Clearly AI
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
An AI-native platform that automates security, privacy, and compliance reviews to replace manual assessments and accelerate the deployment of AI-driven features. Clearly AI was founded in 2024. The company is led by Emily Choi-Greene. Based in Seattle, USA. Team size: 12. Total funding raised: $13.9M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Basis Set Ventures, Crosspoint Capital Partners, Argon Ventures, Ritual Capital, Y Combinator.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Seattle, USA
- Team size
- 12
- Total funding
- $13.9M
Value proposition
Reduces AI security review cycles from weeks to minutes by automating threat modeling and design reviews, ensuring policy alignment without slowing down innovation.
Products and solutions
Automated AI Security & Privacy Review Engine, AI Architecture & Design Document Risk Analyzer, Automated Threat Modeling System, Policy-Aligned Compliance Assessment Platform, Enterprise Integration Suite (SSO/SAML/SCIM & Private Cloud Deployment)
Unique value
Founded by the former lead of Alexa AI Security at Amazon, the platform productizes elite-level security review processes that were previously manual and labor-intensive.
Target customer
Enterprise security teams, privacy officers, GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) departments, and AI/ML engineering leads.
Industries served
Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Technology advantage
Leverages proprietary AI-driven threat modeling and 'security-as-code' heuristics to perform deep architectural analysis of AI systems, identifying risks that traditional static analysis tools miss.
How they differentiate
Clearly AI automates the deep architectural and privacy reviews specifically for AI/ML workflows—a process that is traditionally manual and takes weeks—whereas general compliance tools focus on broad evidence collection and model-centric tools focus on adversarial testing.
Main competitors
Vanta, Cranium, Robust Intelligence
Key partnerships
Y Combinator (S24 Cohort), Basis Set Ventures (Lead Investor), Argon Ventures, Ritual Capital, Fondo
Notable customers
Rivian, Ericsson, HID Global, Affirm, Webflow, Okta
Major milestones
Accepted into the Y Combinator S24 cohort, Raised $8.4M Seed round led by Basis Set Ventures in February 2026, Named a Top 10 Finalist for the RSAC 2026 Innovation Sandbox Contest, Finalist in the Okta Startup Challenge (2025), Named GeekWire Awards Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist (2026)
Growth metrics
Team ~17 (YC); Rivian cut review time ~90%; Ericsson cut review times 50–80% and auto-completes 85% of vendor assessments (case study); VP Marketing joined May 2026; company blog cites ~10x ARR YoY trajectory.
Market positioning
Early-stage specialist in AI Trust, Risk, and Security Management (AI TRiSM), targeting the 'shift-left' security review market for AI-driven enterprises.
Geographic focus
North America (Headquartered in Seattle, WA)
Patents and IP
No registered patents disclosed as of latest update
About Emily Choi-Greene
Led Alexa AI Security at Amazon for 5 years, overseeing machine learning compute platform security; previously owned data security and privacy engineering at Moveworks.
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Official website: https://clearly-ai.com/