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User Must Indemnify Company Entities

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Key Facts

Must users defend, indemnify, and hold the Company Entities harmless?
Perplexity AI requires users to defend, indemnify, and hold the Company Entities harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs) incurred by the Company Entities arising out of or in connection with specified conduct.
From what must users defend and indemnify the Company Entities?
Perplexity AI requires users to defend, indemnify, and hold the Company Entities harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs) incurred by the Company Entities arising out of or in connection with specified conduct.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The indemnification obligation requires users to bear the financial cost—including attorneys' fees—of defending the Company Entities against claims connected to the user's specified conduct, which can be substantial.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated with '...' and does not include the specific triggering conduct for the indemnification obligation. The canonical claim accurately reflects what is present but cannot confirm the full scope of covered conduct.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 997 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Readers are financially responsible for defending Perplexity AI and the Company Entities and covering all resulting claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities, and attorneys' fees arising out of or in connection with their specified conduct.

How other platforms handle this

Walmart Medium

you agree to cooperate with Walmart if and as requested by Walmart in the defense and settlement of such matter.

Chegg Medium

You will cooperate as fully required by the Chegg Parties in the defense of any claim.

Whatnot Medium

Seller will indemnify and hold Whatnot harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, fines, expenses, and costs...arising out of or relating to any employment claims made by Seller

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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you shall defend, indemnify and hold the Company Entities harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs) incurred by the Company Entities arising out of or in connection with...

Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Perplexity AI Terms of Service
Entity
Perplexity AI
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-023980
Document ID
CA-D-00097
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
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Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 02:31 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Perplexity AI
Document: Perplexity AI Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-023980
Captured: 2026-05-21 02:31:00 UTC
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/perplexity-ai/perplexity-ai-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-023980/user-must-indemnify-company-entities/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Perplexity AI's User Must Indemnify Company Entities clause do?

The indemnification obligation requires users to bear the financial cost—including attorneys' fees—of defending the Company Entities against claims connected to the user's specified conduct, which can be substantial.

How does this clause affect you?

Readers are financially responsible for defending Perplexity AI and the Company Entities and covering all resulting claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities, and attorneys' fees arising out of or in connection with their specified conduct.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

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