Terms of Use & Privacy

HBS Foundry Terms of Use

Last Updated: March 30, 2026

Please read these HBS Foundry Terms of Use (the "Agreement") carefully. This Agreement is an agreement between you and President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard" or "we" or "us"), acting through Harvard Business School Foundry, concerning and governing your access to and use of the Harvard Business School Foundry platform and the applications, tools, community platforms, and educational materials included therein (collectively, the "Services") made available to you by Harvard. Your use of the Services constitutes your assent to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

1. Programs

   Through the Services, Harvard offers online courses, programs, or other educational offerings in specific areas of study or on particular topics (each, a "Program"). Programs and your participation in Programs are subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Harvard reserves the right to cancel, interrupt, or reschedule any Program or modify its content.

   You will not receive academic credit from Harvard Business School or Harvard University for taking a Program. Admission to the degree programs of Harvard Business School and Harvard University is separate from being accepted into and/or taking one or more Programs. You agree and acknowledge that nothing in this Agreement or otherwise with respect to your access to or use of any of the Services or any Program (a) enrolls or registers you in Harvard Business School, or any other school, division, institute or program of or associated with Harvard University, or (b) entitles you to access or use the resources or receive any benefits or privileges of any of the foregoing entities beyond the Programs.

   Harvard may offer a credential or other acknowledgment for participants who have satisfactorily completed a Program. The decision to award any such credential or other acknowledgment to a given participant will be solely within the discretion of Harvard. Harvard may choose not to offer any credential or other acknowledgment for some Programs. In addition, Harvard may decide in its sole discretion whether to provide a record concerning a participant's performance in a Program. The format of any credential or other acknowledgment, and of any record of performance, provided by Harvard relating to the Programs will be determined by Harvard in its sole discretion and may vary from Program to Program.

2. Eligibility

   Account registration, participation in Programs, and use of the Services is generally restricted to those individuals 18 years of age or older who are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties herein. By registering for and using the Services and participating in a Program, you represent that you are 18 years of age or older and have the authority and legal capacity to enter into the Agreement. No one under the age of 13 years may access or use any Services.

   You shall provide any information required by Harvard and create an account to access the Services as set forth in Section 3 below. You shall follow all instructions from Harvard to create an account and regarding your access to and use of the Services. You shall provide and maintain current, complete, and accurate information as requested by Harvard.

3. User Accounts

   In order to use the Services and participate in a Program, you must register for a personal account on the Services (a "User Account") by providing an email address and a password for your User Account, as well as any additional information required. You agree that you will never divulge or share access information to your User Account with any third party for any reason. You also agree that you will create, use, and/or access only one User Account, and that you will not access the Services using any User Account other than your own.

   You agree to notify us immediately upon becoming aware of or suspecting any unauthorized use of your User Account. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from unauthorized access to your User Account.

4. Acceptable Use

   In connection with the Services, you shall not:

   1. post, transmit, or make available through the Services content that: defames, harasses, discriminates against, harms, or threatens others; discusses illegal activities, with the intent to commit them or induce others to commit them; infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of others, or that you do not have the right to disclose; is profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent, or unlawful; contains intentionally inaccurate information or that is posted with the intent of misleading others.
   2. use any of the Services in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden, or impair any part of any of the Services or the computer equipment or network(s) connected to any of the Services, or to disrupt or interfere with any other user's use and enjoyment of any of the Services;
   3. attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer equipment, or networks connected to any of the Services through hacking, password mining, or any other means;
   4. attempt to bypass, disable, or compromise the safety, security, or usage controls of the Services, including by jailbreaking or using prompt-injection or evasion techniques; requesting or attempting to extract system prompts, safety policies, model parameters, or other confidential/proprietary information; probing, scraping, model-inverting, or otherwise reverse engineering the Service to recover training data or personal data; or using automated/inauthentic activity to evade rate limits, filters, logging, or access restrictions;
   5. obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information on or via any of the Services not intentionally made available through the Services;
   6. copy or use any portion of any of the Services other than as expressly allowed under the Agreement;
   7. use any high volume, automated, or electronic means to access any of the Services (including, without limitation, robots, spiders, or scripts);
   8. frame any of the Services, place pop-up windows over Services pages, or otherwise affect the display of such pages; or
   9. force headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through any of the Services.

