For the first time, you can access Clay's research stack — including contact databases, enrichment providers, and AI research agents — directly in ChatGPT.
This is especially meaningful for sales reps.
Until now, reps running basic account research had to use a dozen tabs: ChatGPT, LinkedIn, data providers, company sites, job boards, internal spreadsheets.
Now, sellers can find the right people, understand context, and draft next steps in a single ChatGPT conversation.
Clay is among the first apps built specifically for business workflows inside ChatGPT. Our partnership extends ChatGPT’s search surface area beyond the public web. Traditionally, ChatGPT couldn’t access specialized data that providers paywalled about companies and people: contact info, team structures, technology stacks, funding signals, etc. Clay makes the world’s best GTM data providers available in ChatGPT, so it can perform GTM research it simply couldn’t before. You can currently access databases for emails, technology stacks, headcount growth, fundraising, and website traffic with Clay within ChatGPT.
Here’s an example of the kind of prompts sellers can use in their ChatGPT session:
- “Clay, find product execs who joined Rippling in the last 6 months.”
- “Clay, find me Robert Jones at Canva” → “Now find their thought leadership posts and their email address.”
- “Clay, use the data collected to draft a personalized email”
Seller workflows now possible in ChatGPT
Use the Clay app in ChatGPT to break into your target accounts. Describe what you need while mentioning Clay, and Clay will surface the results in your chat interface. You can iterate on searches, refine criteria, and export contacts directly from your conversation.
Find the right people to sell to at your target companies
In ChatGPT, try “Use Clay to find Director and VP-level finance leaders at Rippling who joined in the last 6 months.”
Clay will create a list of contacts with verified work emails, titles, and context like recent social media content, promotions, open headcount, and other signals, and return it to you in ChatGPT.
Do detailed person-level research
Whether you're preparing for a meeting or trying to book one, you can ask, “Use Clay to give me a full brief on John at Rippling. Tell me everything I need to know about him and his career.”
Clay will pull a complete profile: verified contact information, title and org context, social and interview history, recent activity, and any signals that shape your pitch — all returned inside your ChatGPT conversation.
Do detailed company-level research
After you’ve found people, ask “Clay, what are Rippling's priorities this year? Any leadership changes or recent growth trends?”
Clay will surface headcount growth, recent executive hires, funding signals, public statements from leadership, and their current tech stack, and return it to you in ChatGPT.
Want to go deeper? Ask follow-up questions like “Show me recent public posts from these leaders that mention hiring or AI” or “Does this company's European division use the same tech stack as their US headquarters?”
Draft contextual outbound emails
Ask ChatGPT “Clay, draft an email referencing the Rippling CFO's recent interviews and their AI spend, in 120 words or less.”
You’ll get back email copy that weaves in your specific previous research — AI spend, recent hiring trends, social mentions, lead investors.
Who this is for
Anyone can use this integration, but we’re immediately excited about its relevance for sales teams. As a seller, you can now ask ChatGPT for account and contact research without juggling multiple tools.
Beyond sellers, Clay in ChatGPT can help anyone who needs to find people, research companies, and get context. That includes:
- VCs sourcing founders in specific markets
- Recruiters finding engineers with niche technical backgrounds
- Students researching companies before interviews
- Journalists mapping executive networks
- Marketers understanding audience composition
- Founders analyzing competitive landscapes
What comes next
Right now, the Clay app in ChatGPT can tap into Clay’s third-party research network — the best data providers Clay already unifies. What’s coming next is the other half of the picture: your own first-party data.
You’ll be able to use Clay as the permissioned bridge that brings information from your CRM, data warehouse, and call recordings into ChatGPT without exposing those systems directly.
When that arrives, you might explore questions like:
- “Pull recent call transcripts from our fintech deals and show the most common objections.”
- “Which accounts in our pipeline just had a champion get promoted?”
- “Find companies similar to our best customers that are currently hiring sales leaders.”
How to start
The Clay app in ChatGPT is live today.
To use it, simply go to the ChatGPT app directory and connect to Clay or have your admin enable the app. If you have an existing account you’ll be immediately connected. If you haven’t yet tried Clay, we’ll create a new account for you as part of this workflow. You’ll get 500 Clay credits for free to try inside of ChatGPT.
This is just the start. ChatGPT will be the place where GTM work happens, powered end-to-end by Clay’s data foundation.
