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Clay

An AI powered GTM data platform used to enrich contacts and accounts across 150+ providers and aggregate funding, hiring, and intent signals for proprietary sourcing.

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Use case

Enrichment, GTM, sales/marketing workflows; combining external data providers and signals.

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What it is

An AI-powered go-to-market (GTM) data and automation platform for contact/company enrichment, intent signals, and outbound workflows — credited with popularizing the "GTM engineer" role.

Core functionality

Spreadsheet-like tables that orchestrate data enrichment via "waterfall" workflows across 150+ premium data providers; AI research agent (Claygent) that browses the web and gated sources to find custom data points; intent signals (job changes, funding, hiring, news, web visits) monitoring 3M+ companies; native email sequencer; CRM sync; and an AI copilot (Sculptor) to build workflows in natural language.

AI & data capabilities

Core differentiator. Claygent (AI research agent) runs on frontier models (GPT-5, Claude, etc., with Clay-managed or your own API keys) and a browser-capable mode (Navigator) to interact with pages. Sculptor builds Claygents/workflows from plain language. Connects to any MCP server (Salesforce, Gong, Google Docs) to enrich with business context. Waterfall enrichment, AI formatting, conditional logic, HTTP API for custom integrations.

Pricing

Per-plan plus credits/actions. Free ($0; 100 data credits, 500 actions/month, 200 rows/table, unlimited seats); Starter (~$134/month annual); Explorer (~$314/month; webhooks, HTTP API); Pro (~$720/month; CRM integrations); Enterprise (custom; SSO, Snowflake). Data Credits from ~$0.05 each; Actions from <$0.01.

Integrations & ecosystem

150+ data providers; CRM integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot — gated to Pro+); Google Slides/Sheets, Gong, Notion, Slack; MCP support; HTTP API.

Security & compliance

SOC 2 Type II compliant (report via Trust Center); supports global compliance, opt-out/DNC; secure CRM connections.

Company background

Founded 2021 (originally Brooklyn; HQ New York), CEO Kareem Amin and co-founder Varun Anand. Series C of $100M in August 2025 led by CapitalG at a $3.1B valuation; total funding ~$204M. Per Clay's August 5, 2025 announcement, "more than 10,000 customers include leading AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cursor." Clay states it has crossed $100M ARR, growing from $1M to $100M in two years.

VC / GE fit

Strong for sourcing and relationship intelligence — building enriched company/founder lists, monitoring funding/hiring/job-change signals for proprietary deal sourcing, and enriching CRM records. Claygent enables custom research at scale (e.g., scanning portfolios, competitive maps).

Limitations

Credit/action-based pricing can cause "credit anxiety" and unpredictable bills; not an all-in-one CRM (no system of record); key integrations (CRM sync) gated to higher tiers; learning curve to use effectively.