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Cleric

Cleric is a self-learning AI agent that autonomously investigates production incidents, builds a persistent knowledge graph of the environment, and delivers root-cause findings to engineering teams in Slack.

cleric.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·CLERIC·26
StageSeedDecember 2025 · led by Vertex Ventures US[2][4][5][6]
Raised$9.8Mdisclosed rounds[2][4][6][7]
Headcount18as of May 2026[1]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2023[1][3]
Money

Raised $9.8M across disclosed rounds.[2][4][6][7]

Seed closed December 2025, led by Vertex Ventures US.[2][4][5][6]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Vertex Ventures US, Zetta Venture Partners.[2][3][4][6][8]

People

Shahram Anver, Co-founder & CEO[2][3][4][11]

Willem Pienaar, Co-founder & CTO[2][3][4][11]

Erin Ahmed, Head of Product[9][10]

Dan Siwiec, Founding Software Engineer[9][10]

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Cleric

CALL NO.CS·CLERIC·26

Cleric is a self-learning AI agent that autonomously investigates production incidents, builds a persistent knowledge graph of the environment, and delivers root-cause findings to engineering teams in Slack.

cleric.ai · San Francisco

StageSeed
Raised$9.8M
Headcount18
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2023
Compsnone named by a source