Clay raises $115M Series D at $7.1B valuation, launching $1M GTME scholarship to grow AI-driven revenue systems
@channel Clay just raised a $115M Series D at a $7.1B valuation. More than 17,000 teams build on Clay, including Anthropic, SpaceXAI, Google, OpenAI, Stripe, Visa, UPS โ and 80% of the Forbes AI50. The New York Times just broke the news, but the story goes far beyond the raise. AI is unleashing the biggest wave of company creation in history. Clayโs goal is to be the engine they use to grow. ๐ช๐ฒ'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐. We started as the company with the best data about other companies. Then we built the infrastructure to run campaigns across email, ads, and landing pages. Now weโre building agents that learn from every campaign, predict the next best action, and get better each time they run. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐. In 2023, we introduced GTME as a new role for people creating revenue systems with data, automation, and AI. Two years later, thousands of GTMEs are growing the world's best companies. They are gathering in nearly 100 Clay Clubs around the world, from Bangalore to Boston and Lahore to Lisbon. ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ $๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. clay.com/community-scholarship Wellington Management led our Series D, with participation from Sequoia Capital, StepStone Group, Andreessen Horowitz Perennial, Meritech, DST GLOBAL PRIVATE LIMITED, CapitalG, BoxGroup, boldstart ventures, Bloomberg Beta, and Evolution Equity Partners. A gracious thank you goes out to our customers, community, partners, team, and every GTM engineer shaping this with us. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ง ๐ผ๐ป ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด: sculpt.clay.com Stay tuned to see how to use AI to grow every company. ๐ค๐ฉตโค๏ธ๐ Check out the NYT write up here โ nytimes.com/2026/โฆ/clay-ai-fundraising.html?smid=url-share&โฆ
