What Clarity AI does

Clarity AI is an AI-native sustainability technology platform that delivers extra-financial intelligence to financial institutions, corporations, governments, and consumers. The platform combines proprietary natural language processing, generative AI, and machine learning models to collect, validate, and analyze ESG, climate, and regulatory data at scale across approximately 98,000 issuers, 2.3 million private companies, 450,000+ funds, 400+ sovereigns, and 3 million physical assets. Its product portfolio is organized around four core solution areas — Climate Risk, ESG Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, and Impact Solutions — with a Retail Banking consumer surface added via the 2025 acquisition of ecolytiq.

Underlying technology includes proprietary NLP models that scan 250,000+ articles daily across 200 countries and classify controversies into 39 severity-graded categories; generative AI that extracts and structures corporate transition plans and produces on-demand company ESG research in minutes; and machine learning models that estimate Scope 3 emissions for 50,000+ companies with transparent reliability scoring. Data delivery occurs through a web app, APIs, datafeeds, Model Context Protocol connectors, and AI Agents, with native integrations into BlackRock Aladdin, eFront, SimCorp, Salesforce, Tableau, and major bank and fintech platforms.

Clarity AI operates an enterprise SaaS business model with quote-based, modular subscription pricing across Climate, ESG Risk, Regulatory, Impact, and Retail Banking modules, billed annually. Distribution combines direct enterprise field sales to large financial institutions with API-first and embedded distribution through investment platforms and a fintech partner network that includes Visa, Tink, TSYS, Mambu, and Cloverly. The company is privately held, headquartered in New York with Spanish origins, employs 251–500 people, and was valued at approximately €400 million in a December 2021 SoftBank Vision Fund-led round.

Name

Clarity AI

Legal name

Clarity AI

Website

https://clarity.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Clarity AI is an AI-native sustainability technology platform that delivers extra-financial intelligence — ESG, climate, regulatory, and impact data — to financial institutions, corporates, governments, and retail banking consumers through SaaS, APIs, and embedded integrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ESG Data & Analytics Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Compliance Platforms (Model Risk, Audit, Policies) (HDAEANAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Platforms (HDAAAMAA), Regulatory Readiness & Audit Automation (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) (HDAAAMAE), Responsible AI, AI Governance & Compliance Services (BPAEAHAJ)

Keywords

• ESG data analytics
• Climate risk intelligence
• Sustainability reporting software
• Regulatory compliance platform
• Impact measurement tools

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Clarity AI operates as a SaaS platform providing subscription-based access to its extra-financial intelligence platform. Clients access the platform via web app, APIs, datafeeds, and integrations. Pricing is quote-based, reflecting enterprise-scale deployments with modular components (Climate, ESG Risk, Regulatory, Impact modules).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Clarity AI operates an AI-native sustainability technology platform that provides institutional investors, financial institutions, and corporations with ESG data, ratings, climate risk analytics, regulatory compliance intelligence, and impact measurement. Its platform covers 70,000+ companies, 400,000+ funds, 198,000+ sovereign issuers, and 60+ regulatory and reporting frameworks (SFDR, EU Taxonomy, CSRD, ISSB, TCFD, TNFD, SDR), delivered via SaaS dashboards, APIs, and datafeeds.

Product overview

Clarity AI is an AI-native platform for extra-financial intelligence supporting financial institutions, corporations, governments, and consumers. The platform consists of integrated modules organized around four core solution areas: Climate Risk (Physical Asset-Level Risk, Climate Scenario Analysis, Climate Transition, Carbon Footprint, TCFD Reporting, Nature & Biodiversity), ESG Risk Management (ESG Ratings, Controversies, Exposures), Regulatory Compliance Suite (Sustainable Investment, EU Taxonomy, SFDR PAIs, MiFID II, ESMA Fund Naming, Pillar 3 ESG Reporting), and Impact Solutions (Impact Highlights, UN SDGs). A key addition is the ecolytiq retail banking solution (acquired July 2025) enabling consumer-facing sustainability features through Visa and Tink partnerships. Technical integrations connect with Aladdin, eFront/BlackRock, SimCorp, Salesforce, Tableau, and other platforms. The platform covers 2.3 million listed and private companies, 450,000+ funds, and 400+ governments, with clients collectively managing over $80 trillion in assets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Climate Risk Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% reduction in average analysis and reporting time
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

