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Terms of Service

Last updated: July 19, 2026

These terms govern your use of serhii.pro (the “Site”) and everything we provide: free content, the blog, and consulting services. By using the Site, booking a call, or engaging us, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

“We” and “us” mean AnimaNova Ventures LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company and the operator of the Site, through which Serhii Panchyshyn provides consulting services. Our services are for business use by adults: you must be at least 18 years old and using the Site for business purposes to use our services. If you engage us on behalf of a company, you represent that you have authority to bind that company, and “you” includes it.

Arbitration notice: except for the disputes described in the “Governing law and disputes” section below, you agree that disputes between you and us will be resolved by binding individual arbitration, and you waive the right to participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration. You may opt out within 30 days, as described below.

Who we are, and who we are not

We are a consulting practice for AI assurance and operations. We are not an accounting firm, an audit or attestation firm, a certification body, a law firm, or a registered tax, investment, or financial advisor. Nothing on this Site, in our content, or in our engagements is legal, tax, accounting, investment, or financial advice, and nothing creates an attorney-client, fiduciary, or advisory relationship.

In particular, the word “audit” on this Site — including “The AI Assurance Audit” — describes a consulting review, not an audit, examination, or attestation performed under any accounting, auditing, or assurance standard. Our work does not constitute or replace a SOC 2 examination, an ISO certification, a penetration test, or any other formal certification or attestation, and it does not by itself satisfy any legal or contractual requirement to obtain one. Where your situation needs a licensed professional — an auditor, a lawyer, a tax advisor — engaging one is your responsibility, and we will tell you when we think that is the case.

No guaranteed outcomes

We do not and cannot guarantee any specific outcome: cost savings of any particular size, model performance, evaluation results, regulatory approval, audit or certification outcomes, or decisions by model providers, regulators, customers, or any other third party. Those outcomes depend on your systems, your usage, your follow-through, and decisions made by parties we do not control.

Client results described on the Site — including any specific cost figures, such as a client’s monthly AI spend going from $100K to $8K — describe real engagements with identifying details changed or generalized. They are illustrations, not promises. Your results will differ.

Your responsibilities

You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information you give us, for your own decisions and their consequences, and for complying with the laws and regulations that apply to you and your product, including AI, privacy, and sector-specific rules. You are responsible for your obligations to your own customers and end users, including how AI outputs are used in your product. Our services are for lawful business purposes only. We may refuse or end service to anyone whose situation or conduct raises legal, compliance, or integrity concerns, at our sole discretion.

Consulting engagements

Paid engagements — including the AI Assurance Audit and the AI assurance and operations retainer — are governed by an individual engagement agreement covering scope, fees, payment schedule, and confidentiality. If the engagement agreement conflicts with these terms, the engagement agreement wins for that engagement. Pricing and scope described on the Site are summaries and invitations to talk, not binding offers; nothing is agreed until the engagement agreement is signed. Where the Site describes the audit fee as credited toward the retainer, the mechanics of that credit are set in the engagement agreement.

Unless the engagement agreement says otherwise, the following applies to all consulting services:

