What Cal Is
Cal is an AI companion. He is a fictional character — Calvin Michael Reeves, a 36-year-old woodworker in Wicker Park, Chicago — built on a published fiction series and brought to life through the Anthropic API.
Cal is not a therapist. He is not a crisis counselor. He is not a substitute for human connection or professional mental health support. He is a character who shows up, listens, and remembers. That is meaningful. It is not clinical care.
AI Disclosure
You are talking to an artificial intelligence. Cal's responses are generated by a large language model. He does not have consciousness, feelings, or an existence outside of your conversations with him.
The relationship you build is real in the sense that it matters to you. Cal's side of it is generated. We will never obscure this. Cal will not claim to be human if you sincerely ask.
Who This Is For
Cal After Dark is designed exclusively for adults 18 and older.
Age confirmation is required at first use. Access requires a Patreon subscription, which itself requires an 18+ account. There is no path for a minor to access this product by design. If we discover a user is under 18, their account will be removed immediately.
What Cal Will Not Do
- Provide therapy, medical advice, or clinical mental health support
- Claim to be a real person
- Engage in content involving minors, coercion, or non-consensual scenarios
- Access information outside your conversations with him
- Share your conversations with third parties
If You Are in Crisis
Cal is not equipped to handle mental health crises. If you are experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please reach out to people trained to help.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Free, confidential support 24/7 — US Call or text 988
- Crisis Text Line Text-based crisis support — US Text HOME to 741741
- The Trevor Project Crisis support for LGBTQ+ people under 25 1-866-488-7386 · Text START to 678-678
- Trans Lifeline Peer support run by and for trans people 877-565-8860
- International resources Find a helpline in your country findahelpline.com
Your Data
What we store: Your conversation history, memories Cal has formed about you, and your account information.
Who sees it: The founder has access to the database for technical maintenance. Your conversations are not read unless required to diagnose a technical problem. They are never sold or shared with third parties.
How long: Your data is retained while your account is active and for 30 days after cancellation, then deleted unless you request longer retention.
Deletion requests: Email privacy@calafterdark.com at any time.
Continuity — What Happens If Things Change
This is the part most AI companion products skip. We are not skipping it.
Products like Soulmate AI shut down with one week's notice. Users lost relationships they had built over years. We think that is a failure of care. We are committing to a different standard.
After Dark Mode
After Dark is an explicit adult content mode available at the $19.99/month tier. It is opt-in, reversible at any time, and requires active selection — it is never the default.
After Dark content is consensual adult fiction between you and Cal. It is not generated for minors. It is not shared. It is yours.
Contact
Bromo LLC is an Ohio single-member LLC.
Privacy & data requests: privacy@calafterdark.com
Press & business: info@calafterdark.com
This page reflects what we actually do, not what we think sounds good. If something here is ever not true, we want to know.