Terms of Service

Draft. Needs lawyer review. Last updated November 8, 2026.

1. Who we are. GovernBench (governbench.dev) is operated by Judah Helland ("we"). By using the site or our services, you agree to these Terms.

2. The service. We run AI models through scenario benchmarks. We publish scores, summaries and excerpts of model outputs, and we offer paid or sponsored benchmark runs.

3. AI-generated content. Transcripts, summaries and excerpts are generated by third-party AI models. They may be false, offensive, or not reflective of any provider's views. Do not rely on them without checking independently. Scores reflect our methodology only. They are not a certification or a safety guarantee.

4. No affiliation. GovernBench is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX Super Intelligence (xAI), DeepSeek, Z.ai, MiniMax, Fireworks, Cloudflare or any other model provider. All model and company names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to identify the models tested.

5. Acceptable use. You may view and cite public results with attribution to GovernBench. You may not:

• (a) use GovernBench outputs, transcripts or datasets to train, fine-tune or distill AI models;
• (b) scrape the site in bulk;
• (c) misrepresent AI outputs as human-written;
• (d) use the service unlawfully or against any model provider's usage policy that applies to your request.

6. Customer benchmark runs.

• You warrant that you have the rights to any prompts, scenarios or models you submit.
• You pay the quoted fees, including pass-through compute costs, as invoiced.
• Unless agreed in writing, we may publish results of runs on public models. Results of private or unreleased models stay confidential to you.
• We may decline any run that would breach a provider's terms.

7. Datasets. Any dataset we provide is licensed, not sold. It is for evaluation and research only, with no model training and no redistribution, unless a written license says otherwise.

8. Fees and taxes. Fees are in USD and exclude taxes unless stated. Compute is billed at our cost plus any stated margin. Paid fees are non-refundable except as required by law or agreed in writing.

9. Our content. Site code, methodology, scores, summaries and compilation are owned by Judah Helland. Customers keep their inputs.

10. Disclaimers. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.

11. Limitation of liability. To the extent permitted by law, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. We are not liable for indirect or consequential damages.

12. Indemnity. You will defend us against claims arising from your inputs or your breach of these Terms.

13. Changes and termination. We may update these Terms by posting them. We may suspend accounts that breach them.

14. Law. [State] law governs, with venue in [county, state]. Lawyer to choose.

15. Contact. legal@governbench.dev

16. Sponsors. A sponsor may buy a monthly spot. Sponsor payments are processed by Stripe on the Light Labs account, operated by Judah Helland. Sponsors never influence scores, scenarios, or judging. If a sponsor is a model provider, that is disclosed next to its models on the leaderboard.