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Cluely funding, valuation and investors

AI desktop assistant delivering real-time coaching and answers during meetings and sales calls.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Seed

$5.3M · 2025

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$20M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a · San Francisco, California

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Susa Ventures

Source links not recorded Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Cluely runs as a desktop overlay that listens to meetings and sales calls, surfacing real-time prompts, objection handling, and product knowledge. The controversial "invisible AI" positioning drove viral growth while the company pursues enterprise sales teams.

Why Cluely is interesting

Viral GTM plus enterprise sales traction — Susa co-led seed before a16z led a $15M Series A in 2025.

Product & use cases

AI desktop overlay providing real-time coaching and answers during meetings and sales calls.

  • Real-time sales call assistance
  • Meeting coaching via desktop overlay
  • Objection handling prompts during live calls

Key facts

  • Series A (2025): $15M led by a16z (TechCrunch)
  • Seed (2025): $5.3M co-led by Susa Ventures and Abstract Ventures (TechCrunch)

Funding history (newest first)

Seed

2025 $5.3M

Series A

2025 $15M

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Cluely's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Susa Ventures

Competitive landscape

Edge: Viral GTM plus enterprise sales traction — Susa co-led seed before a16z led a $15M Series A in 2025.

Cluely operates in ai-ml, enterprise-saas. Viral GTM plus enterprise sales traction — Susa co-led seed before a16z led a $15M Series A in 2025.

  • Gong incumbent

    Post-call sales intelligence; Cluely targets real-time.

  • Otter.ai adjacent

    Meeting transcription and notes.

  • Microsoft Copilot incumbent

    Platform-native meeting AI.

Notable stories

  • Viral GTM drove rapid awareness.
  • Controversial invisible AI overlay approach raises transparency questions.

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Enterprise SaaS

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FAQs about Cluely

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Cluely is an AI desktop assistant that provides real-time support during video calls and meetings — surfacing talking points, answers, and sales coaching as an overlay while the user is on a call.
Susa Ventures (see /fund/susa-ventures) co-led the $5.3M seed in 2025. Andreessen Horowitz (see /fund/andreessen-horowitz) led the $15M Series A later that year.
Series A ($15M, 2025) following a $5.3M seed earlier in 2025. The company remains private.
Cluely sits at the intersection of AI copilots and revenue teams — testing whether real-time call assistance can improve close rates, though its stealth-overlay approach raises transparency and trust questions.
No — Cluely remains a private company.
Headquarters not publicly disclosed in sources we index.
Founding year not publicly disclosed in sources we index.
Cluely has not publicly disclosed profitability.
See fundraising rounds and highlights on this profile for disclosed amounts.
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