated outputs, benchmark methodologies, analyses, and derived materials created by the project remain the intellectual property of the Stanford Computer Science research team, subject to any rights required by law.

7. Disclaimers and project status

AI Spend Index is a research tool provided for informational purposes. It does not constitute legal, financial, procurement, or business advice.

The project is independently operated by the research team. Participation does not create a Stanford University contract and does not imply endorsement by Stanford University or by any contributor.

8. Changes to terms

We may update these terms from time to time. New submissions are tied to the specific document versions accepted at submission time.

9. Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to ydebl at stanford.edu.