Seattle’s Clarify acquires S.F. startup Seam AI, joining forces to challenge CRM stalwarts

From left: Clarify CEO Patrick Thompson, Seam AI CEO Nicholas Scavone, and Clarify CTO Ondrej Hrebicek. (Clarify and Seam Photos) Clarify , the Seattle-based AI startup that has raised more than $22 million to take on Salesforce and other CRM incumbents, has made its first acquisition: San Francisco-based Seam AI. Seam’s technology monitors buying signals across the web — such as funding rounds, hiring, website activity, and executive job moves — and surfaces them to sales teams.