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Clayton Petty
Clayton Petty
Partner, Gradient
Company
Gradient
Based in
San Francisco, CA
Invests
Pre-Seed or Seed
Type
Investor
Clayton Petty is a partner at Gradient, the AI focused venture firm that spun out of Google in October 2025, where he sources and leads investments across AI infrastructure, vertical software and supply chain automation. He was promoted to partner in July 2025 after joining from McKinsey, where he helped build the firm's cybersecurity practice advising founders, operators and investors. He started his career as a software engineer, holds a computer science degree from Texas A&M, and is based in San Francisco. His deals include BackOps, an AI operating system for supply chain and logistics teams.
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