Austin Hay
Austin Hay is an advisor and investor focused on Martech, Revtech, and GTM systems at HBE Ventures, and works in applied AI, growth, and systems at Khosla Ventures. He founded Clarify, a startup where he remains involved, and has expertise in applied AI, growth, systems, and operations.
Clarify Acquires Seam AI to Build 'Clarify Signals' Integrating Proprietary Buying Signals; Five Seam Employees Join
Seattle AI startup Clarify has acquired San Francisco-based Seam AI to integrate Seam’s web-based buying-signal monitoring into a new product, Clarify Signals, later this year; financial terms were not disclosed and five Seam employees will join Clarify.
Clarify acquires Seam AI to power Clarify Signals, adds five employees including Seam CEO Nicholas Scavone
Seattle AI startup Clarify, which has raised $22.5 million, acquired San Francisco-based Seam AI to integrate its proprietary web monitoring signals into a new product, Clarify Signals, launching later this year; five Seam employees including CEO Nicholas Scavone will join Clarify. Financial terms were not disclosed, though Clarify said it raised additional undisclosed funding as part of the deal.
Autonomous CRM: How Clarify Is Reinventing a $100B Category
Thompson and Austin Hay, co-founders of Clarify, the startup that's pioneering the idea of autonomous CRM. Their vision? A CRM that actually does the work for sellers of driving outreach, managing pipeline, and surfacing insights without constant manual input. Patrick and Austin share: • Their journey from Iteratively, Ramp, and Amplitude to founding Clarify • Why the CRM market is ripe for disruption with AI • How Clarify's unique pricing model flips the script (free CRM, pay only when the AI agent works for you) • The concept of autonomous GTM teams and the rise of the Go-to-Market Engineer •…
USVP and Madrona co-lead $15M Series A in Clarify to build an autonomous AI-native CRM
USVP and Madrona co-led a $15 million Series A in Clarify, an AI-native autonomous CRM founded by Patrick Thompson that automates call briefs, transcriptions, action items, follow-ups and pipeline maintenance. Clarify, seeded in Q1 2024, now serves 100+ customers, has ~20 employees, uses usage-based pricing with unlimited users, and aims to replace legacy CRM workflows dominated by Salesforce and HubSpot.
Seattle Startup Clarify Raises $15M to Challenge Salesforce with AI-Native Autonomous CRM
Seattle startup Clarify raised $15 million to grow its AI-native CRM platform that automates sales data entry by integrating email, calendar, and calls to help sales teams spend more time closing deals. Clarify targets early-stage startups and investors, competing with Salesforce and other CRM providers by building AI features at its core.
Organizations
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Khosla Ventures Applied AI, Growth & Systems 2026–present · current
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Clarify Co-CEO, cofounder 2024–2026, Co-founder 2026, Former co-CEO 2026 · current
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HBE Ventures Martech, Revtech, GTM systems Advisor | Investor and AI Builder 2017–present · current
Education
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University of Virginia Certificate, Financial Planning and Services · 2020–2021
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The Wharton School Master of Business Administration - MBA
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Stanford University Master of Science (M.Sc.), Civil and Environmental Engineering
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University of Southern California Bachelor's of Science, Environmental Engineering
