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Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
100 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Lightspeed Systems scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 9 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 100 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
News
Lightning Chat Episode 12: AI Usage Audit Report
Every district I talk to right now is wrestling with the same question: what AI tools are actually running on our network? Not the ones on the approved list. Not the ones IT assumes are being used. The actual, in-the-wild traffic. That gap between what a
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Tell Your Ed-Tech Story Before Someone Else Does
Ed-tech is having its tech-lash moment. A few years ago, a new classroom app was a line in the back-to-school newsletter. Today it's just as likely to be the subject of a legislative hearing, a parent's viral Facebook post, or a headline asking what all t
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From Banning to Embracing: How Districts Are Approaching AI with Governance & Guardrails
When it comes to AI policies in schools, there's a spectrum. And it puts student learning and safety at the center. Two of the three largest school districts in the country restricted student AI access within a day of each other this month. Los Angeles Un
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10 Questions to Ask Your Edtech Vendor
Key Takeaways This guide lists 10 vendor-vetting questions covering financial stability, K-12 focus, AI safety, and data continuity. 86% of districts now have a documented technology-vetting process (CoSN, 2026 State of EdTech Leadership Report). 65% of d
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FERPA Compliance for Schools
Schools stay FERPA compliant by combining policy, process, and oversight. In practice, that means giving parents and eligible students the rights FERPA requires, controlling when education records are disclosed, reviewing vendors carefully, and documentin
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Anonymous Reporting for Schools: How to Increase Use
Key Takeaways NIJ-backed research: schools using anonymous reporting saw 13.5% fewer violent incidents. Anonymous reporting is intake only; incident management adds triage, routing, and documentation. Multi-channel access (app, web, phone, text, QR code)
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Proving Screen Time ROI: What Boards and Parents Actually Want to See
Key Takeaways Screen time data means nothing without benchmarks. Lightspeed Insight pairs your district's screen time numbers with data from thousands of other districts and similarly sized peers, so instead of guessing whether a number is high or low, yo
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When children turn to AI before adults
Key Takeaways Children are already turning to AI for support-and sometimes to disclose concerns. As generative AI becomes part of young people's daily lives, schools must recognise that AI is now part of the safeguarding landscape, not just the classroom.
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Florida Rule 6A-1.0957: What K-12 Districts Need to Know About the Adopted AI Rule Requirements
On September 16, 2026, the Florida Department of Education adopted amendments to Rule 6A-1.0957, the state's Internet Safety Policy rule, that add specific requirements for artificial intelligence. The amendments require district school boards and charter
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5 Things Educators and School Leaders Should Be Prepared for in 2026/27
Key Takeaways AI in education is moving beyond chatbots. Schools should prepare for AI-powered workflows that support teaching, assessment, and administration-not just standalone chatbot use. The focus must shift from AI outputs to student thinking. As AI
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Lightspeed Systems over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
6
Postings analysed
5
Stack modernity
91/100AI adopter
Cloud & platforms
Windows
Developer tools
Copilot
AI & ML
ChatGPT
Claude
Practices & domains
Machine Learning
Rollup
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
67/100
Growing
Open positions
11
1 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
88 days
faster than 15% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
10/22/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
33% ▼
Marketing
22% ▲
Product
11% ▲
Support
11% ▼
HR
11% ▲
Enterprise Apps
11% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: Basildon
Oct 2026
New location: United Kingdom
Oct 2026
Added Zapier to stack
Oct 2026
Added Service Desk to stack
Oct 2026
Added n8n to stack
Oct 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added Claude to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
Austin
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Austin
United States
HQ
Austin TX - HQ
8 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Sales, Marketing, Support
12013 Fitzhugh Rd., Austin, TX 78736
Basildon
United Kingdom
Sales office
UK
2 open roles 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Administrative, Marketing
Jobs
≈ $50k – $126k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
Windows
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≈ $64k – $135k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
Claude
ChatGPT
Management
Jira
n8n
Zapier
Service Desk
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Financials
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | — | Details |
