Company: WLTH
Filing Date: 2025-06-18
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0001628279-25-000372
Chunk: 84

Company: WEALTHFRONT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-06-18
Form: DRS
Chunk 84
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, or otherwise flawed, or that results in unintended biases and discriminatory outcomes, which could negatively impact our clients, harm our reputation and business, and expose us to liability.

Laws, regulations or industry standards that develop in response to the use of AI may be burdensome or may restrict our ability to use, develop, or deploy AI, particularly generative AI Technologies, in our products or processes to the extent we may choose to do so in the future, or our efforts to expand our business. For example, California enacted a number of new laws in 2024 that regulate the use of AI Technologies and provide consumers with additional protections around companies’ use of AI Technologies, such as requiring companies to disclose certain uses of generative AI. Other states have also passed AI-focused legislation, such as Colorado’s Artificial Intelligence Act, which will require developers and deployers of “high risk” AI Technologies to implement certain safeguards against algorithmic discrimination, and Utah’s Artificial Intelligence Policy Act, which establishes disclosure requirements and accountability measures for the use of generative AI in certain consumer interactions. Moreover, we are subject to a number of current sector-specific laws and regulations that may be implicated by our use of AI Technologies. For example, if we use AI or machine learning tools in fraud detection, and it becomes clear that the data that was used to train those models was biased, we could be accused of engaging in unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices in violation of the Dodd-Frank Act (as defined below) and the regulations thereunder. It is also possible that the AI Technologies we use may, or may be viewed as, having unintended biases or discriminatory outcomes, exposing us to risks that we have discriminated against persons belonging to a protected class. Any resulting investigation or litigation could have an adverse impact on our operating results and financial condition due to the associated costs and any related fines, and could also have an adverse impact on our client relationships.

We also use AI Technologies from third parties, which may include open source software. If we are unable to maintain rights to use these AI Technologies on commercially reasonable terms, or if any such third-party AI tools become incompatible with our platform, we may be forced to acquire or develop alternate AI Technologies, which may limit or delay our ability to provide competitive offerings and may increase our costs. These AI Technologies also may incorporate data from third-party sources, which may expose us to risks associated with data rights and protection. The legal and regulatory landscape surrounding AI Technologies is rapidly evolving and uncertain, including with respect to intellectual property ownership and license rights