8 Total
3 High severity
5 Medium severity
0 Low severity
Summary

This agreement establishes the terms governing use of Fireworks AI's platform, including API access for model inference, fine-tuning capabilities, and web interface. The agreement requires disputes to be resolved through individual binding arbitration rather than court proceedings, with an opt-out mechanism available by written notice within 30 days of initial acceptance. For organizational users, the agreement designates the business entity as responsible for all use of the platform by employees and contractors.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document governs access to and use of the Fireworks AI platform, including its website, APIs, software, and related services, and establishes a binding contractual relationship between Fireworks AI and any individual or organizational user upon access or affirmative acceptance. The agreement states that users are granted a non-exclusive, limited, revocable license to use the Service for personal or internal business purposes, while the terms authorize Fireworks to terminate or suspend accounts with or without notice, with or without cause, and to modify the Service or these Terms at any time with notice of material changes. Notably, the terms include a mandatory individual arbitration clause with class action and jury trial waiver (Section 16.2-16.3), a broad intellectual property ownership assertion covering user-generated content (with a license grant to Fireworks), and a prohibition on using Service content or outputs for machine learning or AI training purposes by third parties, which is operationally distinct given the AI industry context and may create tension with how downstream users deploy outputs. The agreement engages the FTC Act (unfair and deceptive practices), CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) for California residents, GDPR considerations for EU users, and potentially COPPA given the minor-access provisions; applicability of these frameworks depends on user geography and whether Fireworks qualifies as a covered entity under each. Material compliance considerations include the opt-out window for mandatory arbitration, the scope of the IP license granted over user inputs and outputs, and the organizational account structure that places full liability for Org User conduct on the contracting Organization.

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3 important changes detected

5 versions captured · Last updated: June 2026

June 14, 2026

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What changed Fireworks AI updated their Fireworks AI Terms of Service on June 14, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) removed, 2 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 229 sentences after update.
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What changed Fireworks AI updated the header of their Terms of Service document on May 31, 2026. The previous version began with 'Fireworks - Terms of Service Serverless 2.0 is live: control reliability & speed without reserved capacity.' The updated version removes the 'Fireworks -' prefix and now reads 'Serverless 2.0 is live: control reliability & speed without reserved capacity.' followed by 'Fireworks - Terms of Service' as a separate heading. This is a formatting and organizational change to the document structure with no material change to the substantive terms users operate under.
Why this matters This change is a formatting update to the Terms of Service document structure and does not alter any substantive terms, policies, or user obligations. The content of the terms remains functionally identical.
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May 30, 2026 low

Fireworks AI updated the banner text on its Terms of Service page on May 30, 2026. The previous banner promoted 'DeepSeek V4 Pro is Live'; the updated banner now promotes …

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Recent Provision Changes Jun 14, 2026

8 provisions unchanged.

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CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
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FTC Act Section 5
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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
Last Captured June 17, 2026 00:53 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000485
Version ID CA-V-003948
SHA-256 cdd8decb252d7bdcce17c2fb2e3cf6b51527167b5a44c4d2fee2fd98a25b136c
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