# Kareem Amin (slim)

> Kareem Amin is co-founder and CEO of Clay. Clay on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO, Clay.

Kareem Amin co-founded Clay with Varun Anand in Brooklyn in 2017 and is its CEO.

## What Kareem builds

- [Clay](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.md), graded C, 57.7/100, in Lead & company data. Clay is a go-to-market data and automation platform that searches its own database of companies and people and runs enrichment across 150+ data providers. Agents use it through the Public API v0, the clay CLI and a coding-agent plugin. Co-founder and CEO, Clay, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Varun Anand](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/varun-anand/), Co-founder, Clay

## Backed by

- [Wellington Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wellington-management/)
- [CapitalG](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/capitalg/)
- [Meritech Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/meritech-capital/)
- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)
- [First Round Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/first-round-capital/)
- [BoxGroup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/boxgroup/)
- [boldstart ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/boldstart-ventures/)
- [StepStone Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stepstone-group/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [DST Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dst-global/)
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/)
- [Evolution](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/evolution/)

## Questions

### Who is Kareem Amin?

Kareem Amin co-founded Clay with Varun Anand in Brooklyn in 2017 and is its CEO.

### What does Clay Labs Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Clay from Clay Labs Inc..

### Who has invested in Clay Labs Inc.?

The sources our research read name Wellington Management, CapitalG, Meritech Capital, Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, BoxGroup, boldstart ventures, StepStone Group, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, Bloomberg Beta and Evolution.

### How are Kareem's tools graded?

Clay is graded C, 57.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.clay.com/
- https://www.clay.com/contact
- https://www.clay.com/about
- https://www.clay.com/press
- https://www.clay.com/blog/build-on-clay-clays-product-roadmap-with-ceo-kareem-amin
- https://www.clay.com/blog/ai-writing-policy
- https://www.clay.com/blog/series-d

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.