Seattle-based Clearly AI builds software that replaces manual spreadsheets, tickets and engineer interviews with an automated workflow that gathers technical context, evaluates risk and flags items needing human review. The platform is aimed at security, privacy and compliance teams that must sign off on new products, features, vendors and AI deployments. Less than two years after launch, the tool is already used by 17 enterprise customers, including Rivian, Ericsson, Okta, Webflow, Affirm and HID Global; Rivian, for instance, screens every new vehicle feature through Clearly AI for privacy and AI risk. The company was founded by married co-founders Emily Choi-Greene and Joe Choi-Greene, alumni of Amazon’s Alexa, device security and Kuiper initiatives, and it graduated from Y Combinator in 2024. Clearly AI was selected as one of ten finalists for the 2026 RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox Contest, highlighting industry recognition of its approach. The startup employs 12 people and recently secured $8.4 million in seed funding to further develop its product and scale its customer base.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Feb 2026