Last Updated: August 12, 2025
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you and LittleHippo Inc ("Dango Chat," "Company," "we," "our," or "us"). They govern your access to and use of the Dango Chat website at dangochat.com (the "Website") and any content, tools, features, or functionality provided through them (collectively, the "Services").
By accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Services. If you use the Services on behalf of an entity, you represent that you are authorized to bind that entity and "you" includes both you and that entity.
IMPORTANT: ARBITRATION & CLASS ACTION WAIVER. These Terms require disputes to be resolved by binding individual arbitration and waive class actions and jury trials. You may opt out as described in §16.3.
Dango Chat provides an AI chat platform that lets users create, discover, and interact with AI-powered characters using text, images, audio, and video. AI outputs may be inaccurate, offensive, or unpredictable. You use the Services at your own risk (see §§13–14).
You are solely responsible for what you upload, create, or generate ("User Content"). Do not use the Services to:
Voice/Audio/Video features. Do not upload or synthesize recordings of real people without their consent. No political misinformation or scams via impersonation.
We use a combination of automated and manual measures to detect violations. We may restrict visibility, remove content, suspend or terminate accounts, and notify law enforcement where required.
Report violations via support@dangochat.com. We may share limited information from your report with the relevant user to investigate and, where appropriate, provide reasons for our actions.
You represent and warrant that you own or have all necessary rights to the User Content you submit. You retain ownership of your User Content.
You grant Dango Chat a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to host, store, copy, adapt, translate, display, perform, distribute, modify, analyze, and otherwise use your User Content for operating, improving, securing, and promoting the Services and for compliance and safety purposes. We may access, screen, edit, and remove User Content at any time for any reason.
Deletion Clarification. Deletion of your account or specific content will not require us to retract prior uses already performed under this license, but we will cease future use for improvement/promotion once deletion is processed, except where retention is required by law or for safety/compliance.
Your Characters. As between you and Dango Chat, you own Characters you create.
Generated Content ("Generations"). As between you and Dango Chat, you own Generations you elicit from Characters (including your own and others' Characters), subject to any third-party rights and §8.3.
You grant Dango Chat a perpetual, worldwide license (same scope as §8.1) to the Characters you create and to all Generations you elicit, including for:
(i) enabling others to discover and interact with Characters;
(ii) improving and promoting the Services; and
(iii) safety/compliance.
Interacting with Others' Characters. You own the Generations you elicit; you do not own the Character or other users' content.
Outputs created by different users may be similar or identical due to model behavior. Such similarity does not make your output exclusive.
The Services and all related software, UI, models, and branding are owned by Dango Chat or its licensors and protected by IP laws. DANGO CHAT™ and associated logos are trademarks of Dango Chat. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
You agree that suggestions, ideas, or feedback you provide are non-confidential, and we may use them without restriction or compensation.
If you set a Character or its related Generations to public, you authorize Dango Chat to feature, repost, publicly display, and distribute that Character and non-private Generations on or off the Services, including on social media, forums, video platforms, app stores, and other marketing channels, solely to promote the Services. Where reasonably practicable, we will credit you by showing your in-product display name or handle and, when available, a link to the Character page. You can control whether we show your display name, a pseudonym, or "Anonymous," and you may opt out of off-platform featuring at any time via Settings or by emailing support@dangochat.com. Featuring does not create an endorsement or any obligation to compensate you unless we agree otherwise in writing. We do not use private or non-public chats or content for promotion without your explicit consent. We may make formatting, cropping, or minor edits for presentation, provided we do not materially misrepresent your content. You represent that public content you make available for featuring does not infringe the rights (including name/likeness/voice) of any third party.
The Services may link to or integrate third-party sites, models, datasets, or services. We do not control or endorse them and are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices. Your dealings with third parties are solely between you and them.
We respect IP rights and respond to valid notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
DMCA Takedown Notices must include:
Send to our Designated Agent:
Email: support@dangochat.com
Counter-Notices must include:
We may terminate repeat infringers.
Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information. By using the Services, you consent to our privacy practices. See dangochat.com/privacy.
To the fullest extent permitted by law:
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations; in those places, the minimum required rights apply.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Dango Chat and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of: (a) your use of the Services or User Content; (b) your violation of these Terms or law; © disputes with other users; or (d) infringement of third-party rights.
You and Dango Chat agree to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services by final and binding arbitration administered by JAMS under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules (or, if applicable, the JAMS Mass Arbitration Procedures), except you may bring individual claims in small-claims court if eligible. The Federal Arbitration Act governs enforceability.
Unless we agree otherwise, hearings occur in Santa Clara County, California, USA, or virtually if the arbitrator so permits. The arbitrator may award individual relief available in court. Small-claims actions may be filed in the county of your billing address.
You may opt out of arbitration within 30 days of first accepting these Terms by emailing support@dangochat.com with your name, account email, and a clear statement that you opt out. Opting out does not affect other Terms.
No class actions or representative proceedings. Claims must be brought individually. You and Dango Chat waive the right to a jury trial.
If 25 or more substantially similar claims are filed by coordinated counsel, the JAMS Mass Arbitration Procedures and a two-stage bellwether process apply: each side selects test cases for individual arbitrations; the rest are mediated and, if unresolved, proceed consistent with JAMS mass procedures.
Arbitration proceedings and awards are confidential. Fees are allocated under JAMS rules. Each party bears its own attorneys' fees unless the law requires otherwise.
If the class waiver is unenforceable for a claim, that claim must be litigated in court; the rest arbitrated. This §16 survives termination.
We may suspend or terminate your account or access to the Services at any time for any reason, including violations or inactivity. You may stop using the Services at any time. Termination does not affect our rights under licenses you granted (§8) or obligations that by nature survive.
We may modify or discontinue the Services (in whole or part) at any time. We may change these Terms; material changes take effect no earlier than 30 days after posting unless for new features or legal reasons (which may be immediate). Continued use after changes become effective constitutes acceptance.
We may provide notices via email, in-app messages, or by posting on the Services. Keep your email current and check notices regularly. You consent to receive electronic communications.
If you have any questions, you may reach out to us at support@dangochat.com.