Either side can end the agreement with 30 days' notice, but Cohere can cut off your access immediately if you violate the agreement or its usage policies.
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Cohere's right to immediately suspend API access upon a finding of policy violation means enterprise customers could experience abrupt service interruption without the benefit of a cure period, which is operationally significant for production deployments.
Interpretive note: The exact definition of material breach and the scope of the Acceptable Use Policy referenced as a termination trigger are not fully reproduced in the document excerpt provided; the operational impact depends on the AUP's current and future content.
The agreement permits Cohere to immediately suspend or terminate API access for material breaches or Acceptable Use Policy violations, which means enterprise customers with production workloads dependent on the API could face immediate service interruption without a grace period to remediate the issue.
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"Either party may terminate this Agreement for convenience upon thirty (30) days' written notice to the other party. Cohere may suspend or terminate Customer's access to the Services immediately upon written notice if Customer materially breaches this Agreement or violates Cohere's Acceptable Use Policy.— Excerpt from Cohere's Cohere SaaS Agreement
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Immediate termination rights for AUP violations do not directly implicate a specific regulatory framework, but for enterprise customers in regulated industries, abrupt service termination could create operational continuity obligations under financial services or healthcare regulations that require contingency planning. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The absence of a cure period for AUP violations creates operational risk for production enterprise deployments. The scope of what constitutes a material breach or AUP violation is defined by Cohere's Acceptable Use Policy, which may be updated unilaterally, creating a dynamic termination trigger. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: Customers in regulated industries (banking, insurance, healthcare) may be subject to operational resilience requirements that mandate business continuity planning for third-party service dependencies, including planning for abrupt termination scenarios. EU customers under DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) in financial services should assess this provision against DORA's third-party risk management requirements. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement teams should negotiate for a cure period before immediate termination is triggered, and should document contingency plans for API service interruption. The reference to Cohere's Acceptable Use Policy as a termination trigger means that policy's current and future terms should be reviewed as part of vendor assessment. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Enterprise customers should maintain documentation of their usage patterns against the AUP requirements, implement monitoring to detect potential violations before they trigger termination, and maintain business continuity plans that address the possibility of abrupt API access termination.
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Cohere's right to immediately suspend API access upon a finding of policy violation means enterprise customers could experience abrupt service interruption without the benefit of a cure period, which is operationally significant for production deployments.
The agreement permits Cohere to immediately suspend or terminate API access for material breaches or Acceptable Use Policy violations, which means enterprise customers with production workloads dependent on the API could face immediate service interruption without a grace period to remediate the issue.
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