# Carta: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/carta/
Covers: April 2026 to July 30, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Carta: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/carta/, updated 2026-11-11

> Carta is on the AI compensation software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated July 30, 2026.

Carta runs cap tables, equity and 409A records for private companies and publishes salary and equity benchmarks in its Total Compensation product. The AI is Carta Plugins for Claude: the Cap Table Plugin pulls live cap table summaries and 409A records, drafts board presentations, generates 18 report types for Excel and flags expiring valuations, low option pools and maturing SAFEs. Source: [press.kgnews.net](https://press.kgnews.net/newsRead.php?no=1039739).

## Facts

- Site: [carta.com](https://carta.com/)
- Category: Equity management
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI compensation software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/compensation-software/#co-carta)

Carta runs cap tables, equity and 409A records for private companies and publishes salary and equity benchmarks in its Total Compensation product. The AI is Carta Plugins for Claude: the Cap Table Plugin pulls live cap table summaries and 409A records, drafts board presentations, generates 18 report types for Excel and flags expiring valuations, low option pools and maturing SAFEs. Source: [press.kgnews.net](https://press.kgnews.net/newsRead.php?no=1039739).

- Category: Equity management
- Price: Not recorded. carta.com blocked automated reads. Total Compensation is sold to companies off Carta's cap table or as an add-on (Carta FAQ, Nov 2025 archive).
- AI capabilities: Pay analytics, Assistant, Equity administration and MCP or agent API
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Carta's July 2026 press release says 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs. Revenue not opened.)

Sources: [press.kgnews.net](https://press.kgnews.net/newsRead.php?no=1039739), [techintelpro.com](https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/carta-rearchitects-private-capital-operations-with-plugins-for-claude), [pulse2.com](https://pulse2.com/carta-launches-carta-law-with-acquisition-of-avantia/), [releasenotes.carta.com](https://releasenotes.carta.com/date/2026/6), [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/2026/https://carta.com/), [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/2026/https://carta.com/blog/plugins-for-claude/) and [5 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/compensation-software/#co-carta).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Carta Plugins for Claude open to all customers

Launch, July 30, 2026. Carta announced broad availability of its Plugins for Claude, including the Cap Table Plugin, following an April 2026 launch. More than 1,500 companies and firms already use them. The Cap Table Plugin generates any of 18 report types for Excel export.

Source: [TechIntelPro (release coverage)](https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/carta-rearchitects-private-capital-operations-with-plugins-for-claude). From [the AI compensation software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/compensation-software/#co-carta).

### Carta buys Avantia and launches Carta Law

Acquisition, May 13, 2026. Carta acquired Avantia, an AI-powered legal and compliance law firm for asset managers, and launched Carta Law. Terms were not disclosed.

Source: [Pulse 2.0](https://pulse2.com/carta-launches-carta-law-with-acquisition-of-avantia/). From [the AI compensation software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/compensation-software/#co-carta).

### Carta launches Plugins for Claude

Launch, April 2026. Carta's July 2026 release says its Plugins for Claude launched in April 2026. The Cap Table Plugin pulls live cap table summaries and 409A records into Claude and runs under each user's existing Carta permissions.

Source: [Vendor release (newswire copy)](https://press.kgnews.net/newsRead.php?no=1039739). From [the AI compensation software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/compensation-software/#co-carta).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology