# Clera: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/clera/
Covers: May 21, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Clera: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/clera/, updated 2026-11-11

> Clera is on the AI hiring software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated May 21, 2026.

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. Source: [getclera.com](https://www.getclera.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [getclera.com](https://www.getclera.com/)
- Category: AI recruiters and agents
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

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

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. Source: [getclera.com](https://www.getclera.com/).

- Category: AI recruiters and agents
- Price: Free for candidates; employers pay a fee when they hire (rate not published on the site)
- AI capabilities: Named agents, Candidate chat and Screening and ranking
- 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))

Sources: [getclera.com](https://www.getclera.com/), [getclera.com](https://www.getclera.com/companies), [munich-startup.de](https://www.munich-startup.de/en/news/with-spezi-grit-and-ai-clera-raises-3-million-dollars) and [getclera.com](https://www.getclera.com/llms.txt).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Clera raises $3M pre-seed for its AI talent agent

Funding round, May 21, 2026. 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.

Source: [Munich Startup](https://www.munich-startup.de/en/news/with-spezi-grit-and-ai-clera-raises-3-million-dollars). From [the AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-clera).

## Methodology and corrections

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