This may be the best AI commercial we’ve ever made. We worked with one of the best directors in the world to create a wild new ad for Kalshi (Last one hit 100M views) Here’s a breakdown of how we made it in ONE WEEK (prompt included) 👇🏼🧵

History was made by the underdogs.

I’m excited to announce our $185M Series C valuing Kalshi at $2B. The round was led by Paradigm with participation from Sequoia, Multicoin, Peng Zhao, Neo, and Bond Capital. People choose to work at Kalshi not because of the money we've raised, but because of our ambition: build the most important financial market on the planet. Today, we celebrate our team and community who have taken prediction markets mainstream and made Kalshi one of the fastest growing companies in America. What once felt impossible now looks inevitable.

1/ We’ve raised a $30M Series B led by @BainCapCrypto to build the open infrastructure that powers crypto’s next era. This is a major moment for @turnkeyhq. For our team, our customers, and the entire space.

Announcing our $25M Series A led by @sequoia Ten months ago, we came out of stealth to rebuild the general ledger from the ground up with AI at the core. Today, we power the finance stack behind some of the fastest-growing companies like @windsurf_ai and Decagon. Why are we building @RilletHQ ? Because closing the books still takes 10–20 days. Because finance teams are stuck with ERPs built a decade before the iPhone. And because every other department from sales to engineering to legal is now powered by AI. Finance should be too. Our goal is simple: zero-day close. With this fundraise, we’re one step closer. We’re incredibly proud to partner with Sequoia Capital on this next chapter. The incredible team @JulienBek @roelofbotha @Alfred_Lin and @bhalligan have already brought unmatched insights that will help accelerate our next phase of growth. They’ve seen this shift coming for a long time. Special thanks to our early investors who have doubled down in this round: @specht_p at @creandum @btrenchard at @firstround @chadbyers at @SusaVentures And to our latest angels Lee Kirkpatrick and Ron Gill, who bring with them a wealth of CFO experience and expertise having previously been at Twilio and NetSuite. Learn more about the fundraise in the blog post and media.

Today, we're announcing a tender offer led by @sequoia at a $1.5B valuation, giving Clay employees the option to sell some of their vested shares for immediate liquidity. This is an increase from our $1.25B valuation announced 4 months ago. Startups are a long journey and teams sometimes have to wait more than a decade for liquidity. At Clay, we want our team to be able to use their equity on their own timeline: whether that means starting a creative side project, buying a home, or just having financial freedom. Here are the numbers behind this conviction: 1️⃣ 10x'd revenue in both 2022 and 2023, then 6x'd it again in 2024 2️⃣ Claygent will soon be reaching 1 billion lifetime runs 3️⃣ 8,000+ customers including OpenAI, HubSpot, and Canva 4️⃣ 130+ data partnerships and 135 agency partners building businesses on Clay 5️⃣ 50+ global Clay Clubs from Manila to Warsaw helping members upskill Clay introduces a single GTM development environment where teams turn creative growth ideas into reality. Now one person can run an entire company's prospecting, sales enablement, and CRM enrichment — freeing up sellers to focus on the most human and strategic sides of GTM. We've always done things differently at Clay. As we continue to grow, we're more committed than ever to the humans behind the magic. Proud to be offering our team liquidity as we embark on this next phase of growth together! More from @kareemamin ⬇️ More from @TechCrunch⬇️ (📸 by Luis Nieto Dickens)