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Terms of Service

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, WHICH AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ IT IN FULL BEFORE USING THE ONLINE SERVICES OR REGISTERING FOR THE AI BOOTCAMP.

Agreement and terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are the rules for using the Mark Cuban Foundation (“MCF,”, “MCAI,” “we,” “us” or “our”) website at markcubanai.org, its application and registration forms at portal.markcubanai.org, curricular and informational content at markcubaneducation.org and markcubanai.vids.io and MCF text messages (together, “Online Services”). The Mark Cuban Foundation and its affiliates offer the Online Services to share information about the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp (“AI Bootcamp”) and other MCF programs and to accept applications. An affiliate is any entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with MCF.

These Terms do not cover third-party learning platforms used during AI Bootcamp sessions. Those platforms have their own terms and privacy policies.

By using the Online Services, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. We may change these Terms at any time. Changes take effect when we post them on the Online Services with a new Effective Date at the bottom of this page, and continuing to use the Online Services means you accept the revised Terms.

Using the Online Services or submitting an application or registration form is your electronic signature to these Terms and your consent to enter into this agreement electronically. You may print or save a copy of these Terms for your records.

About the information we share

Content on the Online Services, including program descriptions, dates, locations and application details (“Content”), is for general information. It is not professional, legal, financial or career advice.

Eligibility and parent or guardian consent

The AI Bootcamp is a free program for high school students in grades 9 through 12. You must be at least 13 years old to use the Online Services. If you are under 18 (or the age of majority in your state) and not emancipated, a parent or legal guardian must agree to these Terms on your behalf.

A parent or guardian who registers a student or agrees to these Terms for a student is responsible for that student’s use of the Online Services.

Applications and registration

The information you provide on an application or registration form must be true and accurate, and you agree to keep it current. If any of it changes, please contact us to update it.

Using the Online Services

Restrictions on use

You agree that you will not do any of the following.

  • Use the Online Services or Content in any way these Terms do not expressly permit
  • Copy, modify or harvest data, Content or materials from the Online Services
  • Remove or alter any copyright or other proprietary notices on the Online Services
  • Misrepresent your identity or provide false information, including on a registration form
  • Interfere with the operation of the Online Services
  • Submit an application or registration in another person’s name without permission
  • Send commercial or unsolicited messages, advertisements, harmful code, viruses or malware
  • Use software or other means to access, scrape, crawl or spider any page or service, or work around any block we place on your access, including an IP address block
  • Use the Online Services in any way that, in our sole judgment, could interfere with another person’s use, impair our networks or servers or expose MCF or a third party to any claim or liability
  • Attempt to reverse engineer any software used to provide the Online Services
  • Directly or indirectly authorize anyone else to do anything listed above

You also agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. We may take any measures we consider appropriate, in our sole discretion and as permitted by law, to enforce these Terms.

Posting messages, comments or content

You will not post content that is obscene, libelous, harassing, threatening, harmful, inflammatory, invasive of privacy or otherwise objectionable, that is advertising or solicitation, or that violates applicable law.

Content posted by third parties is only the opinion of the person who posted it. It is no substitute for your own research and should not be relied on for any purpose.

You are solely responsible for anything you submit. Submissions travel over the internet, so you should have no expectation of privacy in them and should never assume you are anonymous.

If you post content or submit material to the Online Services, and unless we say otherwise, you grant MCF a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute and display that content worldwide in any media. You also grant MCF and its sublicensees the right to use the name you submit with that content. You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights to the content you post, that it is accurate, that using it does not violate these Terms or injure any person or entity, and that you will indemnify MCF and its affiliates for all claims resulting from it.

License to use the Online Services and content ownership

Subject to these Terms, MCF grants you a personal, noncommercial, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable and limited license to view Content on the Online Services for the sole purpose of learning about and applying to MCF programs. All rights, title and interest in the Online Services and Content, including all copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret rights, remain with MCF and its licensors and vendors. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of the Online Services or Content to you or anyone else.

We may end this license at any time for any reason. If you breach these Terms, your license ends immediately. When the license ends, you must stop using the Online Services and Content and return or destroy all copies, including electronic copies, in your possession or control.

Copyright infringement and DMCA notice

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”) gives copyright owners a way to act when they believe material on the internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that material on the Online Services infringes a copyright you own, you or your agent may send MCF a notice asking us to remove the material or block access to it. Send notices and counternotices to the address below.

Mark Cuban Foundation 1229 Slocum St Dallas, TX 75207-4015, or via email.

Your notice must include all of the following.

  1. A physical signature of a person authorized to act for the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed
  3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing
  4. The name, address, telephone number and email address of the complaining party
  5. A statement that the complaining party believes in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law
  6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act for the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed

If you believe in good faith that a notice was wrongly filed against you, the DMCA lets you send us a counternotice. Notices and counternotices must meet the statutory requirements of the DMCA in effect at the time.

