Terms of service

Using this website

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Accuracy of what's published here

We work hard to keep this site accurate, and the technical articles reflect genuine practice rather than marketing. Even so, everything here is general information, not advice for your specific situation, and the field moves quickly. Model pricing, provider behaviour and framework APIs referenced in articles may be out of date by the time you read them.

Prices shown on this site are indicative ranges, not offers. A binding price is the one in a written proposal after discovery.

Enquiries

Submitting a form doesn't create a contract or oblige either of us to anything. It starts a conversation. We aim to reply within one working day and can't guarantee availability for any particular project or timeline.

How engagements work

A summary of the standard terms, so nothing on the commercial side is a surprise. The signed agreement is the authoritative version.

• Fixed price after discovery. Projects are quoted as a fixed price against a written scope, following a short paid discovery. The price doesn't move unless the scope does.
• Milestone payments. Typically 40% to start, 30% at the agreed midpoint, 30% on delivery. You never pay for work not yet delivered.
• You own the work. All intellectual property in deliverables transfers to you, and in practice the code sits in your repository and your accounts throughout.
• Your infrastructure stays yours. Cloud, model provider and third-party accounts are held and billed in your name. We don't resell them.
• Retainers are monthly, with thirty days' notice to cancel and no minimum term.
• Changes go through a change request — a written note of what's changing and what it costs, agreed before the work happens.
• Confidentiality is mutual, and we'll sign your NDA before discovery if you'd prefer.

Third-party services

Work we deliver often depends on third-party services — model providers, hosting, payment processors. Their availability, pricing and terms are set by them, not us. Where a provider changes something that affects delivered work, fixing it is ordinary maintenance and is covered by a retainer if you have one, or quoted as work if you don't.

Liability

As far as the law allows, Shark Labs isn't liable for indirect or consequential loss, including lost profits, lost data or business interruption, arising from use of this website. Liability arising from client work is set out in the signed agreement for that work, and is normally capped at the fees paid under it.

Nothing here limits liability for fraud, or for anything else that can't lawfully be limited.

Governing law

These website terms are governed by the laws of India, with the courts of Bengaluru having jurisdiction. Client agreements frequently specify a different governing law by mutual agreement, and that choice governs the work.

Contact

Questions about these terms go to hello@sharklabs.tech.