Hey Clio is a Public Benefit Corporation — a legal designation that makes our mission an obligation, not an option. This page explains what that means, what we pledge, and how we hold ourselves accountable.
A Public Benefit Corporation is a type of for-profit company that is legally required to consider its stated public benefit — not just shareholder returns — in every decision it makes.
Hey Clio's stated benefit is to improve student educational outcomes and wellbeing. This isn't a tagline. It's in our charter. When a feature request conflicts with student wellbeing, student wellbeing wins. When a monetization strategy conflicts with our mission, we don't pursue it.
This is not idealism. It is our operating model.
Students are customers, not inventory. We will never display advertising in our product, sell promoted placements, or allow any third party to market to students through Clio.
Student data is not a business asset. We collect only what we need to deliver the product. We will never sell, share, or monetize student data or behavioral patterns to any third party, for any reason.
We optimize for academic results — not time-in-app. Clio is designed to be used, to help, and to be put down when the work is done. We will never engineer addictive loops or exploit attention for engagement metrics.
"Students will never be the product. We will never sell their data, show them advertising, or engineer their behavior in service of engagement metrics. The only metric we optimize for is whether they are doing better in school."
Accountability means nothing without independence. The Hey Clio Public Benefit Council is a seven-member independent body that reviews the company's product decisions, data practices, content safety, and overall adherence to our PBC mission.
Council members represent three communities with a direct stake in student outcomes: parents, school administrators, and child psychologists and therapists. They are not employees. They are not investors. They answer only to students.
The Council conducts quarterly reviews and publishes its findings to ensure ongoing transparency and accountability.
We're happy to talk about how we build, why we build this way, and what it means for students and families.
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