# Kareem Amin

> Kareem Amin is the cofounder and CEO of Clay, a New York-based go-to-market platform that lets sales and marketing teams pull data from dozens of sources and run AI-powered personalized outreach at scale. After a seven-year search for product-market fit, Clay crossed $100M in annual recurring revenue and raised a $100M Series C in 2025 at a reported valuation above $3B. A second-time founder and McGill-trained engineer, Amin frames Clay as a creative tool that gives non-programmers the power of code, and talks openly about meditation, founder psychology, and building 'from a place of wholeness.'

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Clay
- **Organizations:** Clay, The Wall Street Journal, Sailthru, Frame, Microsoft, McGill University
- **Education:** B.Eng, Electrical Engineering and Physics, McGill University
- **Known for:** Grew Clay from near-zero revenue in 2022 to $100M+ in annual recurring revenue, Raised a $100M Series C in 2025 at a reported valuation above $3B ($218M total funding), Built a customer base of 11,000+ companies including Anthropic, Notion, and Intercom

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Software Developer for Cosmology Experiments at McGill University
- **2008** — Accepted to graduate school in neuroscience/electrical engineering at McGill, but defers to take a Program Manager role at Microsoft
- **2011** — Cofounds Frame, a New York startup turning e-commerce sites into tablet touch experiences
- **2012** — Frame acquired by Sailthru; becomes Director of Product Engineering at Sailthru
- **2013** — Joins News Corp / The Wall Street Journal as VP of Product
- **2017** — Cofounds Clay with Nicolae Rusan
- **2022** — Clay is near-zero revenue in spring; narrows ICP to outbound sales teams
- **2024** — Clay crosses $100M ARR after being ~$1M two years earlier
- **2025** — Raises $100M Series C at a reported valuation above $3B; ~1,400 employees, 11,000+ customers

## Achievements

- Grew Clay from near-zero revenue in 2022 to $100M+ in annual recurring revenue
- Raised a $100M Series C in 2025 at a reported valuation above $3B ($218M total funding)
- Built a customer base of 11,000+ companies including Anthropic, Notion, and Intercom
- Grew Clay's community from 200 to 11,000+ members, largely through a single Slack channel
- Cofounded and exited Frame (acquired by Sailthru in 2012) before Clay
- Served as VP of Product at The Wall Street Journal

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Clay raises a $100M Series C, reportedly valuing the company above $3B.
- **2024-12** — Clay announces it has crossed $100M in annual recurring revenue, up from ~$1M two years earlier.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kareemamin.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kareemamin
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kareemamin

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Last updated: 2026-07-16