# Clause

> Clause was a New York legal technology company that connected contract terms to business systems and external data, enabling validation, calculations, notifications and payments. Its smart agreement technology and team were acquired by DocuSign in June 2021.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Peter Hunn (Co-founder and CEO), Houman Shadab (Original co-founder and COO), Dan Selman (Later co-founder and CTO; joined in late 2017)
- **Products:** Clause Platform and Smart Clauses, Clause API and Flows, Clause Verify, Clause for Salesforce, Price Manager with Fifth9
- **Notable:** Commercial platform launch in April 2019., USD 5.5 million Series A in June 2019, including strategic investment from DocuSign., Contributed to Accord Project, which joined the Linux Foundation in June 2019.

## Products & services

- **Clause Platform and Smart Clauses** — Hosted smart legal contracting platform with structured contract editing, executable clauses and integrations; commercial launch in April 2019.
- **Clause API and Flows** — APIs and workflow orchestration for connecting contract logic to events and enterprise systems.
- **Clause Verify** — Real-time validation of contract data against systems of record, including supplier identity, payment and compliance checks.
- **Clause for Salesforce** — Beta integration for generating agreements from Salesforce data, signing through DocuSign and managing post-signature performance.
- **Price Manager with Fifth9** — Combined software and implementation services to compare invoice data with commercial terms and flag value leakage.

## Achievements

- Commercial platform launch in April 2019.
- USD 5.5 million Series A in June 2019, including strategic investment from DocuSign.
- Contributed to Accord Project, which joined the Linux Foundation in June 2019.
- Technology and team joined DocuSign following deal closure on June 1, 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Former CTO Dan Selman described the acquired team’s contribution to DocuSign IAM’s structured-data foundations.
- **2025-01** — Accord Project’s 2025-2027 steering committee included former Clause engineering leader Matt Roberts and engineer Diana Lease.

## Links

- Website: https://www.clause.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clause/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/clauseHQ
- GitHub: https://github.com/clauseHQ
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/clauseHQ

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Last updated: 2026-10-05