Plain terms for a serious tool.
Read them before you upload.
These terms govern your use of the SpecSense platform. They are written to be read, not to bury important points. Effective: 24 July 2026.
One thing to read before anything else.
SpecSense is an AI-assisted review tool with optional human supervised sign-off. It is not a substitute for your organisation's own engineering judgment or professional stamp. Section 5 (Findings & Liability) explains this in full.
Acceptance and eligibility.
By accessing or using SpecSense, you confirm that you are:
- An authorised representative of the organisation purchasing or trialling the service;
- At least 18 years old;
- Accessing the service for legitimate professional or commercial purposes.
If you are accepting on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these terms. If you do not have that authority, stop — contact contact@specsense.ai to discuss appropriate arrangements.
Individual access credentials are personal. Shared accounts are not permitted. Seat-sharing outside your contracted organisation is a material breach of these terms.
What SpecSense is.
SpecSense provides AI-assisted review of engineering documents — P&IDs, isometrics, datasheets, HAZOP registers, and related oil and gas deliverables. The platform identifies candidate non-conformances, gaps against applicable codes, and review comments.
On supervised tiers, a Chartered Engineer (CEng) triages, validates, and signs off the final findings register. That sign-off reflects the CEng's professional judgment applied to the AI's candidate findings. It does not replace your organisation's own engineering review obligations.
Important: SpecSense findings — whether AI-generated or CEng-supervised — are advisory inputs to your engineering process. Final engineering judgment, professional stamp, and regulatory compliance responsibility remain with the buyer's designated engineers. See Section 5.
Account responsibilities.
You are responsible for:
- Keeping your credentials secure. Notify us immediately at security@specsense.ai if you suspect unauthorised access.
- All activity that occurs under your account credentials.
- Ensuring that all users provisioned within your organisation's account are authorised employees or contractors bound by confidentiality obligations at least as protective as these terms.
- Not sharing seat licences with individuals outside your contracted organisation.
Acceptable use.
This section matters. It protects both parties in a regulated industry.
You have the right to upload what you upload.
By uploading a document, you warrant that you have the right to do so — either because you own it or because you are acting under proper authorisation from the owner. You are responsible for ensuring uploads do not violate third-party intellectual property rights or confidentiality obligations.
ITAR / EAR / export-controlled documents.
You must not upload documents that are subject to ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), EAR (Export Administration Regulations), or equivalent export-control restrictions without first providing written notice to SpecSense and receiving written confirmation that appropriate controls are in place. Violations expose both parties to significant legal risk.
No reverse-engineering.
You may not attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or extract the underlying models, prompts, or methodology from the SpecSense platform. You may not use SpecSense outputs to train, benchmark, or otherwise improve a competing AI system.
No safety-critical decisions without human sign-off.
SpecSense findings must not be used as the sole basis for safety-critical engineering decisions — including but not limited to decisions affecting pressure containment, hazardous-area classification, process safety, structural integrity, or life-safety systems — without sign-off by a qualified engineer with appropriate authority. This is a condition of use, not a disclaimer.
No seat sharing.
Account credentials are personal to the named user. Sharing seats with individuals outside your contracted organisation — including sub-contractors not provisioned under your Enterprise agreement — is prohibited.
Findings, liability, and professional judgment.
This is the section your procurement and legal teams will review most carefully. We keep it clear.
Findings are advisory.
All findings produced by SpecSense — whether generated by AI alone or reviewed and signed off by a CEng under a supervised tier — are advisory inputs to your engineering process. They are not engineering instructions, regulatory determinations, or a substitute for your organisation's own qualified-engineer sign-off. Final engineering judgment, professional stamp, and accountability for meeting applicable codes and regulatory requirements remain entirely with the buyer.
Supervised tier — what CEng sign-off means.
On supervised tiers, a Chartered Engineer reviews candidate findings, discards false positives, validates severity classifications, and signs the findings register. That sign-off represents the CEng's professional judgment applied to the review scope defined in your engagement. It still requires your own engineering team to evaluate findings against your project context, applicable design basis, and any scope items outside the agreed review boundary.
Findings are not exhaustive.
SpecSense makes no warranty that any review is exhaustive or that all non-conformances in a document have been identified. No AI-assisted tool can provide that assurance. The buyer remains responsible for meeting all applicable engineering codes, standards, and regulatory requirements regardless of what findings SpecSense does or does not surface.
Liability cap.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, SpecSense's total aggregate liability to you arising from or in connection with these terms or the service — whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise — is capped at the total fees paid by you to SpecSense in the 12 months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim.
