Clay valued at $7.1 billion in latest funding round as AI agent startups run hot

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Software ‌startup Clay, ​whose ​AI tools help automate sales and marketing tasks, said on Wednesday it raised $115 ‌million at a $7.1 billion valuation, more than ⁠twice as much as it was valued a year ago, ‌as investors pile into ‌companies developing AI agents.

The New York-based company, whose customers include Google and Anthropic, develops AI ​agents that analyze business data to help sales teams decide what to do next and ⁠execute those actions.

Here are more details:

• The Series D funding round ​was led by Wellington, with participation from Sequoia, StepStone, Andreessen Horowitz and Perennial ​among others.

• "AI is unleashing the ‌biggest wave of company creation in history, and Clay's goal is to be ⁠the engine those companies use to grow to their full potential," said Kareem Amin, co-founder and CEO ⁠of Clay.

• "We started by aggregating the best data for B2B ​companies. Then we built the infrastructure to run any personalized campaign on top of it. Now we're building ‌agents that can help grow your company for you," he added.

• Founded in ‌2017, Clay was valued at $3.1 billion in August ⁠2025 when it ‌raised $100 million in ​a funding round led by CapitalG.

(Reporting by Pragyan Kalita in Bengaluru; Editing by Diti ‌Pujara)

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