Cleanlab

San Francisco, CA Software Acquired

Cleanlab is an AI/ML data quality and reliability platform that automatically detects and fixes errors in datasets. The company offers both open-source libraries and Cleanlab Studio, an enterprise platform for data curation, annotation, and correction. Cleanlab's Trustworthy Language Model (TLM) addresses hallucinations in LLMs by providing trustworthiness scores for AI model outputs.

Acquired

Cleanlab has been acquired

Acquired by Handshake January 28, 2026

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

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Founded

2021

Total Funding

$30M

2 rounds

Funding

Total raised $30M across 2 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series A

Date

October 10, 2023

Amount

$25M

Valuation

Lead Investors

Menlo VenturesTQ Ventures
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
October 10, 2023 Series A $25M Menlo Ventures, TQ Ventures
July 20, 2023 Seed $5M Bain Capital Ventures

Leadership

  • Curtis Northcutt

    Co-Founder & CEO

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  • Jonas Mueller

    Co-Founder & Chief Scientist

  • Anish Athalye

    Co-Founder & CTO

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

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