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Red Clay Board of Education Approves Hiring Policy Changes for Administrators

Red Clay Consolidated School District board approved a policy change on May 19, 2026, allowing the superintendent greater flexibility in hiring new administrators. The prior process required a committee of teachers, parapros, and staff to interview candidates and forward three finalists for superintendent interviews. Under the new rules, the superintendent can hire from the list, repost the position, or appoint another candidate directly. The unanimous vote followed debate involving board member Devon Hynson and district administrators over policymaking processes.

Evercore Appoints Clay McCoy Senior Managing Director in Private Capital Advisory

Evercore appointed Clay McCoy as senior managing director in its private capital advisory group on May 19, 2026. McCoy joins from Campbell Lutyens where he led North American infrastructure secondaries advisory after prior roles at Solomon Partners, RBC Capital Markets, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The move strengthens Evercore's infrastructure and energy secondaries capabilities in a growing market. Nigel Dawn, global head of Evercore’s private capital advisory business, highlighted McCoy's expertise in complex markets and client advisory.

Exa Labs raises $250M at $2.2B valuation in round led by a16z

Exa Labs raises $250 million at a $2.2 billion valuation in a funding round led by a16z on May 20, 2026. The AI search engine for agents handles web retrieval in under 180 milliseconds and serves more than 400,000 developers at companies including Notion, Harvey and Clay. Exa Labs offers Exa Instant for sub-180ms queries, Contents for full webpage text and Exa Agent for multi-step workflows while using a custom vector database that queries billions of embeddings in 0.1 seconds with CPU cache optimization. Exa Labs CEO Will Bryk stated that most other search providers wrap other search engines and therefore cannot compete on quality, latency or cost.

Clay and CB Insights Form Strategic Partnership for Predictive Intelligence

Clay Restructures Pricing with New Launch and Growth Tiers in 2026

Clay Raises $100M Series C Led by CapitalG at $3.1B Valuation

Clay raised $100M in Series C funding on August 5, 2025, led by Google's CapitalG. The round more than doubled Clay's valuation to $3.1 billion. Clay has now raised over $200M total since 2017. The funding supports GTM engineering expansion and product upgrades including autonomous agents. Clay reported no churn among enterprise customers and serves OpenAI and HubSpot.

Clay Announces Second Employee Tender Offer at $5B Valuation

Clay AI startup plans 498 hires and $50M investment announced April 2026

Clay AI startup announced plans on April 6, 2026, to hire 498 new employees and invest $50 million while relocating to 11 Madison Ave in New York City. The new lease covers more than 163,000 square feet at the Madison Avenue location. Clay currently employs 250 people in New York City and reached a $5 billion valuation in the prior year. New York State supports the expansion with performance-based tax credits through the Excelsior Jobs Program.

Tim Keen reports increased B2B cancellations of Clay in May 2026

Dust Raises $40 Million for Multiplayer Enterprise AI Platform

Dust Raises $40M Series B for Multiplayer Enterprise AI Platform

Clay Employees Previously Sold Shares at $1.5 Billion Valuation in May 2025

Clay Reaches $100 Million ARR After Growing from $1 Million

Clay Lists Forward Deployed GTME and Other Enterprise Roles on Jobs Page

Clay Allows Employees to Sell Shares at $5 Billion Valuation

Clay Announces Pricing Overhaul on March 11, 2026 with Internal Memo

Clay Featured on Forbes 2026 AI 50 List with $204 Million Raised

Forbes included Clay on its 2026 AI 50 list as an AI go-to-market tools company that has raised $204 million since its founding in 2017 in New York. Clay provides data enrichment and sales automation for B2B teams. The company raised a $100 million Series C at a $3.1 billion valuation in August 2025.

Clay Overhauls Pricing on March 11, 2026, Cutting Data Costs 50-90%

Clay replaced its three self-serve tiers with Launch at $185 per month and Growth at $495 per month on March 11, 2026. The update introduced a dual credit system separating data credits from actions and reduced data marketplace costs by 50 to 90 percent across most providers. Clay had previously raised $100 million in Series C funding at a $3.1 billion valuation in August 2025.

DFIN Names Ken Napolitano Chief Revenue Officer, Transitions Craig Clay to Advisor Through 2026

Clay Pricing Includes Free Plan, Starter at $149 per Month, and Pro at $800 per Month

Clay Positions as Creative Tools for Growth Teams with New Functions Feature

Clay Raises $100 Million Series C at $3.1 Billion Valuation

Clay raised $100 million in a Series C round led by CapitalG at a $3.1 billion valuation. Clay's total funding reached $204 million with participation from Meritech Capital, Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, BoxGroup, Boldstart, and Sapphire Ventures. Clay operates as a go-to-market platform unifying data enrichment, AI workflows, and personalized outreach with integrations from over 150 data sources and new Signals feature for real-time buyer intent.

Clay Introduces Dual-Track Monetization Separating Platform Value and Token Costs