AI Sales Startup Clay in Talks for Wellington-Led Round at $7B Pre-Money, Up From $5B in January

AI-powered sales and marketing platform Clay is raising a new round led by Wellington Management at a $7 billion pre-money valuation, per Axios sources — a jump from the $5 billion mark set in a January 2026 employee tender led by DST and more than double last summer's $3.1B CapitalG-led Series C. The company has been a poster child for AI-native go-to-market tooling, with rapid valuation compression despite public-market wobbles in the AI category.