Clay, a New York-based AI-powered sales and marketing platform, has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by Alphabet's CapitalG. The round also included participation from Meritech Capital Partners and Sequoia Capital. This latest funding round values the company at $3.1 billion, a substantial increase from its $1.25 billion valuation in January 2025. Founded in 2017 by Kareem Amin and Nicolae Rusan, Clay specializes in automating sales processes for clients such as Google and Reddit. The company projects revenue of $100 million for 2025. Clay is recognized for pioneering the concept of go-to-market (GTM) engineering, an AI-native profession aimed at transforming sales and marketing operations.