# Clearview AI

> Clearview AI is a U.S. facial recognition company selling investigative image search to law enforcement, government and defense customers. Its platform searches a company-reported collection of more than 70 billion public-web images and returns possible matches with source links. Its distinguishing asset is this web-scale image index, while privacy litigation and regulatory penalties constrain its market.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Hoan Ton-That (Co-founder; former CEO), Richard Schwartz (Co-founder; reported co-CEO in February 2025)
- **Products:** Clearview AI 2.0 / Clearview Investigate, JusticeClearview, Clearview Consent, Clearview GovCloud
- **Notable:** No. 507 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, with Inc. reporting 680% three-year growth; third consecutive listing., Facial recognition algorithms submitted to NIST testing; reported test results must not be read as a guarantee for every operational search., Company announced SOC 2 attestation with zero exceptions in April 2025.

## Products & services

- **Clearview AI 2.0 / Clearview Investigate** — Web-based investigative facial search, source links, case organization, saved searches, custom galleries and administrative audit tools. Version 2.0 launched in March 2022.
- **JusticeClearview** — Investigative search for public defender offices to identify potential witnesses and locate leads that may support a defense.
- **Clearview Consent** — Consent-based commercial identity verification launched separately from the scraped image database; current availability is not confirmed.
- **Clearview GovCloud** — Dedicated government cloud platform; company announced FedRAMP High In Process designation on July 1, 2026, with full authorization anticipated for Q1 2027.

## Achievements

- No. 507 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, with Inc. reporting 680% three-year growth; third consecutive listing.
- Facial recognition algorithms submitted to NIST testing; reported test results must not be read as a guarantee for every operational search.
- Company announced SOC 2 attestation with zero exceptions in April 2025.
- Company announced TX-RAMP Level 2 certification in July 2024.
- Company announced FedRAMP High In Process designation for GovCloud in July 2026; not full authorization.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Company announced its third consecutive Inc. 5000 listing, No. 507; release identifies Amos Kyler as CEO and carries a Houston dateline.
- **2026-07** — Seventh Circuit vacated approval of the privacy class-action settlement on July 13 and remanded for further proceedings.
- **2026-07** — Company announced Clearview GovCloud FedRAMP High In Process designation on July 1, anticipating full authorization in Q1 2027.
- **2026-01** — Principles page updated January 21 to reflect a 70-billion-image database.

## Links

- Website: https://www.clearview.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clear-view-ai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfy7fY0CfujLLFnxNSsfG7Q

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Last updated: 2026-10-03