Clipto, an AI-driven media search platform founded in 2023, achieved $15 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) at the start of 2026 while maintaining profitability.

The company’s focus on helping users search and index videos, audio, images, and other documents, alongside support for AI integrations like ChatGPT, has earned it a wide user base of over 30 million since launch.

With hundreds of thousands of paying subscribers and extended subscription retention (over two years for many users), Clipto has carved out a niche market.

It operates across San Francisco, Singapore, and Hong Kong with a team of just over 20 employees.

The recent $15 million equity funding at a $250 million valuation will help enhance its AI models and computing infrastructure, aiming for deeper AI agent integrations and support for consumer hardware.