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Prohibition on Creating Competitive Products Without Permission

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 282 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What is Perplexity AI prohibited from creating or making available?
Perplexity AI prohibits creating or making available any products or services that are competitive with, similar to, or a substitute for the Services, except with Perplexity AI's express prior written permission.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This prohibition directly restricts users from leveraging Perplexity AI's services to build competitive offerings, protecting Perplexity AI's market position.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4244 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Readers are prohibited from using Perplexity AI's services to build or distribute competing or substitute products without first obtaining express written permission from Perplexity AI.

How other platforms handle this

Glassdoor Medium

"Frame" or "mirror" or otherwise incorporate part of the services into any website, or "deep-link" to any portion of the services without our express written permission...

Hulu Medium

index, frame, embed or link to the Services in a manner not authorized by us, or to collect information about users for the purpose of sending, facilitating, or encouraging unsolicited bulk or other communications

Tinder Medium

You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card...)

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Create or make available any products or services competitive with, similar to, or that would otherwise be a substitute for the Services...except with Perplexity's express prior written permission

Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Acceptable Use Policy

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Perplexity Acceptable Use Policy
Entity
Perplexity AI
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-059483
Document ID
CA-D-00760
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
ff40c6f81d11028b8c05d33a96deec177b7f699288f831af0c8d97183243c80b
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 20:27 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Perplexity AI
Document: Perplexity Acceptable Use Policy
Record ID: CA-P-059483
Captured: 2026-05-20 20:27:56 UTC
SHA-256: ff40c6f81d11028b…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/perplexity-ai/perplexity-acceptable-use-policy/provision/CA-P-059483/prohibition-on-creating-competitive-products-without-permission/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Perplexity AI's Prohibition on Creating Competitive Products Without Permission clause do?

This prohibition directly restricts users from leveraging Perplexity AI's services to build competitive offerings, protecting Perplexity AI's market position.

How does this clause affect you?

Readers are prohibited from using Perplexity AI's services to build or distribute competing or substitute products without first obtaining express written permission from Perplexity AI.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 282 platforms. See the full comparison.

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