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PrivateRank #44 by valueUnited StatesFounded 2017clay.com

AI-powered go-to-market development environment combining B2B data, enrichment, workflow orchestration, research agents, and campaign execution.

AI valuation
$7.1B*42.0%increase
Sep 9, 2026 · Clay
Change vs Jan 28, 2026

September 20262

Sep 9, 2026Clay reaches 17,000 customers17K customers

Clay reported more than 17,000 customers, including 80% of the Forbes AI 50.

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Sep 9, 2026Clay Series D$115M raised

Clay raised a $115 million Series D led by Wellington.

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August 20261

Aug 27, 2026Claygent surpasses five billion runsClaygent · 5,000,000,000 agent runs

Clay reported that Claygent had completed more than five billion research and data-transformation runs.

January 20262

Jan 28, 2026Clay reaches 14,000 customers14K customers

Clay reported 14,000 customers and enterprise net revenue retention above 200%.

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Jan 28, 2026Clay second employee tender offer$5B* valuation

A $55 million employee tender led by DST Global valued Clay at $5 billion.

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December 20251

Dec 8, 2025Clay reaches $100 million ARR$100M ARR

Clay reported crossing $100 million in annual recurring revenue, growing from $1 million in two years.

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September 20252

Sep 17, 2025Claygent Builder launchedClaygent Builder

Clay launched centralized creation, testing, and deployment of reusable AI research prompts and agents.

Sep 17, 2025Clay launches SculptorClay Sculptor

Clay launched a natural-language copilot for building workflows and analyzing large GTM datasets.

August 20252

Aug 20, 2025Claygent Navigator launchedClaygent Navigator

Clay introduced browser interaction capabilities that let Claygent navigate forms, filters, and interactive data sources.

Aug 5, 2025Clay Series C$100M raised

Clay raised a $100 million Series C to expand its GTM engineering platform.

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June 20251

Jun 5, 2025Claygent surpasses one billion runsClaygent · 1,000,000,000 agent runs

Clay reported more than one billion lifetime Claygent research-agent runs.

May 20251

May 8, 2025Clay employee tender offer$1.5B* valuation

A Sequoia-led employee tender offer valued Clay at $1.5 billion.

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January 20252

Jan 22, 2025Clay Series B expansion$40M raised

Clay raised a $40 million pre-emptive expansion to its Series B led by existing investor Meritech.

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Jan 21, 2025Clay acquires Avenue

Clay acquired Avenue to add intent signals and first-party data capabilities to its GTM platform.

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June 20243

Jun 27, 2024Clay reports more than 50 employees50 employees

Clay reported that its team had grown from under ten at launch to more than 50 employees.

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Jun 27, 2024Clay reaches 100,000 users100K users

Clay reported more than 100,000 users and over 2,500 customers.

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Jun 27, 2024Clay Series B$46M raised

Clay raised a $46 million Series B led by Meritech Capital.

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September 20231

Sep 2023Clay launches ClaygentClaygent

Clay introduced its AI research agent for bespoke go-to-market research and data enrichment.

Clay Product launchClayClaygent

February 20221

Feb 2022Clay launches publiclyClay GTM Platform

Clay launched publicly on Product Hunt with a team of fewer than ten people.

January 20211

2021Clay Series A$13.5M raised

Clay raised a previously unannounced $13.5 million Series A led by Sequoia Capital.

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January 20191

2019Clay seed round$2.5M raised

Clay raised a previously unannounced $2.5 million seed round led by First Round Capital.

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* Market cap / valuation. Company values are AI-attributed: the latest market cap or valuation × the share attributed to AI (100% for pure AI companies). Methodology

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