For sponsors, partners, vendors, collaborators, and strategic discussions

Effective date: August 11, 2026

1. Purpose

The parties wish to evaluate or pursue a potential business relationship and may disclose confidential information for that purpose ("Purpose").

2. Confidential Information

"Confidential Information" means nonpublic business, financial, technical, product, source-code, security, pricing, customer, member, attendee, sponsor, pipeline, strategy, research, event, contract, and other information disclosed in any form that is marked confidential or that a reasonable person would understand to be confidential in context.

3. Exclusions

Confidential Information does not include information the receiving party can document: (a) is or becomes public without breach; (b) was lawfully known without restriction before disclosure; (c) is received lawfully from a third party without confidentiality duty; or (d) is independently developed without use of Confidential Information.

4. Obligations

• Use Confidential Information only for the Purpose.

• Disclose it only to personnel, contractors, professional advisers, or financing sources who need to know and are bound by confidentiality obligations at least as protective as this Agreement.

• Use at least reasonable care to protect it, and no less care than used for similar sensitive information.

• Promptly notify the disclosing party of known unauthorized access, use, or disclosure and reasonably cooperate in remediation.

5. Compelled Disclosure

A receiving party may disclose Confidential Information if legally required, provided it gives prompt notice where lawful and reasonably cooperates with efforts to seek confidential treatment or limit disclosure.

6. No License; No Obligation

No intellectual-property license is granted except the limited right to evaluate the Purpose. Neither party is obligated to proceed with a transaction, and information is provided without representation or warranty except as stated in a definitive agreement.

7. Return or Destruction

On written request, the receiving party will return or destroy Confidential Information reasonably capable of being returned or destroyed, except archival, backup, compliance, or legal records that remain protected under this Agreement.

8. Term

This Agreement lasts three years from the last signature. Confidentiality duties continue for three years after each disclosure, except trade secrets remain protected for as long as they qualify as trade secrets under applicable law.

9. Remedies

Unauthorized disclosure may cause irreparable harm for which monetary damages are inadequate. A party may seek appropriate injunctive relief in addition to other available remedies, subject to applicable law.

10. Governing Law

California law governs. Venue lies in San Francisco County, California.

AI Systems and Automated Processing

A receiving party will not input the other party's Confidential Information into a public or third-party AI system that uses submitted content for unrelated model training or service improvement, or otherwise permit automated processing beyond the authorized purpose, unless the disclosing party has approved that use in writing or the system is contractually configured to protect the information consistently with this Agreement.

| Signature: ____________________________ | Date: ____________________________ | |----|----| | Printed name: ____________________________ | Title: ____________________________ | | Company / Organization: ____________________________ | Email: ____________________________ | | : ____________________________ | : ____________________________ |

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