This cap does not apply to: (i) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (ii) gross negligence resulting in personal injury or death; (iii) any intellectual property indemnity obligations set out in your Enterprise agreement; (iv) any liability that cannot be excluded by applicable law.
Exclusion of consequential loss.
Neither party is liable to the other for loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of anticipated savings, loss of data (beyond the data recovery obligations set out in our Privacy Policy), or any indirect or consequential loss, even if advised of the possibility. This mutual exclusion reflects the advisory nature of the service.
Intellectual property.
You own your documents and findings.
All documents you upload and all review outputs generated against your documents — findings registers, comment lists, redlines — are your intellectual property. We claim no rights over them beyond the limited licence necessary to deliver the service (process the document, return the output to you, store it per our retention policy, and delete it when required).
We own the platform and methodology.
SpecSense owns the platform, the review methodology, the model weights, the prompting architecture, and all related intellectual property. Nothing in these terms transfers any of that to you.
Anonymised calibration learnings.
Where you or your team accept a finding as valid (for example, by marking it as confirmed in the platform), SpecSense may use that anonymised acceptance signal — with no link back to you, your organisation, your document, or its content — to calibrate the platform's finding-quality models over time. This is what compounds the review quality of the platform. The signal used is a binary accepted / rejected flag only; no document content, organisation identity, or project detail is retained or associated with it.
Payments and billing.
Payment processing is handled by Stripe. By providing payment details, you also agree to Stripe's terms of service. We do not store card numbers or bank account details.
- Team tier: billed monthly or annually via Stripe. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled before the renewal date.
- Enterprise tier: invoiced monthly or quarterly per your Enterprise agreement. Net-30 payment terms apply by default unless otherwise agreed.
- Late payment: amounts overdue by more than 14 days accrue interest at 4% per annum above the Bank of England base rate from the due date until paid.
- Disputed invoices: notify us in writing within 14 days of the invoice date. Undisputed portions remain due on time.
- Price changes: 60 days' written notice for any price increase. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.
Term and termination.
Team tier: Monthly rolling. Either party may cancel at any time; access continues until the end of the current billing period. No refunds for partial periods.
Enterprise tier: Annual contract. Term and renewal are as set out in your Enterprise agreement. Either party may terminate for material breach on 30 days' written notice if the breach is not remedied within that period.
On termination: Your account is deactivated. You may export your documents and findings before the termination date. We will retain and then delete data per our Privacy Policy retention schedule. Written confirmation of data deletion is available on request (Enterprise tier).
Suspension: We may suspend your account immediately for breach of the Acceptable Use section, non-payment, or where we believe continued access poses a security or legal risk. We will notify you promptly and give you a reasonable opportunity to remedy where possible.
Confidentiality.
Each party agrees to keep the other party's confidential information confidential, to use it only for the purpose of performing or receiving the service, and not to disclose it to third parties without prior written consent. This obligation applies from the date you first access SpecSense and continues for 3 years after termination.
"Confidential information" means any non-public technical, business, or operational information disclosed in connection with the service. For the avoidance of doubt, your uploaded engineering documents are confidential information.
Enterprise customers may execute a project-level NDA that supplements these default terms. Contact contact@specsense.ai to arrange.
Governing law and disputes.
Solo and Team tiers
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Enterprise tier
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Disputes shall be finally resolved by arbitration under the rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), with the seat of arbitration in London, conducted in English.
General provisions.
Force majeure.
Neither party is liable for delays or failures in performance caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including cyberattacks, internet outages, natural disasters, pandemics, or acts of government. The affected party must notify the other promptly and take reasonable steps to mitigate. If a force majeure event continues for more than 60 days, either party may terminate the affected services on written notice.
Severability.
If any provision of these terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force. The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.
Entire agreement.
These terms, together with any applicable order form or Enterprise agreement, constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter. They supersede all prior agreements, representations, and understandings, whether oral or written. No variation is effective unless made in writing and signed by both parties.
No waiver.
Failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right under these terms does not constitute a waiver of that right. A waiver of any breach does not constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.
Assignment.
You may not assign or transfer these terms or any rights under them without our prior written consent. SpecSense may assign these terms to a successor entity in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of substantially all its assets, provided the successor assumes all obligations under these terms.
Notices.
Notices under these terms must be sent in writing to the addresses in §11. Email notice is effective on receipt. Postal notice is effective two business days after posting by first-class mail.
Legal notices.
KU Automation Engineering Ltd
Company number: SC808510
Registered address: 14 Rowett Southway, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Legal notices: contact@specsense.ai
Notices sent by email are effective upon confirmation of receipt. Notices sent by post are effective 2 business days after sending.
Questions about these terms?
Talk to us before you sign. Enterprise agreements are negotiated.