Clipto Raises $15M at $250M Valuation for AI Search Across Local Video, Audio and Docs

Clipto raised $15M in an all-equity round at a $250M post-money valuation led by HSG (formerly Sequoia China), with GL Ventures, EnvisionX Capital, Palm Drive Capital, Hans Tung, Lu Zhang and 522 Ventures also participating. The three-year-old startup indexes local videos, audio, images, meetings and documents for natural-language search — and integrates with ChatGPT and Claude so agents can query the index. Founder Henry Kang says Clipto hit $15M ARR at the start of 2026, remains profitable on net income, and has attracted 30M+ users across 100+ countries.