Startup · United States

Clarifai

HQ Wilmington, DelawareFounded 201351-200 employeesUpdated Oct 18, 2026

Clarifai developed a full-stack AI platform for creating, managing, and deploying AI workloads.

Series C · Oct 15, 2021

Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)

Clarifai federal obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Direct: contracts
FY2026 (partial)	$1.2M
FY2025	$251K
FY2024	−$923K
FY2023	$2.3M
FY2022	$750K
FY2020	$10K

Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.

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UEIs matched to this organization, largest obligations first. Subsidiary recipients are not included in this list; their attributed obligations can appear in the company totals above.

CLARIFAI, INC. · LEDKTXJMC9D7 · $3.6M

Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Clarifai only for the period a subsidiary reported Clarifai as its parent; reviewed links follow their reviewed dates. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. FY2026 and later are partial, as on Markets.

Funding5 rounds · $101M

Equity raised: $101M
Latest: $60.0MSeries C · Oct 15, 2021

Cumulative raised$100M

Apr 29, 2015Oct 15, 2021

Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Oct 15, 2021	Series C	$60.0M	—	New Enterprise Associates	Lux Capital, Menlo Ventures, Union Square Ventures	Reported
Jan 1, 2019	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	—	—	—	Reported
Oct 25, 2016	Series B	$30.0M	—	Menlo Ventures	Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Union Square Ventures	Confirmed
Apr 29, 2015	Series A	$10.0M	—	Lux Capital, Osage University Partners, Union Square Ventures	GV, Qualcomm Ventures	Reported
2014	Seed	$1.3M	—	—	GV, Qualcomm Ventures	Reported

Series C
Led by New Enterprise Associates
With Lux Capital, Menlo Ventures, Union Square Ventures
$60.0M
Oct 15, 2021
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Jan 1, 2019
Series B
Led by Menlo Ventures
With Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Union Square Ventures
Confirmed
$30.0M
Oct 25, 2016
Series A
Led by Lux Capital, Osage University Partners, Union Square Ventures
With GV, Qualcomm Ventures
$10.0M
Apr 29, 2015
Seed
With GV, Qualcomm Ventures
$1.3M
2014

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

People3

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People
Person	Role
Alfredo Ramos	Chief Product & Technology Officer
Amith Nair	President and COO
Matthew Zeiler	CEO

Sources11

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Profile4

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CompanyNebius welcomes Clarifai’s core team and licenses inference IP to strengthen Nebius Token Factory
Nebius · Supports Organization · description
“Clarifai founder and CEO Matthew Zeiler, Ph.D., to lead Nebius research team Amsterdam, May 12, 2026 — Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS), the AI cloud company, today announced that the core engineering and research team from Clarifai, led by founder and CEO Matthew Zeiler, is joining Nebius. Nebius has also agreed to license Clarifai’s inference and compute orchestration technology.”
2
DatabaseClarifai - PitchBook company profile
PitchBook · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“country: US”
3
DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "5d5abc5a-9672-489e-bebd-5d8adf109872", "name": "Clarifai"}”
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DatabaseClarifai - Owler company profile
Owler · Supports Organization · country, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“country: US”

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NewsClarifai Raises $60M in Series C Funding
FinSMEs · Oct 18, 2021 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“raised $60M in Series C funding.”
6
NewsClarifai Raises $60M In Series C Funding To Bring Ai To Developers Everywhere
Fundz · Oct 15, 2021 · Supports Funding round
“This funding round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA)”
7
CompanyClarifai Raises $30 Million Series B
PRWeb · Oct 25, 2016 · Supports Funding round · amount
“announced the raise of a $30 million Series B round led by Menlo Ventures”
8
NewsClarifai Raises $10M in Series A Venture Capital Funding
FinSMEs · Apr 29, 2015 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount
“The round was led by Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital and Osage University Partners”
9
NewsClarifai spells out $30m series B
Global Venturing · Supports Funding round · amount
“supplied $1.25m in a seed round in 2014.”
10
CompanyClarifai
Clarifai · Supports Funding round, Organization · description, Organization · hq region, Organization · name, Organization · website, Role
“funding round: Venture Round, 2019-01-01”

People1

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NewsClarifai Overview & Revenue | ContactOut
contactout.com · Supports Role
“Matthew Zeiler is the CEO of Clarifai.”

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