Cohere gives you a limited right to use its AI services for your own internal business needs, but you cannot transfer, resell, or sublicense that access to others.
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The license is explicitly scoped to internal business use only, which means customers building downstream products or reselling API access to end users may require separate contractual authorization from Cohere.
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The agreement states the license is non-transferable and non-sublicensable, which means enterprise customers cannot pass API access rights to third parties or embed them in products for resale without separate agreement terms authorizing that use.
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"Subject to Customer's compliance with this Agreement, Cohere grants Customer a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to access and use the Services during the Term solely for Customer's internal business purposes.— Excerpt from Cohere's Cohere SaaS Agreement
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision is a standard commercial licensing clause and does not directly implicate specific regulatory frameworks, though the scope of permitted use may interact with sector-specific regulations governing AI deployment in financial services or healthcare contexts. The FTC's guidance on unfair or deceptive practices could be relevant if the license scope is communicated in a manner inconsistent with customer expectations. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low. This is a commercially standard SaaS license restriction. The primary compliance consideration is ensuring that internal use policies and downstream product architectures are reviewed against the non-sublicensable restriction before deployment. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: The restriction applies globally under the agreement. Customers in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare) should confirm that internal use limitations are compatible with any regulatory obligations to make AI outputs available to third parties or regulators. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement teams building products on top of Cohere's API should confirm whether their use case qualifies as internal business use or requires a reseller or OEM agreement. The non-sublicensable clause represents a standard liability allocation mechanism that limits Cohere's exposure to downstream use. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should document the internal use scope and confirm that API access is not being operationally passed to affiliated entities or contractors in a manner that could constitute sublicensing without authorization.
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The license is explicitly scoped to internal business use only, which means customers building downstream products or reselling API access to end users may require separate contractual authorization from Cohere.
The agreement states the license is non-transferable and non-sublicensable, which means enterprise customers cannot pass API access rights to third parties or embed them in products for resale without separate agreement terms authorizing that use.
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