AI software tool for salespeople — automated lead enrichment and outreach
Clay is an AI-powered GTM platform that automates lead enrichment, prospect research, and outreach for sales teams. Achieved a $3.1B valuation shortly after appearing on the most-promising-startups lists, riding a wave of GTM/RevOps adoption. Its 'Claygent' AI agents combine 100+ data sources with LLM-generated context to build hyper-personalized outbound at scale.
AI📍 New York, NYFounded 2017
Current Valuation
$3.1B
as of 2025-Q3
UNICORN
QL Price
$1.8B
-43% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Clay, published 2026-10-07 — below the last disclosed round of $3.1B (2025-Q3).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$3.1B
2025-Q3
weight 0.49
Secondary market print
$579.7M
2026-06-27
weight 0.54
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Clay since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-07 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
Cite this price as QuantLogix QL Price, Clay, 2026-10-07 (1534944f52fd172b).
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Clay going public?
No. Clay has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Clay's valuation in 2026?
Clay is valued at $3.1B as of 2025-Q3, set by its Series C (Jul 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Clay filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Clay.
Who are Clay's investors?
Clay's investors include Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, Boldstart Ventures, Box Group, Meritech Capital.
How much has Clay raised?
Clay has raised $100M in total, most recently a Series C in Jul 2025.
Is Clay publicly traded — can you buy Clay stock?
No. Clay is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Clay on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Kareem Amin
Founded
2017
HQ
New York, NY
Employees
~150
Total Raised
$100M
Growth
Hypergrowth in GTM/RevOps category
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Fundraising Status
Series C · 1y 3mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $100M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$19.91
Last round price / share
$106.33
vs last round
-81.3%
Open interest
1
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series C
—
Jul 2025
Sequoia Capital
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
No verified Hugging Face organization found for Clay — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-10-04. Re-checked weekly.
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-22% vs 2026-08
Open roles
57
via ashby
Product-build share
30%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
balanced build + GTM — 30% builders vs 70% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Counted from Clay's live job board as of 2026-09-15; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Kareem AminVarun AnandNicolae Rusan
Investors
Sequoia Capital · First Round Capital · Boldstart Ventures · Box Group · Meritech Capital
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.