Try it in ChatGPT
For the first time, you can access Clay's research stack — including contact databases, enrichment providers, and AI research agents — directly in ChatGPT.
This is especially meaningful for sales reps.
Until now, reps running basic account research had to use a dozen tabs: ChatGPT, LinkedIn, data providers, company sites, job boards, internal spreadsheets.
Now, sellers can find the right people, understand context, and draft next steps in a single ChatGPT conversation.
Clay is among the first apps built specifically for business workflows inside ChatGPT. Our partnership extends ChatGPT’s search surface area beyond the public web. Traditionally, ChatGPT couldn’t access specialized data that providers paywalled about companies and people: contact info, team structures, technology stacks, funding signals, etc. Clay makes the world’s best GTM data providers available in ChatGPT, so it can perform GTM research it simply couldn’t before. You can currently access databases for emails, technology stacks, headcount growth, fundraising, and website traffic with Clay within ChatGPT.
Here’s an example of the kind of prompts sellers can use in their ChatGPT session:
- “Clay, find product execs who joined Rippling in the last 6 months.”
- “Clay, find me Robert Jones at Canva” → “Now find their thought leadership posts and their email address.”
- “Clay, use the data collected to draft a personalized email”
Seller workflows now possible in ChatGPT
Use the Clay app in ChatGPT to break into your target accounts. Describe what you need while mentioning Clay, and Clay will surface the results in your chat interface. You can iterate on searches, refine criteria, and export contacts directly from your conversation.
Find the right people to sell to at your target companies
In ChatGPT, try “Use Clay to find Director and VP-level finance leaders at Rippling who joined in the last 6 months.”
Clay will create a list of contacts with verified work emails, titles, and context like recent social media content, promotions, open headcount, and other signals, and return it to you in ChatGPT.
Do detailed person-level research
Whether you're preparing for a meeting or trying to book one, you can ask, “Use Clay to give me a full brief on John at Rippling. Tell me everything I need to know about him and his career.”
Clay will pull a complete profile: verified contact information, title and org context, social and interview history, recent activity, and any signals that shape your pitch — all returned inside your ChatGPT conversation.
Do detailed company-level research
After you’ve found people, ask “Clay, what are Rippling's priorities this year? Any leadership changes or recent growth trends?”
Clay will surface headcount growth, recent executive hires, funding signals, public statements from leadership, and their current tech stack, and return it to you in ChatGPT.
Want to go deeper? Ask follow-up questions like “Show me recent public posts from these leaders that mention hiring or AI” or “Does this company's European division use the same tech stack as their US headquarters?”
Draft contextual outbound emails
Ask ChatGPT “Clay, draft an email referencing the Rippling CFO's recent interviews and their AI spend, in 120 words or less.”
You’ll get back email copy that weaves in your specific previous research — AI spend, recent hiring trends, social mentions, lead investors.
Who this is for
Anyone can use this integration, but we’re immediately excited about its relevance for sales teams. As a seller, you can now ask ChatGPT for account and contact research without juggling multiple tools.
Beyond sellers, Clay in ChatGPT can help anyone who needs to find people, research companies, and get context. That includes:
- VCs sourcing founders in specific markets
- Recruiters finding engineers with niche technical backgrounds
- Students researching companies before interviews
- Journalists mapping executive networks
- Marketers understanding audience composition
- Founders analyzing competitive landscapes
What comes next
Right now, the Clay app in ChatGPT can tap into Clay’s third-party research network — the best data providers Clay already unifies. What’s coming next is the other half of the picture: your own first-party data.
You’ll be able to use Clay as the permissioned bridge that brings information from your CRM, data warehouse, and call recordings into ChatGPT without exposing those systems directly.
When that arrives, you might explore questions like:
- “Pull recent call transcripts from our fintech deals and show the most common objections.”
- “Which accounts in our pipeline just had a champion get promoted?”
- “Find companies similar to our best customers that are currently hiring sales leaders.”
How to start
The Clay app in ChatGPT is live today.
To use it, simply go to the ChatGPT app directory and connect to Clay or have your admin enable the app. If you have an existing account you’ll be immediately connected. If you haven’t yet tried Clay, we’ll create a new account for you as part of this workflow. You’ll get 500 Clay credits for free to try inside of ChatGPT.
This is just the start. ChatGPT will be the place where GTM work happens, powered end-to-end by Clay’s data foundation.
Try it in ChatGPT
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