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  "license": {
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Clera: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/clera/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/clera/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/clera.md",
  "title": "Clera: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Clera is on the AI hiring software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated May 21, 2026.",
  "period": "May 21, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "site": "https://www.getclera.com/",
    "summary": "Calls itself \"the first AI talent agent\". The agent learns what each candidate wants in a conversation over chat, WhatsApp, iMessage or email. It matches them to startup roles and sends a warm intro straight to the hiring manager. It also helps with interview prep and with negotiating salary, equity and start date. Candidates use it free; companies pay 15% of first-year base salary only on a hire. The hiring manager runs the interviews and decides. It covers 900+ venture-backed startups in US and European hubs.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "text": "Calls itself \"the first AI talent agent\". The agent learns what each candidate wants in a conversation over chat, WhatsApp, iMessage or email. It matches them to startup roles and sends a warm intro straight to the hiring manager. It also helps with interview prep and with negotiating salary, equity and start date. Candidates use it free; companies pay 15% of first-year base salary only on a hire. The hiring manager runs the interviews and decides. It covers 900+ venture-backed startups in US and European hubs.",
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      "name": "Clera",
      "site": "https://www.getclera.com/",
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      "price": "Free for candidates; employers pay a fee when they hire (rate not published on the site)",
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      "scale_tier": 3,
      "scale": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed ($3M pre-seed led by 1984 Ventures; founders cite more than $1M annualized revenue and 85,000+ candidates represented (Munich Startup, 2026-05-21))",
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/clera/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-05-21",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Clera raises $3M pre-seed for its AI talent agent",
      "summary": "Clera raised $3M in pre-seed funding led by 1984 Ventures. Founders say it represents 85,000+ candidates, works with 600+ tech companies and passed $1M in annualized revenue.",
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