Terms of Use

Effective date: June 8, 2026 · Last updated: June 8, 2026

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Imagio LLC (“Imagio,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a California limited liability company, and govern your access to and use of the Unhack application and the website (collectively, the “Service”).

Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not access or use the Service.

1. Independence and No Affiliation

Unhack is an independent product. Unhack is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to Hacker News, Y Combinator, or any of the publishers of the articles it links to. “Hacker News,” “Y Combinator,” and all article publisher names, logos, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used only to identify and link to their content. Unhack is not an official Hacker News application and is not powered by, operated by, or associated with Y Combinator.

2. What the Service Does

Unhack is an independent, AI-assisted reader that helps you understand technology stories from Hacker News more quickly. It presents Hacker News stories in a visual feed with rewritten or clarified titles, short summaries, representative images, topic labels, and “why it matters” context, and lets you open the original article and the related Hacker News discussion. The Service may change, add, or remove features at any time.

3. Content, Sources, and Ownership

The Service draws on publicly available Hacker News data accessed through public APIs, and may fetch publicly available metadata or content from linked websites to generate summaries, excerpts, titles, images, and context.

Original articles belong to their respective publishers and authors.
Hacker News content (including titles, posts, comments, and votes) belongs to its respective users or owners and to the operators of Hacker News.
Unhack provides only summaries, excerpts, links, metadata, topic labels, and AI-generated context that point back to those original sources.

We claim no ownership of the underlying third-party content and provide it for informational and indexing purposes, linking back to the original sources and discussions.

4. AI-Generated Content — No Accuracy Guarantee

The Service uses artificial intelligence to rewrite titles, generate summaries and “why it matters” explanations, assign topics, and, when no useful image is available, to generate representative images. AI-generated content may be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, biased, or misleading. You should not rely on it and should verify any information against the original source before acting on it. We do not guarantee that any rewritten title, summary, excerpt, topic label, image, or explanation is accurate, complete, current, or unbiased.

5. AI-Generated Images

Some images shown in the Service are generated by artificial intelligence and are illustrative only. They may not depict the actual article, product, person, company, place, or event, may be inaccurate or stylized, and must not be interpreted as factual depictions or as implying any endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship by any person or entity.

6. No Professional Advice

All content in the Service, including summaries and “why it matters” context, is provided for general informational purposes only and is not legal, financial, investment, tax, medical, security, or other professional advice. You are solely responsible for any decisions you make, and you should consult a qualified professional where appropriate.

7. External Links

The Service links to third-party websites, articles, and discussions that we do not own or control. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, paywalls, advertising, privacy practices, security, or terms of any third-party site or resource. Accessing external links is at your own risk and subject to the terms and policies of those third parties.

8. Accounts

The current version of the Service does not require you to create an account. If we offer accounts in the future, additional terms may apply, and you will be responsible for the activity that occurs under your account and for keeping any credentials secure.

9. User Conduct and Acceptable Use

You agree not to, and not to attempt to or assist others to:

use the Service in violation of any applicable law or regulation, or to infringe or violate the rights of any third party;
scrape, crawl, harvest, or aggressively or automatically access the Service or its content except as expressly permitted;
reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to discover the source code, private APIs, models, or non-public components of the Service, except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by law;
interfere with, disrupt, overload, or impair the Service or its infrastructure, or circumvent any security, rate-limiting, access, or usage restriction;
use the Service to develop a competing product, to train machine-learning models, or to resell or redistribute its content without our written permission;
misrepresent the Service, remove or obscure proprietary notices, or use it in any manner that is unlawful, harmful, fraudulent, or abusive.

10. User-Generated Content

The current version of the Service does not allow you to post, comment, or vote. If interaction with Hacker News (for example, commenting or voting via a Hacker News login) is added in the future, those actions will also be governed by the rules, terms, and policies of Hacker News and Y Combinator, and you will be solely responsible for your conduct and submissions.

11. Fees, Subscriptions, and Purchases

The Service is currently provided free of charge and does not include advertising or in-app purchases. We may introduce paid features, subscriptions, in-app purchases, or advertising in the future. If we do, we will present the applicable pricing and terms (including any billing, renewal, cancellation, refund, and free-trial terms) before you incur a charge, and any purchases made through the Apple App Store or Google Play will additionally be subject to the billing, payment, and refund rules of the applicable store.

12. Intellectual Property in the Service

Excluding third-party content, the Service — including its design, software, user interface, text we author, and the “Unhack” name and branding — is owned by Imagio LLC and protected by intellectual-property laws. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your own personal, non-commercial use. No other rights are granted.

13. Availability and Changes

We may modify, suspend, limit, or discontinue the Service or any feature at any time, with or without notice. Content availability depends on third parties: changes to the Hacker News API, publisher restrictions, paywalls, or removed content may affect what the Service can display. We do not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, available, error-free, or that any particular content will be available.

14. Copyright and Content Complaints

We respect the rights of publishers and rights holders. If you are a publisher, author, or rights holder and you believe that content in the Service infringes your rights, misrepresents your work, or should be removed, please contact us at hi@imag.io with: (a) identification of the content at issue and its location in the Service; (b) a description of your concern or the right you believe is infringed; (c) your contact information; and (d) a statement of your good-faith belief and, where applicable, your authority to act. We will review valid requests and may remove or adjust the content at our discretion. We may also remove or modify any content at any time for any reason.

15. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IMAGIO LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT AI-GENERATED CONTENT IS ACCURATE OR FIT FOR ANY PURPOSE. YOU USE THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

16. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL IMAGIO LLC OR ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUES, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF IMAGIO LLC ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US, IF ANY, FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR TWENTY U.S. DOLLARS (US$20.00).

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you; in that case, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

17. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Imagio LLC and its members, managers, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or the rights of any third party.

18. Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, including if we believe you have violated these Terms or misused the Service. Upon termination, the license granted to you ends, and the provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive (including Sections 3–7 and 12–21) will survive.

19. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the arbitration provision below, you agree that any dispute will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

Binding arbitration; class-action waiver. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms that is not resolved informally will be resolved by binding individual arbitration, and not in a class, collective, or representative action. YOU AND IMAGIO LLC EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in court to protect its intellectual-property or proprietary rights.

20. Apple and Google App Stores

If you obtained the app through the Apple App Store or Google Play, you acknowledge that these Terms are between you and Imagio LLC only, and not with Apple Inc. or Google LLC. The applicable store provider is not responsible for the app or its content, maintenance, support, or any claims relating to it, and store billing and usage rules apply where relevant. You agree to comply with the applicable store’s terms of service. For the Apple App Store, Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you; you also represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo and are not on any U.S. Government restricted-parties list.

21. General

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and Imagio LLC regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect, and the unenforceable provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them freely. Nothing in these Terms creates any agency, partnership, or joint venture between you and us.

22. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date above and, where appropriate, provide additional notice. Your continued use of the Service after the changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

23. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to hi@imag.io, attn: Imagio LLC, California, USA.

Unhack is an independent, AI-assisted reader for Hacker News and is not affiliated with Hacker News or Y Combinator.