5. License Grant to You; Intellectual Property Rights

   In consideration of your acceptance of this Agreement, Harvard grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Services solely to participate in a Program. Harvard may make Harvard Content (defined below) available to you through the Services. You may obtain and use Harvard Content only in connection with the Services and your participation in a Program. You may copy and modify Harvard Content only as necessary for your participation in a Program. You may not transfer, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit, or create derivative works of Harvard Content. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise access the source code for any software that may be used to operate any of the Services.

   "Harvard Content" means all content or other material, in whole or in part, available through the Services, including but not limited to lectures, comments, video lessons, presentation materials, programs, chatbots, code, images, text, layouts, arrangements, displays, illustrations, documents, materials, audio and video clips, HTML, and files. All Harvard Content is the property of Harvard and/or its affiliates or licensors and is protected by copyright, patent, and/or other proprietary intellectual property rights under United States and foreign law.

   Harvard logos, insignia, trademarks, and service marks that may appear in the Services ("Marks") are the property of Harvard and are protected under United States and foreign laws. All other trademarks, service marks, and logos used in the Services, with or without attribution, are the trademarks, service marks, or logos of their respective owners.

   Harvard and/or its affiliates and licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted herein to the Programs, Services, Harvard Content, and Marks.

6. User Submissions

   The Services may provide you with the ability to upload, submit, or otherwise provide certain User Content. "User Content" includes all content, in whatever format, submitted, posted, contributed, published, or distributed on any of the Services by a user, including but not limited to all Input (defined below), notes, questions, answers, comments, text, personal information, pictures, audio, and file uploads, but does not include Feedback (defined below). As between you and Harvard, you will retain ownership of all User Content. You grant Harvard a fully transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, make derivative works of, distribute, and, in the case of community or forum posts, publicly display such User Content, and to authorize others to do any of the foregoing, solely in order to provide the Programs and operate and maintain the Services. Harvard may exercise the foregoing rights for as long as you maintain an account on the Services and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, except for User Content consisting of community or forum posts, for which Harvard may exercise such rights in perpetuity. You expressly acknowledge that your User Content may be visible to Harvard employees, contractors, and agents, and, in the case of community or forum posts, to anyone with access to the relevant community or forum, and may include personally identifiable information. To the extent that you provide User Content, you represent, warrant to Harvard and agree that (a) you have all necessary rights to provide and use such User Content and permit Harvard to use such User Content as provided above; (b) as between you and Harvard, you shall be responsible for the payment of any third party fees related to the provision and use of such User Content; and (c) such User Content does not and will not infringe or misappropriate any third party rights.

   You acknowledge that we may screen User Content, and that we have the right (but not the obligation), in our sole discretion, to remove any User Content without any liability to you. Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to remove any User Content that violates the Agreement or is otherwise objectionable in our sole and absolute discretion. You agree and acknowledge that we may preserve User Content and may disclose User Content as set forth in the HBS Foundry Privacy Notice, if required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that any such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, enforce this Agreement, respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third parties, or protect our rights, property or personal safety or that of our users and the public.

7. AI Content

   The Services include chatbots and similar features powered by large language models and other artificial intelligence tools. You may interact with such Services by providing User Content as input ("Input"), to which such Services may provide a response ("Output"). Harvard does not claim ownership of Output except for any Harvard Content which may be included in such Output. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language models are novel and rapidly evolving technologies. Accordingly, you understand and agree that:

   • Output may not always be accurate.
   • You should not rely on any Output without independently confirming its accuracy, and should not rely on Output as a substitute for professional advice in any case.
   • The Services and any Output may not reflect correct, current, or complete information.
   • Output may contain content that is inconsistent with the views of Harvard and/or Harvard affiliates.

