Acceptable Use Policy

VCI Marketplace, operated by Vibe Coding Incubator LLC (Stripe d/b/a "Marketplace VC Inc.")

Effective date: June 1, 2026 Last updated: June 1, 2026

This Acceptable Use Policy (the "AUP") sets the ground rules for using VCI Marketplace. It applies to everyone: buyers, sellers, and visitors. It is part of our Terms of Service and Seller Agreement, and it adopts the categories of businesses Stripe prohibits on its network. Violations may result in content removal, account suspension or termination, loss of access to purchased Deals, forfeiture of payouts, and referral to law enforcement.

1. Principle

Use the Platform lawfully, honestly, and in a way that respects other users. Do not use it to harm others, to break the law, or to threaten the integrity or security of the Platform itself.

2. Prohibited content

Do not upload, post, list, distribute, embed, link to, or otherwise make available on the Platform any content that:

• is unlawful, defamatory, fraudulent, deceptive, or materially misleading;
• infringes any third party's intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, or other rights;
• contains malware, spyware, ransomware, cryptominers without consent, or other malicious code;
• exploits, abuses, or endangers a child in any way; we have zero tolerance for child sexual abuse material in any form, including AI-generated, and any account that posts or solicits such content is terminated immediately and reported to the relevant authorities;
• depicts non-consensual sexual content, including non-consensual intimate imagery and sexual deepfakes of real people;
• promotes terrorism, violent extremism, or hate against people on the basis of protected characteristics;
• promotes or facilitates self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders;
• exposes the personal information of another person without their consent;
• falsely impersonates another person, including by using their name, likeness, brand, or trademarks.

3. Prohibited conduct

Do not:

• use automated means (scrapers, bots, crawlers) to access, copy, or monitor the Platform, except as expressly permitted by our published interfaces and rate limits;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive source code from the Platform, except where permitted by mandatory law;
• probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Platform without our prior written authorization (see Section 7 on reporting);
• interfere with or disrupt the Platform, for example, by denial-of-service attacks or by sending requests at a rate or pattern intended to degrade service;
• circumvent or attempt to circumvent any technical limit, rate limit, paywall, code-validation control, or authentication mechanism;
• use the Platform to send spam, unsolicited bulk communications, or phishing;
• use the Platform in violation of any applicable law (including consumer-protection, anti-spam, telemarketing, AML/CTF, sanctions, export-control, and tax law);
• resell, transfer, or share redemption codes outside your account;
• manipulate ratings, reviews, sales counts, view counts, or any other public marketplace signal, including by creating fake accounts, paid reviews not disclosed as such, coordinated downvoting, or "review brigading";
• engage in marketplace fraud, including listing software you do not have the right to sell, listing dummy or placeholder Apps that do not perform as described, or initiating chargebacks on purchases you knowingly authorized;
• list the same App at materially different prices or terms on the Platform versus a competing marketplace solely to drive traffic away from us in violation of our parity expectations (subject to applicable competition law).

4. Restricted Businesses (Stripe + Platform)

Because the Platform uses Stripe for payment processing, no listing, App, or business activity on the Platform may fall within the categories listed in Stripe's Restricted Businesses list at https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses. That list is incorporated into this AUP by reference and updated by Stripe from time to time. As of the date of this AUP it includes (among other categories) the following (paraphrased for clarity; the Stripe list is authoritative):

• illegal goods and services, including controlled substances, illegal drugs and paraphernalia, fake IDs;
• regulated products that we do not currently support, including pharmaceuticals, firearms, ammunition, and weapons;
• financial and professional services we do not currently support, including unlicensed money transmission, money-services businesses, payday/predatory lending, certain crypto activities;
• IP infringement, counterfeit goods, and unauthorized resale of copyrighted material;
• gambling-related services without proper licensing;
• adult content and services where prohibited by Stripe;
• multi-level marketing and pyramid schemes;
• businesses with high chargeback risk that Stripe explicitly excludes (timeshares, debt-collection services, certain travel models);
• any business or activity that violates Stripe's rules even where lawful.

We may also restrict additional categories that are lawful but inconsistent with the marketplace's positioning. We will publish a notice on our seller dashboard when we add categories.

5. AI- and software-specific rules

5.1 No malware, no security threats

Apps may not contain malicious code or backdoors; may not attempt to exfiltrate buyer data without disclosure and consent; may not include cryptominers or trackers undisclosed in the listing; and must respect basic platform-security expectations. We scan submitted App artifacts for known malicious signatures; detection is a basis for rejection or removal.

5.2 AI features must be disclosed

If your App uses generative AI features that materially affect the buyer's experience (e.g., outputs that are AI-generated, training of seller-side models on buyer inputs, third-party AI model providers), disclose those features in the listing. Be honest about limitations: AI outputs can be inaccurate or biased, and buyers deserve to know that before they purchase.

5.3 No prohibited AI uses

Apps must not be designed or marketed for: generating child sexual abuse material; generating non-consensual sexual deepfakes; producing election or public-health disinformation campaigns; producing instructions for chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons; conducting social scoring of natural persons; impersonating real people without their consent; or producing synthetic media that could be mistaken for authentic content of real persons without compliant AI-generated labeling.

6. Marketing and outbound messaging

If you (as a seller, or as a buyer/user of an App) use the Platform (or the buyer data we share with sellers under the Seller Agreement) to send outbound marketing, you must:

• comply with all applicable laws, including CAN-SPAM (US), the TCPA (US), and any state consumer-protection or anti-spam law;
• have a valid lawful basis (including opt-in consent where the law requires);
• not use buyer data we share with you for marketing in the absence of a separate, valid consent. The purchase of a Deal is not consent to marketing (this is a contractual rule under the Seller Agreement, repeated here for visibility);
• honor unsubscribe requests promptly (within 10 business days under CAN-SPAM);
• identify yourself accurately as the sender and provide a valid physical postal address;
• not use the Platform or its infrastructure to send messages on behalf of others without their explicit, documented authorization.

7. Reporting violations

If you see content or conduct that violates this AUP, please report it to legal@vcinc.ai. Include the listing URL or user identifier, screenshots if relevant, and a brief description. We treat reports confidentially to the extent practicable.

Security vulnerabilities should also be reported to legal@vcinc.ai with the subject "Security report." Do not exploit, test, or share the vulnerability publicly while we investigate; we will work with you in good faith on remediation and disclosure.

8. Enforcement

We may, in our reasonable discretion, without prior notice where notice would be impractical or counterproductive:

• remove or restrict access to content;
• suspend or terminate accounts;
• withhold or claw back payouts associated with violating activity (see Seller Agreement, Section 8);
• cooperate with law enforcement, including by preserving and disclosing information in response to lawful requests;
• pursue any other remedy available under the Terms of Service, the Seller Agreement, or applicable law.

Where appropriate and where it does not compromise an investigation or third-party rights, we will give you notice and an opportunity to respond before taking action.

9. Appeals

If your account is suspended or your content is removed, you may appeal by emailing legal@vcinc.ai within 30 days of the action. We will review the appeal and respond within a reasonable time, typically 14 days.

10. Contact

Report abuse or violations: legal@vcinc.ai. General questions about this AUP: legal@vcinc.ai.