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Last updated 21 October 20264 min read

These are the rules for using SkipATS during the invite-only beta, in plain language. A lawyer-reviewed version will replace them before online payments open, and we'll tell you in the bot when that happens.

  • You approve every emailNothing is sent from your Gmail until you tap Send. Edit a word and it waits again.
  • No promises about repliesWe can't promise replies, interviews or offers. We make good introductions.
  • Free to startProfile, matches and drafts are free in Telegram. A pass is optional and doesn't auto-renew.
  • Leave any timeSend /delete_everything in the bot and your data and Gmail connection are removed.

1About these terms

SkipATS ("we", "us") is a service that helps students and early-career engineers reach founders of early-stage startups. It is run in India by Daksh Sawhney.

By using the SkipATS bot or website you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use it. The service is in an invite-only beta, so features, limits and prices can change, and it can be unavailable at times.

2What SkipATS does

SkipATS builds a profile from what you share, finds startups that may fit you, finds a founder or senior engineer to write to, drafts a short email from your own work, and, once you approve it, sends it from your Gmail and follows up in the same thread.

  • It only uses public information about companies and people, plus what you give us.
  • It never sends anything you haven't approved.
  • It checks a draft against the facts you gave it, but it can still get things wrong. Read every email before you send it.

3Your account

You sign in with your Telegram account, using an invite during the beta. You must be old enough to enter an agreement where you live, or have a parent or guardian's permission.

Keep what you tell us accurate and don't claim work, skills or experience that aren't yours. One person per account.

4Your emails, your responsibility

Emails go out from your own Gmail, under your name. You are the sender, so you are responsible for what they say.

  • Send only what is true and what you would write yourself.
  • Don't use SkipATS for bulk mail, marketing, spam, or to contact anyone who asked not to be contacted. Opt-outs are honoured permanently.
  • To protect founders and your Gmail's reputation, we limit how many emails go out per day, and only one SkipATS student writes to the same founder in any 30 days.
  • We may pause or stop sending if a message bounces repeatedly, is reported as spam, or breaks these terms.

5Acceptable use

Don't misuse the service. In particular, don't:

  • impersonate someone, harass people, or send anything unlawful, deceptive or abusive
  • try to get around daily limits, the one-student-per-founder rule or approval steps
  • scrape, resell or copy the service, or attack or overload it
  • share your invite or login with others

6Gmail and Google

If you connect Gmail, you let SkipATS send the emails you approve. During the beta it can also look at replies to the emails it sent for you, so follow-ups stop when someone answers. You can remove access at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions or by sending /delete_everything.

Our use of information from Google is described in the Privacy page.

7Passes and payments

Building your profile, finding startups and drafting emails is free in Telegram, up to a daily limit. A pass unlocks the founder's checked email, sending, follow-ups, reply alerts and the dashboard.

  • Prices are shown on the pricing page when they go public. A pass runs for the days you bought and does not renew by itself.
  • On 30 and 90 day passes, if no founder replies to the first emails sent in the pass period (the number is shown on the pricing page), we add free days as described there.
  • During the beta, payment links are sent in the bot. Refund requests are handled case by case, and full payment terms will be published before online payments open.

8No guarantees

SkipATS can't promise replies, interviews, offers, or that a founder will read your email. Drafts are produced with the help of AI and can contain mistakes.

The service is provided "as is" and "as available", especially while it is in beta.

9Limits of our responsibility

To the extent the law allows, we are not responsible for indirect or consequential losses, such as a missed opportunity, and our total responsibility for any claim is limited to what you paid us in the three months before it. Nothing here limits rights you have under law that can't be limited.

10Ending your use

You can stop at any time and delete your data with /delete_everything. We may suspend or end access if you break these terms or put people or the service at risk.

11Changes to these terms

If we change these terms in a way that matters, we'll tell you in the bot before it applies. Using SkipATS after that means you accept the new terms.

12Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of India.

13Contact

Message the SkipATS bot on Telegram and say what you need. It reaches the person who runs it.