Cevian Labs End-User License Agreement (EULA)

Revised and Effective: 12 February 2026

This End-User License Agreement (the "Agreement") is a legal agreement between the entity or individual accessing and using the CVParsa software ("Licensee" or "You") and Cevian Labs, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Boulder, CO ("Licensor" or "Cevian Labs"). This Agreement governs your use of the CVParsa software-as-a-service and the COI Pond tool (collectively, the "Services").

By using any of the Services, you agree to be bound by these terms.

1. Scope of Services

Cevian Labs provides different tools under this Agreement. Your rights and obligations depend on which Service you are accessing:

• 1.1 CVParsa: A paid SaaS product used to extract and summarize data from academic dossiers and CV. Use of CVParsa is subject to the Service Tiers and Payment terms in Section 2.
• 1.2 COI Pond: A tool for individuals to extract and summarize data from a single CV, with supplemental public data from the web. Use of COI Pond is currently provided free of charge for personal use.

2. Service Tiers and Payment (CVParsa Only)

a. Tiered Access:

Access to CVParsa is granted based on the specific service tier purchased (Basic, Plus, or Premium).

b. Usage Basis:

The license fee is calculated per CV or related file processed, unless a site license is established via a separate institutional vendor contract.

c. Payment:

Services are provided upon confirmation of payment. Licensee agrees to pay all fees associated with the selected tier.

3. Licensee Responsibilities and Data Rights

3.1 Data Rights Warranty:

The Licensee warrants that it has all necessary legal rights and permissions to submit the Input Data (CVs and related documents).

3.2 COI Pond Specific Warranty:

For COI Pond, the Licensee specifically warrants that they are uploading their own CV or a CV they have explicit legal authorization to process for personal, non-commercial use.

3.3 Prohibited Uses:

Licensee shall not:

• Reverse engineer or attempt to derive the source code of any Service.
• Use Output Data to train a competing product or service.
• Use the Services in any manner that violates applicable law.

4. Intellectual Property and Data Handling

4.1 Ownership:

Cevian Labs retains all rights to the software, algorithms, and the design/format of the Output Data.

4.2 Input and Output Data:

Licensee retains ownership of Input Data. Cevian Labs grants Licensee a non-exclusive license to use the resulting Output Data (spreadsheets/reports).

4.3 COI Pond Web-Aggregated Data:

COI Pond may query the public web to supplement Input Data. Cevian Labs does not claim ownership of third-party public data and makes no warranties regarding the accuracy of information retrieved from external web sources.

4.4 Confidentiality & Third-Party Processing:

Cevian Labs utilizes professional-grade third-party infrastructure to provide the Services. By using the Services, you acknowledge the following data handling practices:

• Zero-Retention AI: Both CVParsa and COI Pond utilize third-party AI processors for data extraction. These processors are governed by "zero-retention" or "private-tier" agreements, ensuring that Input Data is not stored by those third parties beyond the immediate processing session, nor is it used to train their models.
• External Verification APIs: To enhance the accuracy of Output Data, the Services may transmit limited snippets of data (such as publication citatations, identifiers, and related information) to third-party databases and public APIs. Cevian Labs is not responsible for the availability, uptime, or data accuracy of these external registries.
• Product Specifics: While CVParsa operates in a siloed environment, COI Pond additionally utilizes public web-querying to aggregate supplemental information.

4.5 No Third-Party AI Training:

Cevian Labs guarantees that Input Data submitted to its Services will not be sold to third parties or used to train third-party artificial intelligence models for the benefit of other users or entities.

4.6 Internal Model Improvement:

a. Paid Services: Cevian Labs will not use Input Data from Paid Services to train its proprietary models.

b. Free Services: For COI Pond and other Free Services, Licensee grants Cevian Labs a non-exclusive, royalty-free, and sublicensable license to use, host, store, and create derivative works from Input Data. This license is granted for the purposes of operating, developing, and improving our technology, including but not limited to training machine learning models and generating internal benchmarking datasets.

Cevian Labs agrees that it will not release raw Input Data publicly or allow raw Input Data to become available to third parties through their use of our services.

5. Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

5.1 "As Is" Basis:

All Services are provided "AS IS." Licensee acknowledges that the Services utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. These technologies are inherently probabilistic and may occasionally produce Output Data that is inaccurate, incomplete, or biased. Licensee is responsible for independently verifying the accuracy of any Output Data before relying on it.

5.2 Third-Party Content:

For COI Pond users, Cevian Labs is not liable for inaccuracies in data pulled from the public web or errors in the synthesis of such data.

5.3 Limitation of Liability:

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Cevian Labs' total liability shall not exceed the actual fees paid by the Licensee to Cevian Labs for the specific processing job giving rise to the claim. For users of free Services (including COI Pond), Cevian Labs' total liability shall be zero dollars ($0.00).

6. Indemnification

Licensee agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Cevian Labs from claims arising out of:

• Breach of Data Rights warranties (Section 3.1 & 3.2).
• Infringement of third-party privacy or intellectual property rights via Input Data.
• Decisions made by the Licensee based on the Output Data.

7. Termination

7.1 Termination by Licensee: You may terminate this Agreement at any time by ceasing all use of the Services and, if applicable, closing your account. Termination by a Paid Licensee does not entitle the Licensee to a refund for any prepaid fees, site licenses, or unused processing credits.

7.2 Termination by Cevian Labs: Cevian Labs may suspend or terminate your access to the Services immediately, without notice, if you breach any terms of this Agreement or if required to do so by law.

7.3 Effect of Termination: Upon termination, your right to use the Services ceases immediately. Provisions regarding Intellectual Property, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, and Dispute Resolution shall survive termination.

7.4 Data Survival and Deletion: For users of Free Services, the license granted to Cevian Labs to utilize data for internal model improvement and the creation of derivative works survives termination. Free Service users may request the deletion of their specific raw Input Data by contacting Cevian Labs support.

Cevian Labs will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such raw Input Data from active production storage within thirty (30) days of a verified request. However, Licensee acknowledges that this deletion does not extend to de-identified insights, improvements, or model weights already incorporated into Cevian Labs' machine learning models prior to the deletion request.

8. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

8.1 Governing Law:

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Colorado.

8.2 Dispute Resolution:

Any disputes shall be settled by binding arbitration via the American Arbitration Association in Denver, Colorado.

8.3 Class Action Waiver:

Licensee agrees to bring claims only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class proceeding.

By clicking "I Agree" or by submitting files for processing, the Licensee acknowledges that they have read and understood this Agreement and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions.