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title: "The hiy.ai credit"
description: "What the “Powered by hiy.ai” line is, and what no plan can remove."
source: https://hiy.ai/docs/attribution
---

# The hiy.ai credit

Your twin carries a small line saying it runs on hiy. This page says exactly
where it appears, what makes it go away, and — more importantly — what nothing
can make go away.

## Where it appears

Three places, all of them quiet:

- A **“Powered by hiy.ai” line** under your public page, next to the Report link.
- The **same line under your embed**, wherever you've put it.
- The word **“hiy”** in the chat itself — the composer says *Message Sam's hiy…*

## When it comes off

On **Free**, the credit stays. On **Founding**, it comes off all three places
automatically — you don't have to do anything.

If you'd rather keep it, there's a switch: **Voice & rules → The hiy.ai
credit**. Some people keep it deliberately, which is the next section.

## What no plan can remove

None of these are for sale, on any tier, ever:

- The **AI label** — the "AI twin" pill on your page, and "AI twin · may make
  mistakes" under your embed.
- The **honest “I don't know”** — when your twin doesn't have the answer, it
  says so rather than guessing.
- The **citations** behind grounded answers. (These are yours to hide from
  visitors if your material is private — that's the **Sources & citations**
  setting, free on every plan, and never a billing decision. The point is that
  no *plan* takes it away from you.)
- The **Report link**.
- The **Verified badge**.

We sell the credit, never the honesty. A plan that could hide that a twin is
AI — or hide the way to report one — would make the badge worth nothing.

When the credit comes off, the chat doesn't stop disclosing; it just stops
using our name for it. *Message Sam's hiy…* becomes *Message Sam's AI twin…*,
which says more about what it is, not less.

## What removal doesn't cover

Paying removes **our name from your twin**. It doesn't rewrite the site your
twin is hosted on:

- The **hiy.ai address** itself — your page still lives at `hiy.ai/your-name`.
- **hiy's own top bar** on that page, including the "Create your own" link.
- The **social card** your link unfurls into.

One sentence covers it: the page hosted at hiy.ai keeps hiy's own chrome; the
embed on your site is where unbranded means something.

## Why keeping it is worth something

The credit link isn't a tax — it carries your referral. Anyone who follows it
and signs up is recorded as yours. Referral perks are honored when paid plans
launch.

The link only credits you when someone actually clicks it. Loading your page
doesn't count, by design: a referral number that counted views wouldn't be
worth anything to you or to us.

## If your plan lapses

The credit comes back automatically, on your page and your embed, and the chat
goes back to saying "hiy". Nothing is deleted and nothing needs redoing — your
preference is remembered, so if you subscribe again it applies straight away.

Worth knowing in advance, because it happens without an email.