  • Your information drives the work. Our recommendations depend on the timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of what you tell us and the access you give us. Inaccurate or incomplete information can produce wrong or incomplete recommendations. If your facts change during an engagement — models, providers, usage, architecture, anything material — you must tell us promptly. We do not audit or independently verify the information you provide, and our work includes no procedures designed to detect errors, fraud, or wrongdoing in your business.
  • Advice is point-in-time. Recommendations reflect models, provider behavior, pricing, tooling, and regulatory conditions as they exist during the engagement. All of these change without notice. We have no obligation to update advice after an engagement concludes; updating it is a new engagement.
  • Written deliverables govern. Views shared on calls, in chat, or by email are based on limited analysis of the facts at hand. They are working guidance, not formal deliverables, and it may not be appropriate to act on them alone. Where a written deliverable exists, it supersedes anything said informally.
  • Access to your systems is scoped and granted by you. Where an engagement requires access to your code, infrastructure, dashboards, or provider accounts, the scope and method of access are set in the engagement agreement. You remain the owner and operator of your systems: deploying changes to production and operating your service remain your responsibility unless the engagement agreement expressly says otherwise. We do not take custody of funds, we hold no property in trust, we accept no fiduciary duties, and we do not make management decisions for your business.
  • Confidentiality. We treat non-public information you share during an engagement as confidential and use it only to deliver the engagement. Detailed confidentiality terms, including any NDA, are set in the engagement agreement.
  • Implementation is yours. You have final responsibility for reviewing deliverables and for deciding whether and how to implement anything we recommend.
  • Non-payment and withdrawal. We may suspend or end work for non-payment or for conduct that breaches these terms or the engagement agreement, and we may withdraw from an engagement where professional or compliance concerns require it. If work stops for those reasons, we are not responsible for deadlines you miss or consequences that follow, and fees for work already performed remain due.

Site content

All content we create — the Site, the blog, checklists, templates, and other materials — is owned by us and protected by copyright. You may read and share links to it freely. You may not republish, resell, or redistribute it, or use it to build a competing product or service, without our written permission.

Free content, including the blog, is provided for general information only, without warranty of any kind. It describes patterns and approaches that worked in specific situations; it is not advice for your situation.

Feedback

If you send us suggestions, ideas, or other feedback about the Site or our services, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use it without restriction or compensation. Client stories and testimonials are only ever published under the terms agreed in your engagement agreement.

Third-party services

Call scheduling runs on Cal.com, and the Site uses other third-party platforms for hosting and analytics (see the Privacy Policy). Your use of those platforms is governed by their own terms, and we are not responsible for their availability or conduct. Model providers, cloud vendors, and other companies referenced on the Site are not affiliated with us and have not endorsed us.

Disclaimer of warranties

The Site and free content are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. Models, provider pricing, tooling, and regulatory expectations change without notice; content that was accurate when written may become outdated.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law: we are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, service outages, model or provider behavior, regulatory or certification outcomes, or decisions made by third parties. Our total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of the Site or our services is capped at the greater of the amounts you paid us in the three months before the event giving rise to the claim, or one hundred US dollars. A signed engagement agreement may set a different cap for that engagement; where it does, that cap governs. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions; where that is the case, our liability is limited to the smallest amount the law allows.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your breach of these terms, your misuse of our content or services, information you provided that was inaccurate or incomplete, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Informal resolution first. Before filing any claim, you agree to contact us at hi@animanovalabs.com and attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for 30 days.

Arbitration. Except for (a) small-claims disputes that either party brings individually in small claims court, and (b) claims for injunctive relief by either party, any dispute arising out of or in connection with these terms or our services will be finally settled by binding arbitration in Wyoming under the Federal Arbitration Act and the then-current rules of the American Arbitration Association, by one arbitrator appointed under those rules. Arbitration may be conducted remotely where the rules allow. Where arbitration does not apply, the exclusive venue for any action is the state and federal courts located in Wyoming, and each party waives any objection to that venue.

Individual basis; time limit. To the extent permitted by law, any dispute-resolution proceeding will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action, and claims must be filed within one year of the event giving rise to them.

Arbitration opt-out. You may opt out of binding arbitration within 30 days of first accepting these terms by emailing hi@animanovalabs.com with your full name and a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration.

General

If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these terms; we may assign them in connection with a sale or reorganization of the business. These terms, the Privacy Policy, and any signed engagement agreement are the entire agreement between us regarding the Site and our services.

Changes

We may update these terms at any time. The date above reflects the latest revision, and continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

Contact

Questions about these terms: hi@animanovalabs.com

AnimaNova Ventures LLC
930 Washington Avenue Suite 210-86
Miami Beach, FL 33139