Clay, a secret weapon for OpenAI, boosts valuation to $1.3 billion
"Narrowing Clay’s aperture from a do-anything, horizontal solution to one pointed only at growth wasn’t a small step. It meant axing the code tool and workflows, and losing clients. Amin’s cofounder and some early employees departed for other startup ideas. But the result was significant: an immediate and steady influx of customers, renewed investor interest and an ‘overnight success’ years in the making."