Clearview AI

Overview

• Industrysurveillance¹
• Websitewww.clearview.ai
• Legal formjoint-stock company¹

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Clearview AI, Inc. is an American facial recognition company, providing software primarily to law enforcement and other government agencies.²

The story

Founded by Hoan Ton-That and Richard Schwartz in 2017.¹

Leadership

Who has led Clearview AI, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderHoan Ton-That¹
• FounderRichard Schwartz¹
• Chief executive officerHal Lambert Dec 2024 to now¹
• Chief executive officerHoan Ton-That until Dec 2024¹
• Chief executive officerRichard Schwartz¹

Products and brands

• facial recognition system

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1. Dec 2024New chief executive Hal Lambert becomes CEO¹
2. 2017Founded Founded¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov⁴, by calendar year, 2019–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

1. Sep 5, 2025$7.7M from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: This award procures facial recognition software, which supports homeland security investigations with capabilities of identifying victims an⁵ To CLEARVIEW AI, INC. Award 70CMSD25P00000111
2. Sep 3, 2021$2.3M from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Clearview facial recognition enterprise licenses⁶ To CLEARVIEW AI, INC. Award 70CMSD21P00000127
3. Sep 4, 2024$1.1M from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Forensic software⁷ To CLEARVIEW AI, INC. Award 70CMSD24P00000119
4. Jan 26, 2023$359.0K from Federal Bureau of Investigation: Clearview acts as a search engine of publicly available images on the internet. its an investigative tool designed to be used in ways that ⁸ To CLEARVIEW AI, INC. Award 15F06723P0001356
5. Aug 12, 2020$224.0K from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Clearview licenses⁹ To CLEARVIEW AI, INC. Award 70CMSD20P00000130

Links

• Websitewww.clearview.ai¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/clearviewai¹
• WikipediaClearview AI
• WikidataQ82969314