Critical Path Terms and Conditions

Boab AI Pty Ltd | ABN 60 640 047 007

Effective date: 16/09/2026 | Version: 002

These terms explain how you can use Critical Path and participate in the pre-accelerator program. They cover your work, program communications, optional publicity and the paid Build in Public campaign.

1 The program and these terms

Boab AI Pty Ltd operates Critical Path. In these terms, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Boab AI Pty Ltd. “You” means the applicant or participant. Your enrolment confirmation identifies your program and cohort.

Critical Path supports applications, founder exercises, AI interviews, feedback, cohort information and program perks. These terms apply to that platform and your participation in the identified program. Separate services and third-party offers may have their own terms, which will be made available before you choose to use them.

The Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information. Acknowledging it does not give us unrestricted consent to use your information. Recorded AI interviews, optional marketing and optional publicity have separate choices. Section 4 of the Privacy Policy explains optional demographic questions, how selections are recorded, and the restrictions on using sensitive responses.

2 Applying and taking part

You must actively accept these terms before submitting your application. We record the version accepted and the time of acceptance. Submitting an application does not guarantee admission. Eligibility requirements, including any location requirements, are shown with the application or cohort information.

Provide accurate information and keep relevant details current. We may use automated eligibility checks and staff review, as explained in the Privacy Policy. Contact us if a decision appears incorrect or you want a person to review it.

If you are under 18, contact us before applying so we can confirm eligibility and any parent or guardian involvement needed. We will explain any additional requirements before you participate.

Participation is free and we do not take equity in your startup.

You are responsible for your own equipment, internet access and any optional third-party purchases. Access to a free credit or trial does not authorise us to charge you. Any separate paid offer requires its own disclosed terms and your agreement.

Marketing communications, general publicity and the Build in Public campaign are optional. Declining them does not affect admission, ordinary program access, progress or earned perks. The campaign has its own payment requirements in section 8.

3 Using the platform and working with others

Keep your sign-in links and account access private. Use the platform for your own authorised program work. Treat participants and staff respectfully. Do not harass others, interfere with security, impersonate another person, access someone else’s private work, or submit misleading material or another person’s work as your own.

Only provide another person’s information or content if you have the necessary authority. Avoid including customer records, passwords, identification documents or other unnecessary sensitive material in your work or interviews.

Do not record workshops, copy another participant’s private work, or publish information shared in confidence without permission. Workshops and peer discussions involve other people, so consider carefully what you disclose. We cannot guarantee that every attendee will keep information confidential. Tell us promptly about suspected misuse.

We communicate schedules, exercises and participation requirements through the program’s usual channels. We may make reasonable changes to delivery, staffing or scheduling and will give as much notice as practicable. Changes affecting an agreed campaign obligation are handled under section 8.

4 AI interviews and feedback

Some features use AI to conduct conversations, process transcripts and prepare summaries. Before a recorded AI interview begins, we explain its purpose, recording and transcription, provider processing and relevant privacy choices, and ask for your agreement. General acceptance of these terms is not consent to record an interview.

You can end an interview at any time. Ending a call stops further collection through that call; it does not automatically delete information already collected. The Privacy Policy explains deletion requests and retention.

If you do not want to take a recorded AI interview, contact us about another way to provide information. We will explain whether an alternative is available and any effect on that feature or optional campaign before you decide. Declining an optional founder-story interview does not remove your ordinary program access.

AI output can be incomplete or incorrect. Review and edit your answers before submission. Staff review submitted work and provide feedback; approval of an answer is not validation of your business or a guarantee of success.

Program material and feedback provide education and general guidance. They are not personalised legal, tax, financial or other regulated professional advice. You remain responsible for your business decisions and for obtaining appropriate professional advice.

5 Ownership and permitted use of your work

You retain ownership of your startup, intellectual property and content. You give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free permission to store, process, copy and share your submitted content only as reasonably needed to deliver the program, provide AI features you choose, obtain authorised feedback, secure the service and meet the purposes described in the Privacy Policy.

We may allow authorised staff, delivery personnel and service providers to perform those activities on our behalf, subject to appropriate access and confidentiality arrangements. This permission lasts only while the relevant activity or justified retention continues. It does not authorise public promotion or general-purpose AI model training.

Our platform and learning materials, and third-party materials, remain owned by their respective owners. You may use resources supplied to you for your own learning and startup work, subject to any stated licence restrictions. Do not sell or redistribute restricted materials without permission.

6 Program communications and optional marketing

We send factual messages needed to administer your application, account and current participation. These include application decisions, sign-in links, security notices, workshop details, exercise reminders, feedback and payment administration for a campaign you join.

We ask separately whether you want marketing communications from Boab AI by email and SMS about founder resources, events, other programs and partner offers. This is one optional choice covering both channels. It does not permit partners to add you to their own contact lists or send you their own marketing.

You can withdraw this marketing permission at any time using the unsubscribe link in an email, the unsubscribe instructions in an SMS, your marketing preference setting, or by emailing info@smecai.au. Each SMS will include a working unsubscribe method, such as replying STOP where replies are supported. A withdrawal through any of these routes stops marketing by both email and SMS. We honour requests within five working days. Withdrawal does not affect factual program communications, program access or your separate publicity choice. We keep promotional content out of messages sent as essential program communications.

Permission previously given for email marketing remains limited to email. We will not send marketing SMS unless you make a fresh affirmative choice after being shown the email-and-SMS wording. Accepting these terms, acknowledging the Privacy Policy, providing a phone number or leaving an existing preference unchanged does not expand an earlier permission.

