Terms of Service
The short version
Read the site. Use the tools. Ask us for help. The content is information, not professional advice. The calculators are models, not promises. Real work gets a real contract, in writing, before it starts.
Who we are, and what this covers
Main & Machine provides AI consulting and implementation for small and mid-size business, from hubs in Denver, Colorado and Phoenix, Arizona. This website exists to tell you about that work, publish our writing, and let you start a conversation with us.
These terms govern your use of www.mainandmachine.com, including the blog, the ROI calculator, the AI-Ready Score, and the forms. By using the site, you agree to them. If you don't agree, don't use the site.
Information, not advice
Everything published on this site — the pages, the blog, the guides, the sample audit, the examples — is general information. It is not legal, financial, tax, accounting, or professional advice, and it is not advice about your specific business. Your situation has facts we haven't seen. Before acting on anything you read here, run it past someone who has seen them — us in an engagement, or another qualified advisor.
The calculator and the Score: models, not promises
The ROI calculator and the AI-Ready Score are estimation tools. Both say it on the page, and it bears repeating here: a model, not a promise.
- The calculator's savings figures come from round assumptions you can see on the page, not from your books. The sprint cost shown is our published price; the rest is arithmetic on inputs you chose.
- The Score is a structured self-assessment. Your number, your phase, and the constraint it names are a reading of your answers — a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a certification.
- Neither tool's output is an offer, a quote, or a guarantee of savings, results, or fit. We run your real numbers in the free assessment, then commit to fixed scope in writing.
Requests you submit
When you submit a form on this site, you confirm that the information is accurate and that you are authorized to share it. Submitting a request starts a conversation. It does not create an engagement, a contract, or any obligation on either side. The 30-minute assessment is free and stays free whether or not you hire us.
Engagements are separate
If we do work together, that work is governed by a separate written agreement — scope, price, timeline, and terms, signed before work begins. Where that agreement and these terms conflict, the agreement wins. Nothing on this site changes what a signed agreement says.
Our content
The content, design, code, and branding on this site — including the Main & Machine name and marks and the writing in The Ampersand — belong to Main & Machine or are used with permission. You may browse the site, share links, and quote brief passages with attribution. You may not republish our content wholesale, sell it, or use our name or marks in a way that implies we endorse you. Press articles about our founder belong to the publications that ran them.
Acceptable use
Use the site lawfully. Don't disrupt it, probe or bypass its security, submit forms with false identities, or use the forms to send spam. If we believe you're misusing the site, we can block your access without notice.
Third-party services
Parts of the experience run on other companies' platforms — the newsletter on beehiiv, scheduling on Calendly, and the providers listed in our Privacy Policy. Their services are governed by their own terms. Links to other sites are provided for convenience; we don't control them and aren't responsible for what's on them.
No warranties
The site is provided "as is" and "as available." We work to keep it accurate and up, but we don't warrant that it is error-free, complete, current, or uninterrupted. We may change, move, or remove content at any time without notice.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent Colorado law permits: Main & Machine, its founder, and its people are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including lost profits, lost data, or lost business — arising from your use of this site or reliance on its content. Our total liability for any claim arising from the site is capped at one hundred dollars ($100). The site is free; that cap reflects it. Liability for actual engagement work is addressed in the written agreement that governs that work, not here.
Indemnification
If your unlawful use of this site, or your breach of these terms, causes a claim against us, you agree to cover the costs of defending it and any resulting damages.
Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising from these terms or your use of the site belongs in the state or federal courts sitting in Denver, Colorado, and both sides consent to that venue. Before filing anything, email us — most disagreements are shorter than a lawsuit.
Housekeeping
- If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stands.
- If we don't enforce a provision today, we haven't waived it for tomorrow.
- These terms are the entire agreement between you and us about using the site — not about engagement work, which has its own contract.
- When these terms change, the version number and dates at the top change with them. Continued use of the site after a change means you accept it.
Contact
Main & Machine · Denver & Phoenix
[email protected] · 480-805-9983