AI capability9 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RiskThinking.aicoreTechnology or Integration · 25 March 2026Strategic partnership integrating RiskThinking.ai's asset-level physical climate risk modeling (Climate Digital Twin platform with full hydrologic model simulations) into Clarity AI's platform. Covers over 3 million individual assets across 15,000 ultimate parent companies, enhancing climate risk analysis for financial institutions and corporations.
• ecolytiqcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2025Clarity AI acquired ecolytiq, a provider of climate engagement solutions for financial institutions, to expand its retail banking and consumer sustainability platform. ecolytiq's partnership with Visa was included in the acquisition, enabling global distribution of sustainability engagement tools through the Visa network.
• VisacoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Clarity AI is a global sustainability technology partner of Visa, acquired as part of the ecolytiq acquisition. Through this partnership, Clarity AI's sustainability engagement tools are promoted to Visa's global network of issuing banks and fintechs.
• Ortec FinancecoreTechnology or IntegrationClarity AI's Climate Scenario Analysis (including TCFD-aligned outputs) is powered by Ortec Finance's climate risk modeling technology. Ortec's models reflect the latest advances in estimating Physical, Transition, and Market risks, incorporating 2024 real-world climate events.
• BlackRock (Aladdin)coreTechnology or IntegrationDeepened partnership with BlackRock to offer Aladdin users enterprise-level SFDR reporting capabilities. Integration allows Clarity AI's sustainability data to appear natively within the Aladdin portfolio management platform.
• eFront (BlackRock)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with eFront by BlackRock, a leading private markets investment management platform, enables Clarity AI's ESG and sustainability data to be accessed within private equity and alternative investment workflows.
• TinkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerClarity AI is a global sustainability technology partner of Tink, a leading European open banking platform, enabling distribution of sustainability tools through Tink's network of financial institutions.
• TSYSminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTSYS is part of Clarity AI's fintech partner network, enabling distribution of sustainability engagement tools through TSYS's payment processing network.
• MambuminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMambu, a cloud banking platform, partners with Clarity AI to offer embedded sustainability features within its banking-as-a-service ecosystem.
• CloverlyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCloverly, a carbon offset API platform, is part of Clarity AI's fintech partner network for retail banking sustainability engagement.
• G+D NetceteraminorGTM or Marketing PartnerG+D Netcetera, a digital payment technology provider, partners with Clarity AI to distribute sustainability engagement tools to financial institutions.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MSCI ESG Research: MSCI's ESG Research business is a direct competitor providing ESG ratings, climate data, and sustainable investing analytics to the same institutional investor and asset owner buyer Clarity AI targets. It is widely considered the incumbent leader in ESG data.
• Sustainalytics (Morningstar): Sustainalytics provides ESG risk ratings and research used by asset managers and asset owners globally. Owned by Morningstar, it competes head-on with Clarity AI in ESG ratings, controversies, and regulatory reporting modules such as SFDR and EU Taxonomy.
• S&P Global Sustainable1: S&P Global's Sustainable1 platform (incorporating Trucost and RobecoSAM's CSA) offers ESG scores, carbon analytics, and climate data, directly overlapping Clarity AI's climate, ESG, and regulatory offerings for institutional investors.
• ISS ESG: ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) provides ESG ratings, climate solutions, and regulatory reporting services to asset managers and asset owners, directly overlapping with Clarity AI's ESG risk, climate, and stewardship product lines.
• EcoVadis: EcoVadis provides sustainability ratings and supply-chain ESG intelligence used by large enterprises and financial institutions. It overlaps with Clarity AI's corporate benchmarking and exposure analytics but skews more toward supply-chain assessment.

Broad incumbents

• LSEG (Refinitiv) ESG: London Stock Exchange Group, which acquired Refinitiv, distributes ESG scores and sustainable finance data alongside its core financial data terminals. It competes with Clarity AI by bundling ESG analytics into data workflows used by the same large financial institution buyers.
• Bloomberg ESG Data Services: Bloomberg distributes ESG datasets within the Bloomberg Terminal, serving many of the same asset managers, asset owners, and corporate users as Clarity AI. It is a broad incumbent with embedded distribution rather than a specialist sustainability vendor.
• Moody's Sustainable Fitch: Moody's (including its Sustainable Fitch acquisition) offers ESG scores, climate risk analytics, and sustainable finance data, competing with Clarity AI for the same enterprise and regulatory-grade buyer set across the financial sector.

Emerging players

• Sphera: Sphera provides ESG and operational risk management software, including carbon accounting and product stewardship. It overlaps with Clarity AI's climate and corporate sustainability use cases, particularly for industrial and corporate clients.
• Watershed: Watershed offers an enterprise carbon accounting and climate platform used by large corporates and financial institutions. It is an emerging player intersecting with Clarity AI's carbon footprint, climate transition, and Scope 3 estimation capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors13 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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