# Clear Skye

> Clear Skye develops enterprise identity governance and administration software that runs natively on ServiceNow. Its IGA platform combines employee lifecycle automation, access requests, certification reviews, and separation-of-duties controls with existing IT, risk, and security workflows.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Emeryville, United States
- **Founders:** Vahan Galachyan (Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer), TJ Gryziec (Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)
- **Products:** Clear Skye IGA, Access Request, User Access Reviews, Identity Lifecycle Management, Separation of Duties
- **Notable:** Second place in ServiceNow’s 2017 CreatorCon Challenge, with a $150,000 cash investment., Reported approximately fivefold revenue growth in 2021 in its March 2022 financing announcement., Raised a $14 million Series A in March 2022; the announcement put cumulative funding at nearly $20 million.

## Products & services

- **Clear Skye IGA** — ServiceNow-native SaaS for identity governance, access administration, and policy-driven workflows.
- **Access Request** — Requestable access bundles called Points of Access, with configurable approval workflows in the ServiceNow portal.
- **User Access Reviews** — Certification campaigns backed by an identity warehouse, configurable review actions, and delegation.
- **Identity Lifecycle Management** — Policy-driven provisioning, changes, and deprovisioning as people join, move, and leave.
- **Separation of Duties** — Preventive and detective checks for conflicting permissions and required access combinations.
- **Clear View AI** — Read-only, auditable identity explanations with people retaining decision authority.
- **Expert Services** — Implementation architecture, data migration, connector development, upgrades, validation, and ongoing project support.

## Achievements

- Second place in ServiceNow’s 2017 CreatorCon Challenge, with a $150,000 cash investment.
- Reported approximately fivefold revenue growth in 2021 in its March 2022 financing announcement.
- Raised a $14 million Series A in March 2022; the announcement put cumulative funding at nearly $20 million.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Announced IGA 5.4 with read-only AI assistance, configurable authoritative mappings, lifecycle testing, and a tabular review view.
- **2026-04** — Announced plans to demonstrate Now Assist for Clear Skye IGA at Knowledge26, explaining request status and decisions inside workflows.
- **2026-08** — CEO John Milburn published an explanation of Clear View AI as read-only, auditable access intelligence, emphasizing context for human decisions.

## Links

- Website: https://clearskye.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearskye
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/clearskyeinc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ClearSkyeIGA/

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Last updated: 2026-10-01