Clayton Petty, Gradient Partner: Scaling AI from Seed to Enterprise

Clayton Petty is a Partner at Gradient. Prior to Gradient, Clayton helped build the Cyber Security practice at McKinsey & Company, advising founders, operators, and investors across the cyber ecosystem. He also worked closely with vertical software, automation, and cloud infrastructure businesses to scale their go-to-market efforts. Before McKinsey, Clayton was a software engineer and studied computer science at Texas A&M University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.Topics: Shifts in Cybersecurity and Developer Tools InvestingThe Rise of Enterprise AI Agents and No-Code AutomationVertical SaaS and Applied AI