API & ICD Terms of Service

These Skydio API & ICD Terms of Service (“API Terms”) are a contract between you and Skydio, Inc. (“Skydio”) and govern your access to and use of Skydio’s APIs and ICDs. If you use the APIs or ICDs on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization. By creating or using API credentials or by using a Skydio ICD, you agree to these API Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you and Skydio have entered into separate written terms mutually agreed upon between the parties governing your use of the APIs or ICDs, those terms will prevail to the extent they conflict with these API Terms.

1. Definitions

Unless defined differently below, all capitalized terms in these API Terms have the same meaning as in the Skydio Enterprise Terms of Service and Conditions of Sale.

“AI/ML” means artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies that train, fine-tune, or generate models based on data.

“APIs” means Skydio application programming interfaces, SDKs, webhooks, developer tools, and related documentation.

“API Data” means data returned by the APIs (e.g., telemetry, logs,, device health, media references).

“Application” means any software or workflow you build or have built that calls the APIs.

“Good Standing” means not in unresolved payment arrears and not in a dispute, formal or informal, with Skydio.

“ICDs” means interface control documents, specifications, and related documentation made available by Skydio that describe interfaces or interoperability requirements for products or services that interact with Offerings.

“Product” means any product you create or build, or have created or built, that is designed to interoperate with Skydio Offerings and that uses or incorporates the APIs or ICDs.

“Skydio Terms” means the terms and policies available at https://www.skydio.com/legal.

2. License & Access

Subject to these Terms, Skydio grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to call the APIs to develop, test, and operate your Application that interoperates with Offerings. Your use of the APIs must: (i) comply with all applicable laws and with the documentation, scopes, and rate limits; (ii) keep credentials confidential; and (iii) not scrape, bulk-export, or replicate the APIs or API Data. Skydio may monitor usage and throttle, audit, suspend, or revoke access to protect customers, systems, data, safety, or compliance.

Subject to these Terms, Skydio also grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use ICDs to develop, test, and operate your Product within the Skydio ecosystem.

3. Model Training

You may not use the APIs or API Data (or derivatives such as embeddings, labels, or features) to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or improve any AI/ML systems, nor permit any third party to do so. You also will not upload or expose API Data to third-party AI/ML services for such purposes. The prohibitions under this Section 3 do not apply if you are, at the time of training, a Skydio customer in Good Standing, and in which case the license under Section 2 is sublicensable to your contractors, service providers, or affiliates under an NDA consistent with the Skydio Terms.

You may not use the ICDs if you are not in Good Standing.

4. Data Use & Protection

All API Data and ICDs remain the property of Skydio or the originating customer. You will request only the minimum API access permissions necessary, use API Data solely to provide your Application’s functionality to the customer that authorized such access, segregate each customer’s data, and delete API Data upon request or when no longer needed. If you process personal data as a processor for a customer, you must execute a Data Processing Addendum (and, if applicable, the Partner Data Addendum) as required by Skydio or its customers.

4.1 Cross-Border Transfers

You will not transfer or process API Data outside the collection jurisdiction without prior written consent and complying with all applicable laws and safeguards (e.g., SCCs, UK IDTA, Data Privacy Framework).

5. Caching, Bulk Access, and Discovery APIs

Unless permitted in the response headers or documentation, you must not create persistent archives or indexes of API Data and caching is limited to what is strictly necessary for immediate functionality and must be promptly deleted thereafter. Discovery and/or compliance APIs may be used only for approved security and/or compliance use cases expressly authorized in writing by Skydio in advance.

6. Distribution & Marketplace

You may use the APIs for internal business use only. Commercial distribution (including but not limited to selling, licensing, or otherwise making your Application or Product available to third parties, including “freemium” or integrations tied to a paid product) requires Skydio’s prior written approval or participation in a Skydio-approved program and may require security review or additional terms.

7. Operational Safety

You are solely responsible for mission design, pre-flight checks, geofencing, compliance with civil aviation regulations and other laws and regulations, and ensuring your Application or Product does not disable or circumvent safety features. You acknowledge that use of the APIs or ICDs in connection with aircraft operations involves inherent risks, and you assume all responsibility for the selection, configuration, and/or operation of your Application or Product and any missions you initiate or influence through the APIs or using the ICDs. This Section 7 supplements and does not limit your indemnification obligations in Section 12.

8. Security; Incidents; Audit

You will maintain industry-standard security controls (e.g., MFA for privileged access, secrets management, least-privilege access, and regular vulnerability management). Where applicable, you will comply with any security frameworks or regulatory requirements relevant to your integration with Skydio, including but not limited to CJIS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or equivalent standards. You will notify Skydio at security@skydio.com within 24 hours of any incident affecting API Data and cooperate fully in investigation and remediation. Skydio may audit your Application and related systems to verify compliance. Material violations, or failure to cooperate or maintain required controls, may result in immediate suspension or termination of API access.

9. Suspension

Skydio may suspend or revoke access if you are non-responsive, fail to cure violations, present a credible risk of harm, or if continued access would compromise data security, safety, or compliance.

10. Transparency & Policies

If your Application is used by third parties, you must: (i) maintain accurate user terms and a privacy policy describing your processing of API-sourced data; (ii) comply with applicable data-transfer laws; and (iii) report security incidents to Skydio by emailing security@skydio.com within 24 hours. In case of conflict between your user terms and/or privacy policy and these API Terms, these API Terms control.

If your Product is used by or marketed to third parties you may not represent or imply that it is endorsed by or affiliated with Skydio unless otherwise stated by an authorized Skydio executive in writing.

11. Ownership & Feedback

You retain ownership of your Application or Product and, in accord with the terms between them, Skydio and its customers retain ownership of the APIs, Offerings, API Data, ICDs, and all related intellectual property rights. If you provide feedback, you grant Skydio a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use and exploit such feedback without limitation.

12. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Skydio and its affiliates from any and all third-party claims, demands, suits, actions, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to (a) your Application or Product; (b) your processing and/or misuse of API Data or ICDs or alleged infringement of any third-party intellectual-property, privacy, or data-protection rights; (c) any flight, mission, or operational activity initiated or influenced by your Application or in which your Product is involved; or (d) your breach of these API Terms or any laws and regulations.

13. Disclaimers; Limits

THE APIs AND DOCUMENTATION AND ICDs ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SKYDIO’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY RELATING TO THESE API TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED US$100 OR THE AMOUNT PAID FOR API AND/OR ICD ACCESS IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SKYDIO WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

14. Export & Sanctions

You must comply with all applicable export-control and sanctions laws and not export or transfer API Data or technology or ICDs in violation of such laws.

15. Changes; Term; Termination

Skydio may modify the APIs, ICDs, or these API Terms at its sole discretion by posting updates to its website. Any material changes will be posted with reasonable notice. Your continued use after any such modification of the APIs, ICDs, or these API Terms constitutes acceptance. Either party may terminate by providing written notice to the other party. Upon termination you must delete all API Data and credentials and cease using all ICDs and certify deletion or cessation on request. Obligations that by their nature should survive (e.g., data ownership, confidentiality, indemnities, limits) shall survive.

16. Precedence and Other Terms

These API Terms control over conflicting terms in other Skydio documents, except that governing law, dispute resolution, and liability caps in an executed master agreement (if any) will apply. If no master agreement exists, then the governing law and dispute resolution terms in the Skydio Enterprise Terms of Service and Conditions of Sale will apply.