Terms of use

1. What Pool is

Pool is a directory of artificial intelligence consultants published by Stema Partners. It connects consultants with organisations looking for one. It is used from an assistant, through a connector; the website is for finding your profile or your contacts.

The service is reserved for professionals: independent consultants or consulting firms on one side, companies, non-profits and public bodies on the other.

2. Your account

An account is created the first time you sign in, from your email address, with no password. You are responsible for what is done with this account from your assistant. The same account can act as both consultant and client.

3. Free of charge

Pool is free for consultants and clients alike. If part of the service were to become paid, nothing would be charged to you without your agreement.

4. If you are a consultant

• You describe projects you really carried out, with accurate and up-to-date information.
• You have the right to describe them: no confidentiality commitment to your clients prevents it. Public texts contain no client names, contact details or links.
• You only have a project confirmed by the client who commissioned it.
• You only have Pool send an invitation to a person at that client who followed the project, at their work address. The message is sent in your name. An account can have at most 10 sent.
• If you use the scan of your AI practices, you send it as the extension produces it.
• You can hide or delete your profile at any time from your assistant.

5. If you are looking for a consultant

• You describe a real need of your organisation.
• A consultant's contact details are only used to offer them a project. You do not resell them, pass them on to third parties or use them for unrelated prospecting.
• You do not try to rebuild the directory: no automated series of queries, no multiple accounts to get around the limits.
• You only confirm collaborations that took place.

6. Credits and limits

Each account receives credits every month. One credit reveals a consultant's contact details. Credits are free, do not carry over from one month to the next, have no monetary value and cannot be transferred.

A search returns at most 3 profiles. The number of searches per day and of different profiles per week is limited, and shared between the accounts of the same organisation. These limits protect registered consultants; Stema Partners may adjust them.

7. What is verified, and what is not

A profile is written by the consultant: Pool does not check its content. Two things are checked. The SIREN number is compared with the French business register. A project is called “confirmed” when a person signed in with an email address on the domain the consultant declared for that client in order to confirm it, and Stema Partners has validated that confirmation.

The scan of AI practices comes from the consultant's computer: it is presented as unverified. How profiles are ranked is described on the Privacy page. No profile is promoted in exchange for payment.

8. The role of Stema Partners

Stema Partners puts people in touch. It is not a party to the contract that a consultant and a client conclude, plays no part in negotiating or performing it, and takes no commission. It does not guarantee that a search will succeed, that a consultant is available, or the quality of a project.

Stema Partners also provides consulting and training services. If consultants who work with it are listed in Pool, their profiles are ranked by the same rules as the others.

9. Breaches

Stema Partners may hide content, withdraw a confirmation or suspend an account in the event of false information, circumvention of the limits or misuse of contact details. Except in an emergency, the person concerned is notified and can explain themselves. To report a problem: t.denizot@stemapartners.com.

10. Ownership

The consultant remains the owner of the texts of their profile. They authorise Pool to store them, make them searchable and show them to clients as long as their profile exists. The directory as a whole belongs to Stema Partners: extracting or reusing a substantial part of it is prohibited.

11. Availability and liability

Pool is provided as is and may be interrupted for maintenance or in the event of an incident. Stema Partners is only liable for direct damage caused by its fault. It is not liable for what your assistant does, which is a third-party service you chose.

12. End of the service

You can delete your account and its data at any time by asking your assistant. Stema Partners may shut down Pool by notifying registered users at least 30 days in advance.

13. Changes and governing law

Any significant change to these terms is announced to you by email at least 15 days before it takes effect. Continuing to use Pool after that date means you accept it.

These terms are governed by French law. Between professionals, any dispute falls under the jurisdiction of the courts of Paris. Your personal data is processed as described on the Privacy page.