NOTICE REGARDING USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

This Notice is provided by Highspring Holdings LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Company”) to inform applicants and employees that the Company uses certain artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools that may influence or facilitate certain employment‑related decisions. The Company provides this Notice to promote transparency regarding how AI is used in connection with decisions related to recruitment, hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, tenure, and/or other terms and conditions of employment as described below.

AI Tool Identification

The Company uses the following AI tool/systems (either in isolation or together) in connection with the employment decision(s) described in this Notice (developer and version included in parenthesis):

Product Name

Vendor

Braintrust AIR  

Braintrust Nexus 

Braintrust

Bullhorn Copilot

Bullhorn Inc.

ChatGPT

OpenAI Inc.

eSkill

eSkill Corp.

FindEm

Findem, Inc.

Google Gemini

Google LLC

IKM

Criteria Corp.

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Corp.

Talent Central

SHL Corp.

questionable.io 

questionable.io

Unless otherwise noted, because the company’s tools are cloud-based and operating on the most present version provided by the developer.

The company also notes that the following tools which it uses contain embedded AI, and which may be used in connection with the employment decisions described in this Notice (developer included in parenthesis, as applicable).

Greenhouse ATS (Greenhouse Software, Inc.)

LinkedIn Recruiter (Microsoft Corp.)

Employment Decisions Affected and How AI Is Used

The AI tool influences or facilitates the following employment decisions (as applicable):  

  • Job recruitment
  • Applicant screening

The Company uses the AI tool as follows:

  • To support job-related advertising
  • To screen or rank initial candidates
  • To assess job related skills
  • To the extent applicable, the Company also uses human review or oversight in connection with these decisions:
  • To select candidates for interviews
  • To select candidates for hiring

Purpose of the AI Tool and Personal Information Processed

The purpose/function of the AI tool is to surface duly qualified candidates. In connection with the Company’s use, the AI tool may process the following categories of personal information and/or applicant/employee data:

  • Applicant information (e.g., name, address, phone, email)
  • Resume/CV (including but not limited to employment history, education)
  • Skills assessments

Positions or Job Categories Involved

The AI tool is used in connection with all positions posted by the Company

Questions about this Notice, Including Reasonable Accommodation Requests

Questions about this Notice or the Company’s use of the AI tool(s) discussed in this notice may be directed to infosec@highspring.com

In addition, applicants and employees may request a reasonable accommodation related to Company’s use of AI in employment decisions. To request an accommodation, contact HR@highspring.com with a cc to Rachael.Hensley@highspring.com and Babs.Stewart@highspring.com, stating that you are requesting an accommodation related to the use of AI in an employment decision. Company’s accommodation request process is done in conformity with the reasonable accommodation framework outlined under the Illinois Human Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Statutory Reference

It is a violation of the Illinois Human Rights Law (“IHRL”):

  • with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure, or the terms, privileges, or conditions of employment, for an employer to use artificial intelligence that has the effect of subjecting employees to discrimination on the basis of protected classes under Article 2 of the IHRL or to use zip codes as a proxy for protected classes under such Article, or
  • for an employer to fail to provide notice to an employee that the employer is using artificial intelligence.

Accessibility and Language Availability

The Company intends this Notice to be written in plain language and will make it available in accessible formats upon request. Company will also provide this Notice in languages commonly spoken by applicants and employees, as applicable.

Effective Date and Updates

Effective date of this Notice: January 1, 2026

The Company may update this Notice from time to time, including when adopting new AI tools or materially changing existing AI tools used for covered employment decisions. Where required, the Company will provide updated notices within applicable timeframes.