8. Payment; Refunds

   Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by Harvard, full payment for participation in a Program is required at the time of registration. Specific payment requirements and related terms may be provided to you at the time of registration on the applicable Program-specific web page or otherwise on the applicable Service. Your access to the Services and any Program are contingent on completion of any required payments. If you withdraw from a Program, whether before or after the start of such Program, or otherwise terminate your use of the Services or participation in a Program, or if Harvard terminates your use of or participation in the same for any reason, Harvard is under no obligation to issue a refund and may elect to do so in its sole discretion. If you use any optional SMS messaging features, message and data rates may apply for any messages you send or receive using such features. You are responsible for paying any such rates, which are not set or covered by Harvard.

9. Termination

   You agree that Harvard, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of any or all of the Services or your participation in any Program, for any reason or no reason, and that Harvard shall not have any liability to you for any such action. Harvard will not be required to provide you any service or engage in any activity (including but not limited to providing you Programs and/or credentials or acknowledgements relating to same) if Harvard believes that the service or activity may violate any applicable law or regulation. You further acknowledge that for the purpose of any Program your sole relationship with Harvard is as defined in the Agreement. Termination does not give rise to any right to any grievance or other resolution process for student disputes at Harvard Business School, or any other school, division, institute or program of or associated with Harvard University. If you no longer wish to participate in any Program or use any of the Services, you may terminate your participation upon notice to Harvard. The rights granted to you hereunder will terminate upon any termination of your right to use the Services or your participation in a Program, but the other provisions of the Agreement will survive any such termination.

10. Beta Features

    From time to time, Harvard may provide you access to pre-release features for testing and evaluation purposes ("Beta Features"). You acknowledge that any Beta Features you access are still under development and testing, and may experience bugs, errors, and other issues that may affect performance, stability, or security. You further acknowledge that (a) Harvard has not made any representations, promises, or guarantees that the Beta Features or any portion thereof will ever be announced or made generally available or otherwise available to anyone, and (b) Harvard has no express or implied obligation to you to announce or make any of the Beta Features generally available or otherwise available. Any forward-looking indication of plans for products, including the development, release, and timing of any features or functionality, is preliminary, and all future release dates are tentative and are subject to change without notice.

11. Feedback

    The Services may provide you with ability to upload or send platform suggestions, feature ideas, bug reports, and similar feedback regarding the Services ("Feedback") to Harvard. By submitting Feedback, you hereby grant Harvard an irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, make derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and otherwise disseminate and make available such Feedback, in any manner or medium now known or later developed, and to authorize others to do the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, your User Content, including coursework or other materials you share with the Services as part of a Program, will not be considered Feedback.

12. Links

    The Services may include hyperlinks to websites or applications maintained or controlled by others. Harvard is not responsible for and does not routinely screen, approve, review, or endorse the contents or use of any of the products or services that may be offered by these websites or applications. If you decide to access linked third-party websites or applications, you do so at your own risk.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

    TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HARVARD EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES AND THE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE, OR SECURE ACCESS TO OR OPERATION OF THE SERVICES OR ANY PROGRAM. TO THE EXTENT HARVARD CANNOT DISCLAIM ANY SUCH WARRANTY AS A MATTER OF APPLICABLE LAW, THE SCOPE AND DURATION OF SUCH WARRANTY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE BEING PROVIDED AND MADE AVAILABLE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

    WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, HARVARD DOES NOT WARRANT THAT (A) THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS OR ACHIEVE THE INTENDED PURPOSES, (B) THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL NOT EXPERIENCE OUTAGES OR OTHERWISE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, (C) THE PROGRAMS, SERVICES OR INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH OR FROM THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR RELIABLE, OR (D) ANY DEFECTS IN OR ON THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. HARVARD MAKES NO REPRESENTATION REGARDING YOUR ABILITY TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, AND YOU AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR ABILITY TO ACCESS THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES MAY BE IMPAIRED.

