Clipto Raises $15 Million at $250 Million Valuation as AI Search Startup Stays Profitable
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Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 31
Clipto Raises $15 Million at $250 Million Valuation as AI Search Startup Stays Profitable
1 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 31
Summary
$15 million in new equity funding values Clipto at $250 million post-money, giving the San Francisco startup fresh capital to expand its AI-powered file search product.
Clipto says it hit $15 million in annual recurring revenue at the start of 2026 and remains profitable, with hundreds of thousands of paying subscribers among more than 30 million users since launch.
The company indexes videos, audio, images, meetings and documents on users' devices, letting people search in natural language or connect those files to tools like ChatGPT and Claude.
A recent Model Context Protocol integration is part of that push; founder Henry Kang said access requires user authorization and processing runs locally rather than through cloud services.
Clipto is betting standalone cross-file search can compete with Adobe, Apple and Google, which already offer AI search inside their own ecosystems.