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.
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 •…
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
