What we collect, and why.
Ascent holds the strategy work you and your clients create. This page explains what we store, where it goes, and what we never do with it. Pair with the terms of service for the full picture.
What we store
Account basics (email, name) via Clerk, and the content you create in the app: engagements, client records, the strategic house, AI-readiness assessment responses, and the recommended actions / synthesis generated from them. It lives in our Neon Postgres database, scoped to your account.
AI processing — Anthropic
Ascent uses Anthropic Claude (via the official API) to synthesise assessments into a strategic narrative and recommended actions in your firm's voice. We send the relevant engagement content for that task; Anthropic processes it and doesn't train on it per their commercial terms.
Where it's hosted
The app runs on Vercel; your data lives in Neon. Auth/session data is held by Clerk.
How long we keep things
- Account + engagement data — until you delete your account.
- AI prompts + responses — sent to Anthropic per-request; we don't log the request bodies on our side.
Your rights
Request export or deletion of your data at any time — email hello@ascent.build and we'll come back within 30 days.
What we don't do
- Sell your data. Ever.
- Show ads.
- Train AI models on your data — neither us nor Anthropic (per their commercial API terms).
- Drop third-party tracking cookies or fingerprint across sites.
Children
Ascent isn't designed for users under 16 and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes to this policy
We'll update this page when we change a third-party service or a data category; material changes are flagged via email.
Contact
Privacy questions or data requests: hello@ascent.build.
Last updated: 9 June 2026