SovAPI Terms of Use

ARTICLE I — Purpose

SovAPI is an artificial intelligence inference application programming interface (API), compatible with the OpenAI SDK, providing access to models hosted on sovereign European infrastructure. The Service relies on automatic (“modeless”) routing, which selects the model suited to the Customer’s request.

ARTICLE II — Definitions

“Service”: the SovAPI API and its associated interfaces (console, documentation). “Account”: the Customer’s personal space for managing API keys and consumption. “API Key”: a secret identifier used to authenticate requests. “Token”: the billing unit of consumption, for both input and output. “Trial allocation”: the volume of tokens granted upon registration.

ARTICLE III — Account and API key

The Customer creates an account via the console (email/password or Google/GitHub authentication). The Customer is solely responsible for the confidentiality of their credentials and API keys, as well as for any activity carried out through their account. Any use of the API Key is deemed to have been made by the Customer. If a key is compromised, the Customer must revoke it without delay from the console.

ARTICLE IV — Service level

The Service is provided on a best-effort basis. FPLC SAS implements reasonable means to ensure the availability and performance of the Service, without guaranteeing uninterrupted operation. Performance indicators and Service status are published on the status page. Scheduled maintenance is announced wherever possible.

ARTICLE V — Billing

The Service is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis, with no subscription and no minimum term. Text generation, vision, embeddings and cache reads are measured in tokens. Audio transcription is measured in audio minutes and speech synthesis in characters. Each service is billed at the unit rate published on the Pricing page in force. Rates are stated exclusive of tax; VAT and any other applicable tax are added at invoicing in accordance with the applicable regulations and the Customer’s country.

Billing is operated through the payment provider. The Customer receives an invoice detailing the amount excluding tax, the applicable taxes and the total amount including tax. The applicable rate is the one published at the time of consumption; any change in rates is subject to prior notice and applies only to subsequent consumption.

ARTICLE VI — Free trial

Upon registration, the Customer receives a free trial allocation of 1 billion tokens, with no credit card required and no automatic renewal. This allocation is intended for testing the integration under real conditions. Its exhaustion triggers no automatic charge: continued use beyond the allocation requires the Customer to provide a payment method and accept pay-as-you-go billing. As the trial allocation is free of charge, no right of withdrawal applies.

ARTICLE VII — Data and privacy

FPLC SAS processes Customer data in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). Data transmitted to the Service is processed solely for the purpose of providing the Service. The infrastructure is hosted within the European Union. Detailed processing terms are set out in the privacy policy, which forms an integral part of these Terms.

ARTICLE VIII — Sovereignty

The SovAPI infrastructure is hosted on servers located within the European Union, outside the scope of the United States Cloud Act. The entire request processing chain is operated within the European Union.

ARTICLE IX — Liability

The Service is an inference tool: the Customer remains solely responsible for the use made of the generated outputs, for verifying them and for integrating them into their own systems. FPLC SAS shall not be held liable for indirect damages, nor for decisions taken by the Customer on the basis of the Service’s outputs. To the extent permitted by law, the liability of FPLC SAS is capped at the amounts actually paid by the Customer over the last three months.

ARTICLE X — Prohibited uses

The following are prohibited, among others: any unlawful use; the generation of infringing or defamatory content or content that violates third-party rights; any attempt to circumvent security measures; unauthorised resale of the Service; and any use contrary to public policy. FPLC SAS may suspend access in the event of a breach, after informing the Customer except in cases of security emergency.

ARTICLE XI — Intellectual property

The Customer retains full ownership of the data they transmit and of the outputs generated from their requests. FPLC SAS retains ownership of the Service, its infrastructure and its documentation. No provision of these Terms entails any transfer of intellectual property rights to FPLC SAS over the Customer’s data or outputs.

ARTICLE XII — Termination

The Customer may stop using the Service and delete their account at any time from the console. Billing ends with the last consumption. FPLC SAS may terminate or suspend an account in the event of a material breach, after a formal notice has remained without effect, or automatically in the event of manifestly unlawful use.

ARTICLE XIII — Amendment of the Terms

FPLC SAS may amend these Terms. Material changes are brought to the Customer’s attention by appropriate means. Continued use of the Service after the changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the amended Terms.

ARTICLE XIV — Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by French law. Failing an amicable resolution, any dispute relating to their validity, interpretation or performance falls within the jurisdiction of the courts of Paris.