Sam Tyagi is a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and the founder, CEO and chairman of KlearNow.AI, an AI-powered platform that digitizes customs clearance and drayage to make global supply chains clearer, faster and cheaper. Before KlearNow he built and exited three IT integration companies, including Softline and Systech, and he is a managing partner at Argean Capital. He often frames his mission as bringing to customs clearance what Uber brought to transportation.
Rick Tellez is the Co-Founder of KlearNow.AI, an AI-powered platform digitizing customs clearance and trade compliance for importers, freight forwarders, and customs brokers. Drawing on 20+ years of logistics expertise at DHL, Tellez co-founded KlearNow in 2018 to automate the manual, error-prone paperwork that bottlenecks global trade. The company has raised $69 million in funding, serves over 1,000 organizations, and generates $26.8M in annual recurring revenue.