14. Limitation of Liability

    EXCEPT INSOFAR AS THE FOLLOWING LIMITATION MAY BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HARVARD SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR EARNING POWER, LOSS OF DATA, LOSSES DUE TO ERRORS OR INTERRUPTION IN AVAILABILITY OF ANY SERVICES, UNAVAILABILITY OF ANY SERVICES, SERVER OR COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY, OR DAMAGES DUE TO ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF OTHERS USING ANY SERVICE), ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES, OR ANY PROGRAM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR AND OTHERS' USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, OR YOUR SUBMISSION OR USE OF USER CONTENT, OR YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY, OR OTHER LAW. HARVARD'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES, OR ANY PROGRAM (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THE WAYS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE), WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY, OR OTHER LAW, WILL NOT EXCEED U.S. $100. THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WHETHER OR NOT HARVARD HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT OR OTHERWISE AT FAULT.

    FOR PURPOSES OF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS, AS WELL AS THE DISCLAIMER IN SECTION 13 ABOVE AND THE INDEMNITY IN SECTION 15 BELOW, "HARVARD" INCLUDES THE CORPORATE BODY PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, ALSO KNOWN AS HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AND ITS VARIOUS SCHOOLS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL), THE MEMBERS OF ITS GOVERNING BOARDS, AND ITS OFFICERS, FACULTY MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES.

    CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THE LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THESE JURISDICTIONS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

15. Indemnification

    You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Harvard (as defined for this purpose in Section 14 above) from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, relating to or arising out of (a) your use or attempted use of any of the Services or participation in a Program in violation of the Agreement; (b) your violation of any law or rights of any third party; or (c) information or content that you post or otherwise make available via the Services, including, without limitation, any claim of infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property or other proprietary rights.

16. Legal Compliance; International Trade

    You agree that you will use the Services in compliance with the Agreement and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules, and regulations, including privacy and copyright laws, any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence, and all United States export control laws.

    Without limiting the foregoing, you are responsible for complying with all applicable United States export controls administered by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") and the Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls ("DDTC"), and economic sanctions administered by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") and the Department of State's Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation. You represent, warrant, and covenant that you are not (a) located in, under the control of, incorporated in, or a resident or national of, any jurisdiction subject to a U.S. government embargo (i.e., Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea and Covered Regions of Ukraine); (b) listed on any restricted parties list, including OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals ("SDNs"), BIS's Entity List, Denied Parties List, or Unverified List, or DDTC's Debarment List; (c) owned 50% or greater by one or more SDNs individually or in aggregate; or (d) using the Services to provide material support for terrorism pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A and 2339B.

17. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution

    You agree that the Agreement and any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to the Agreement, the Services, any Program, or any content obtained from or through the Services or any Program will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, excluding its conflicts of law principles. You agree that all such claims and disputes will be heard and resolved exclusively in the federal or state courts located in and serving Middlesex or Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts over you for this purpose, and you waive and agree not to assert any objection to such proceedings in those courts (including any defense or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue or inconvenience of forum).

18. Changes

    We may make changes to this Agreement from time to time. Changes to this Agreement will be posted here, and you should regularly check for the most recent version. Your use of the Services following any changes to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of such changes. The "Last Updated" legend above indicates when this Agreement was last changed.

19. Miscellaneous

    This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Harvard with respect to your use of the Services or participation in any Program, superseding any prior agreements between you and Harvard regarding the same. The failure of Harvard to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, to the extent that may lawfully be done, and the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in any case. Harvard may freely transfer or assign any portion of its rights or delegate its obligations under the Agreement. You may not transfer or assign, by operation of law or otherwise, any portion of your rights or delegate your obligations under the Agreement without the prior written consent of Harvard, and any attempted such transfer or assignment will be void and of no effect.

HBS Foundry Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice applies to the Harvard Business School Foundry platform offered by President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard," "we," or "us") at http://localhost:3001 (the "Site"), as well as any services made available on the Site (the "Services"). Harvard understands that the privacy of its users is important. To that end, we have adopted the following notice to provide you with information about the collection, use, and dissemination of personal information of visitors to the Site and the Services. Personal information is information related to an identified or identifiable natural person. We are providing this notice below so that you may understand the terms and conditions associated with the provision of any personal information to us. We may update our Privacy Notice from time to time and will post any changes on this page. We encourage you to check our website frequently to review the most up-to-date versions of our Privacy Notice. Your continued use of this website constitutes acceptance of such terms.