Unsolicited idea submissions

MCF does not accept or consider unsolicited ideas or offers to sell intellectual property. Please do not send them to us or to our staff, volunteers or contractors. This policy prevents misunderstandings if our programs or materials ever seem similar to something you sent, and it does not apply to projects students create as part of the AI Bootcamp curriculum.

If you send a submission anyway, you agree to the following, regardless of anything your submission says.

  • We owe you no compensation.
  • There is no duty of confidentiality between us.
  • Your submission becomes our property, and we may use or share it in any way for any purpose.
  • We are free to develop programs and materials that may be similar to what you suggest.
  • Protecting your intellectual property is your responsibility, so do not send a submission if you have concerns about it.

If you are unsure what this policy means or how it affects your rights, consult an attorney before sending anything to us.

Links to other sites

The Online Services may link to other websites, platforms and applications (“Weblinks”), including host company and partner sites. We provide Weblinks for your convenience. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content, accuracy or accessibility of Weblinks run by third parties, and your dealings with those third parties are solely your responsibility. Please review their terms and privacy policies.

Disclaimers and liability

No warranty

Nothing in these Terms is meant or implied to be a warranty. You use the Online Services at your own risk. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any content available through the Online Services.

The Online Services are provided “as is” and when available. We do not promise that they will be uninterrupted, error free or free of viruses or other harmful components. Some states do not allow terms of use to exclude warranties, and if your state does not, this section does not apply to you.

Limitation of liability

You agree that MCF and its affiliates (“Released Parties”) have no liability for any loss arising out of or relating to the Online Services, any third-party site or program accessed through the Online Services, any acts or omissions by us or a third party, or your access to or use of the Online Services. This limitation covers any claim based on warranty, contract, tort, strict liability or any other legal theory.

This limitation does not apply to New Jersey residents. For New Jersey residents, the Released Parties are not liable for any damages unless those damages result from our negligent or reckless acts or omissions, and the Released Parties are never liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages.

Other states may also limit liability. If your state does not allow this kind of limitation, some or all of the limitations above may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from any claim by a third party, including reasonable attorneys’ fees for counsel of our choosing, arising out of or related to your breach of these Terms or any copyright infringement, misappropriation, misuse, gross negligence, intentional misconduct or violation of law relating to your use of the Online Services or Content. In any litigation, you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.

Export controls

You may not use, export, re-export, import, sell, transfer or proxy the Online Services or Content unless these Terms permit it and U.S. law, the laws of the place where you receive the Online Services and any other applicable laws allow it. The Online Services and Content may not be exported, re-exported or made available (a) in any U.S.-embargoed country or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity List.

By using the Online Services, you represent and warrant that you and anyone who benefits from your use are not located in any such country or on any such list. You also agree not to use the Online Services for any purpose prohibited by U.S. law, including the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons or missiles.

Resolving disputes

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT.

Informal resolution

Before filing a claim related to these Terms or the Online Services, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting Mark Cuban Foundation, Attention Legal, 1229 Slocum St Dallas, TX 75207-4015. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days of contact, you or we may bring a formal arbitration proceeding as described below.

Agreement to arbitrate

You and we agree to resolve any claims relating to these Terms or the Online Services through final and binding arbitration, except as described under Exceptions to the agreement to arbitrate or where prohibited by law. The arbitration will be held in Texas. For residents outside the United States, arbitration will begin in Dallas, Texas, or a location the parties agree on.

You and we agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of any state or federal court in Texas to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgment on the arbitrator’s award.

Exceptions to the agreement to arbitrate

Either party may bring claims in small claims court in Dallas County, Texas, or any other U.S. county where MCF has a principal business address, if informal resolution was unsuccessful and the claim is eligible to be filed there. Either party may also bring a lawsuit solely for injunctive relief to stop unauthorized use or abuse of the Online Services or intellectual property infringement (such as trademark, trade secret, copyright or patent rights) without first going through arbitration or informal resolution.

The agreement to arbitrate does not apply to claims that cannot be arbitrated as a matter of law. Arbitration does apply to all other claims relating to these Terms or the Online Services, including (1) the interpretation, formation, performance or breach of the Terms, (2) whether any part of the Terms is void or voidable, (3) whether a claim is subject to arbitration and (4) whether arbitration has been waived due to litigation conduct.

Arbitration procedures

A single arbitrator will conduct the arbitration under the Consumer Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), available at www.adr.org/rules, unless the parties agree otherwise. You may also get the Consumer Arbitration Rules by calling AAA at 1-800-778-7879, TTY 711.

Arbitration costs and attorneys’ fees

The AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules govern payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator costs and expenses. If you begin an arbitration against us and the relief you seek is worth $10,000 or less, we will advance all filing, administrative and arbitration costs and expenses imposed by AAA, subject to reimbursement if the arbitrator finds the arbitration frivolous or brought for an improper purpose.

You are responsible for any other costs you incur in the arbitration, including attorneys’ fees and expert witness costs, unless applicable law requires us to pay them. You and we agree not to seek attorneys’ fees and expert witness costs unless the arbitrator finds that a claim or defense was frivolous or asserted for an improper purpose. Applicable law may allow the arbitrator to award attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party.

The arbitrator’s decision will be in writing and will be binding and conclusive on you and us, and any court of competent jurisdiction may enter judgment to enforce it. Dispositive motions, including motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment, are allowed in the arbitration. The arbitrator must follow these rules and can award the same damages and relief as a court, including injunctive or other equitable relief and attorneys’ fees.

Except as these Terms state otherwise, if any clause in these arbitration provisions is found illegal or unenforceable, that clause will be removed and the rest of the arbitration provisions will remain in full force. These arbitration provisions also apply to any claims you bring against any present or future parent or affiliated organization of MCF arising out of your use of the Online Services.

Changes to this section

We will give 30 days’ notice of any changes to this Resolving disputes section, and changes take effect 30 days after we give notice. If a court or arbitrator decides this Changes to this section subsection is unenforceable or invalid, it will be removed, and the court or arbitrator will apply the first version of the Resolving disputes section in effect after you began using the Online Services.

Survival of this section

This Resolving disputes section survives any termination of your account, your registration or participation in any MCF program, or the Online Services.

Governing law and statute of limitations

You agree that Texas law governs these Terms and any claim or dispute you may have against us. You agree to the jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts in Texas for any dispute involving MCF or its employees, officers, directors, volunteers, agents or providers.

Unless you are a New Jersey resident, you must begin any cause of action within one year after the claim arises, or you will be barred from pursuing it. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms.

General terms

Termination

We may cancel, suspend or block your use of the Online Services or your registration at any time, with or without cause and with or without notice. You agree that we are not liable to you or anyone else for ending your access under these Terms.

Severability

If an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of these Terms unenforceable or invalid, the rest of the Terms will be read without that provision. All other Terms remain in full force and effect.

Entire agreement and waiver

These Terms, along with any supplemental terms, policies, rules and guidelines posted on the Online Services, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Online Services and replace all earlier written or oral agreements. You acknowledge that we have the right to seek, at your expense, an injunction to stop or prevent a breach of your obligations.

No waiver by us is effective unless it is in writing and signed by us. A waiver of one breach or default does not waive any later breach or default.

Survival and assignment

Your obligations under the following sections survive termination of these Terms.

  • Agreement and terms
  • About the information we share
  • Applications and registration
  • Restrictions on use
  • Posting messages, comments or content
  • License to use the Online Services and content ownership
  • Copyright infringement and DMCA notice
  • No warranty
  • Limitation of liability
  • Export controls
  • Governing law and statute of limitations
  • Severability
  • Entire agreement and waiver

You may not transfer or assign any rights or obligations under these Terms. MCF may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under these Terms.

SMS terms

These SMS terms cover text messages sent by Mark Cuban Foundation for the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp. Message and data rates may apply.

Program description

When you opt in, Mark Cuban Foundation (“MCF”) may send text messages about the AI Bootcamp to the mobile number you provide. Messages may include registration confirmations, application deadline reminders, session schedules, location changes and other AI Bootcamp updates.

Consent to receive text messages

You opt in by providing your mobile number and checking the SMS consent box on an AI Bootcamp registration or application form [confirm opt-in method]. By opting in, you give express written consent for MCF and those acting on its behalf to send text messages, including automated text messages, to the number you provide.

Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of registering for or taking part in the AI Bootcamp or any other MCF program. Students under 18 must have permission from a parent or legal guardian before opting in.

Message frequency and rates

Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply, so check your mobile plan for details. You are responsible for any charges from your wireless carrier.

Opting out and getting help

Reply STOP to any message from MCF to stop receiving text messages. You will receive one final message confirming that you have been unsubscribed. Reply HELP for help, or contact us.

Please tell us right away if you stop using or change your mobile number. We are not responsible for messages sent to a number you did not tell us had changed.

Privacy

We do not sell, rent or share your mobile number, SMS opt-in data or consent information with third parties for marketing purposes. We share this information only with service providers that help us deliver messages. Text messages are not encrypted, so please do not reply with sensitive personal information. Our Privacy Policy at https://markcubanai.org/privacy-policy explains how we handle your information.

Delivery and liability

MCF and wireless carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Messages may not be delivered if your device is out of range or network capacity is limited, and factors such as terrain, buildings, foliage, weather and your equipment can interfere with delivery.

We are not liable for losses or damages arising from (a) non-delivery, delayed delivery or misdirected delivery of a text message, (b) inaccurate or incomplete content in a text message or (c) use of or reliance on the content of any text message for any purpose. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damages arising out of or in connection with text messaging, whether or not we were told such damages were possible.

Governing law for SMS terms

These SMS terms are governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its choice-of-law rules.

Contact us

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us.

Effective October 5, 2026