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Two platforms.
Same questions.
Cohere API
DEVELOPER / CODING
PROMPT
Same as Cohere Coral — irrevocable, sublicensable rights grant over all API input data. Enterprise agreements may negotiate narrower terms.
OUTPUT
Not explicitly addressed in Cohere's Terms. Consult enterprise contract for specifics.
TRAINING
API customer data used to improve Cohere Solution by default. Fine-tuning data may be shared with third parties unless restricted by enterprise agreement.
COMMERCIAL
B2B enterprise product. Commercial use is the intended purpose.
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Velvet
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
The Privacy Policy states users are responsible for ensuring anyone appearing in their content has consented to recording and sharing. Velvet may use personal information, including Task Submissions, for research and development purposes. No explicit clause addresses user retention of ownership over prompt inputs; the AI Addendum's broad assignment and licensing language (see output_ownership_summary) effectively extends to all submitted content. Prompt ownership as a standalone topic is not directly addressed.
OUTPUT
Velvet claims near-total ownership of Task Submissions. Users irrevocably assign all right, title, and interest — including copyrights and all Intellectual Property Rights — to Velvet on a perpetual, universe-wide basis, and waive all moral rights. Where assignment is legally incomplete, users grant Velvet and its affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, freely transferable, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free exclusive license covering all exploitation rights in any media, by any technology, now or hereafter known, throughout the universe. Velvet also receives a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right to use the user's name, image, likeness, and biographical information in connection with Task Submissions without further consent or compensation. Velvet explicitly retains the right to sell or license Task Submissions to other users and third parties.
TRAINING
Training use is the platform's stated core purpose. Velvet's Privacy Policy explicitly discloses that it provides a platform for video creators to deliver Task Submissions for the purpose of third-party AI companies training artificial intelligence models; that these third parties may use Task Submissions to train AI; that it collects, uses, or sells personal data for the purpose of training large language models (LLMs); and that it licenses Sensitive Personal Information to third-party AI companies for AI model training if the user instructs or explicitly consents. The AI Addendum confirms the grant to Velvet includes the right to use Task Submissions to train artificial intelligence and machine learning models and to license or sell Task Submissions to Velvet's customers for that purpose.
COMMERCIAL
Velvet prohibits users from using the Service for commercial solicitation purposes and from copying, renting, selling, sublicensing, reselling, distributing, modifying, or creating derivative works of the Service or Velvet's Intellectual Property. Conversely, Velvet itself discloses collecting and sharing personal information for targeted advertising business purposes, disclosing personal information categories to business-purpose recipients, and explicitly retains the right to sell or license user Task Submissions to other users and third parties. De-identified or aggregated usage data may be shared with third parties for any lawful business purpose.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Cohere API carries the most permissive license terms of the set; Velvet has no scored posture yet (unrated).FOR ENTERPRISE: COHERE API NOT RECOMMENDED · VELVET NOT YET SCORED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | COHERE API | VELVET |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
P
SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Cohere API
MEDHIGH
Same as Cohere Coral — irrevocable, sublicensable rights grant over all API input data. Enterprise agreements may negotiate narrower terms.
“ You agree that any suggestion or idea provided by you (such suggestions or ideas, “ Feedback ”) will not be treated as confidential, and nothing in these Terms of Use will restrict our right to use, profit from, disclose, publish or otherwise exploit any Feedback, without compen…”
Velvet
MEDUNRATED
The Privacy Policy states users are responsible for ensuring anyone appearing in their content has consented to recording and sharing. Velvet may use personal information, including Task Submissions, for research and development purposes. No explicit clause addresses user retention of ownership over prompt inputs; the AI Addendum's broad assignment and licensing language (see output_ownership_summary) effectively extends to all submitted content. Prompt ownership as a standalone topic is not directly addressed.
“ To the best of your knowledge, all content you posted under these Terms, including all Task Submissions, are truthful and accurate.”
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Cohere API
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Not explicitly addressed in Cohere's Terms. Consult enterprise contract for specifics.
“ publish, market, advertise or in any way distribute the Content;”
Velvet
MED⚠ CAUTIONUNRATED
Velvet claims near-total ownership of Task Submissions. Users irrevocably assign all right, title, and interest — including copyrights and all Intellectual Property Rights — to Velvet on a perpetual, universe-wide basis, and waive all moral rights. Where assignment is legally incomplete, users grant Velvet and its affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, freely transferable, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free exclusive license covering all exploitation rights in any media, by any technology, now or hereafter known, throughout the universe. Velvet also receives a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right to use the user's name, image, likeness, and biographical information in connection with Task Submissions without further consent or compensation. Velvet explicitly retains the right to sell or license Task Submissions to other users and third parties.
“ agree otherwise, will not contain any third party’s content and will not be generated, in whole or in part, with the use of any generative or other artificial intelligence tools or technology.”
T
SURFACE 03
Model Training
Cohere API
MEDHIGH
API customer data used to improve Cohere Solution by default. Fine-tuning data may be shared with third parties unless restricted by enterprise agreement.
“ Legitimate Interests: We process your data based on our legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving our business and AI technologies, including enhancing the performance, reliability, and safety of our AI models.”
Velvet
MEDUNRATED
Training use is the platform's stated core purpose. Velvet's Privacy Policy explicitly discloses that it provides a platform for video creators to deliver Task Submissions for the purpose of third-party AI companies training artificial intelligence models; that these third parties may use Task Submissions to train AI; that it collects, uses, or sells personal data for the purpose of training large language models (LLMs); and that it licenses Sensitive Personal Information to third-party AI companies for AI model training if the user instructs or explicitly consents. The AI Addendum confirms the grant to Velvet includes the right to use Task Submissions to train artificial intelligence and machine learning models and to license or sell Task Submissions to Velvet's customers for that purpose.
“ From time to time, Velvet or other Users may commission you to create and provide to Velvet (either through a User Account or via email or such other mutually agreed upon method of delivery) certain works of authorship, including but not limited to videos, footage, film, cli…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Cohere API
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
B2B enterprise product. Commercial use is the intended purpose.
“ The Software and all other materials provided by us hereunder, including content we make available through or in the Cohere Solution, are protected by copyright in Canada. You are prohibited from modifying, copying, reproducing, publishing, posting, transmitting, distributing, c…”
Velvet
MED⚠ CAUTIONUNRATED
Velvet prohibits users from using the Service for commercial solicitation purposes and from copying, renting, selling, sublicensing, reselling, distributing, modifying, or creating derivative works of the Service or Velvet's Intellectual Property. Conversely, Velvet itself discloses collecting and sharing personal information for targeted advertising business purposes, disclosing personal information categories to business-purpose recipients, and explicitly retains the right to sell or license user Task Submissions to other users and third parties. De-identified or aggregated usage data may be shared with third parties for any lawful business purpose.
“ use or display the Service in competition with us, to develop competing products or services, for benchmarking or competitive analysis of the Service, or otherwise to our detriment or disadvantage;”
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Cohere API
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Enterprise contracts may negotiate narrower data terms. Review MSA carefully before sharing sensitive data.
“ For security and legal reasons, however, Cohere reserves the right not to accept requests that require us to access third-party websites or services.”
Velvet
MED⚠ CAUTIONUNRATED
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“ This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that we process on behalf of our business customers (such as AI companies) while providing services to them. Our use of information that we process on behalf of our business customers is governed by our agreements with such custo…”
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Cohere API
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Enterprise contracts may negotiate narrower data terms. Review MSA carefully before sharing sensitive data.
“ notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereunder, you may use the Cohere Solution only on an iPhone or iPod touch that you own or control;”
Velvet
UNRATED
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