7 Optional publicity permission

If you separately opt in, you allow Boab AI to feature your name, your startup’s public name and description, and photos, videos, testimonials or founder stories that you supply or expressly approve for program publicity. An administrator cannot designate your private work as publicity material without your approval.

We may use approved material on program websites, social media, newsletters, presentations, press material and advertising promoting the program and its founders. Permission is non-exclusive and royalty-free. We may edit for length, format and accessibility without materially changing your meaning or implying an endorsement you have not given.

Private application answers, raw interview audio or transcripts, confidential business information and nonpublic AI analysis are excluded. We need specific approval identifying the material and intended use before publishing any of them. We do not use sensitive demographic information for publicity. Separate organisations may publish your material only where they are identified in your specific approval or campaign agreement.

General publicity permission lasts until you withdraw it or 24 months after your cohort ends, whichever comes first. We will seek fresh permission for an extension or materially different use. It does not guarantee a feature, production support or payment.

You can withdraw by changing your publicity preference or emailing info@smecai.au. We will stop arranging new uses when we receive your request, stop active advertising under our control within five working days, and remove public material we control within 30 days unless a different approach is agreed with you. We apply the same approach when permission expires.

We will ask any separate publisher using material under your approval to act on the withdrawal. We cannot guarantee retrieval of print already distributed or removal of independent shares, caches and third-party copies outside our control. We may keep restricted evidence of earlier lawful uses and approvals where justified under the Privacy Policy, without continuing to publish it.

Your marketing and publicity choices are independent. Restoring one does not restore the other. Neither accepting revised terms nor deleting an account creates new permission. The scope and withdrawal of campaign-specific permission are addressed in section 8.

8 The optional Build in Public campaign

We select campaign participants in advance. Completing the private founder-story interview is an application for consideration, not confirmation of selection. We will send selected founders a written invitation identifying the campaign period, required workshops, posting schedule, payment details and specific publication permission. Campaign participation starts only after you accept that invitation.

A selected founder who completes the agreed requirements is entitled to AUD $1,000. Payment is for fulfilling the agreed campaign obligations; it is not dependent on winning a later competition, outperforming other founders, generating engagement or achieving business success.

Unless your invitation expressly sets out an agreed variation, the requirements are a public LinkedIn post each agreed week from the first workshop through to the last workshop. Optional office hours do not count towards that percentage. The invitation must identify the end date or final posting week before you accept. A postponed event does not automatically extend your obligations.

Posts must honestly document your experience, learning and progress. You do not have to give positive reviews or disclose private business information. Clearly disclose the payment arrangement when promoting the program. Only use material you have permission to publish.

We will assess completion against the agreed requirements and explain any shortfall, giving a reasonable opportunity to correct it or agree an alternative where appropriate. We will pay within 30 days after completion is confirmed and we receive the necessary payment details and any required invoice. We will not unreasonably delay confirmation. Any applicable GST treatment is stated in your invitation before acceptance.

The invitation must state how partial completion, withdrawal, illness, cancellation and any resulting partial payment are handled. We will not add obligations, extend the campaign or reduce an earned payment without your agreement. If we cancel, we will pay for obligations already completed in accordance with the invitation’s stated calculation.

Joining the campaign does not subscribe you to marketing communications or require the general publicity opt-in. The invitation contains its own limited permission for the identified campaign material, channels and duration. You can withdraw campaign publicity permission by contacting us; section 7’s removal process applies. We will explain the effect on remaining obligations under your invitation, and amounts already earned remain payable. You may leave the campaign without losing ordinary program access or earned perks.

9 Program perks

Perks depend on your cohort and the provider’s offer. Eligibility conditions, credit amounts, expiry dates and provider terms are shown with the relevant perk. Where a perk unlocks on submitting a specified exercise, staff approval of that exercise is not required for the unlock. A request to revise the exercise does not itself remove the earned unlock.

An unlock does not redeem credits automatically. Redemption may require a separate request, provider account or acceptance of provider terms. Availability remains subject to the offer, applicable cohort membership and provider conditions. We do not guarantee a third-party provider’s service or continued availability of its offer.

10 Leaving the program and resolving problems

You may stop participating or contact us about leaving. Account deletion and retained information are explained in the Privacy Policy. Deleting your account also ends your marketing and publicity permissions for future use, subject to the removal process above and any earned campaign payment.

We may restrict access where reasonably necessary to protect people or the service, address serious misuse, or apply disclosed eligibility requirements. Where practicable, we will explain the issue and allow a reasonable opportunity to respond or correct it. Urgent action may be necessary for safety or security. Contact info@smecai.au to request review.

We do not guarantee admission, investment, business success, uninterrupted platform availability or the accuracy of every AI output. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded, including applicable Australian Consumer Law rights.

For a dispute, first contact us with the relevant details. We aim to respond within 30 days and will explain if more time is needed. This process does not prevent you seeking urgent relief, contacting a regulator or exercising statutory rights.

11 Changes and governing law

We identify each approved version and its effective date and retain the historical text. For material changes to these terms, we will give reasonable notice and seek fresh acceptance before they apply to your continued participation. Changes do not retrospectively authorise earlier uses or remove accrued rights, including earned campaign payments.

We notify you of material changes to privacy practices and seek any fresh consent those changes require. Merely acknowledging an updated Privacy Policy does not expand an existing consent. Privacy requests, policy access, unsubscribe and account-exit options remain available if you decline revised terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. The courts of Victoria have non-exclusive jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory rights that apply to you.