The problem
Teams waste time switching between separate tools for projects, docs, chat and updates
What they do
All-in-one work platform: tasks, docs, chat and AI agents in one app
Traction Passed $300M ARR and 20M+ users (Sep 2025); AI sales up 400% YoY
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 49
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~1,000-1,100 est. after May 2026 cut
Shrinking: cut 22% (~290 of ~1,300) May 2026; open roles 96 (Dec 2025) to 46 now
Hiring in
- Ireland - Dublin
- London
- San Diego
- Remote (US)
- Remote (Australia)
Latest news
May 2026
Cut 22% of staff in AI restructuring; launched $1M salary bands for remaining staff ↗Glassdoor
3.8 ★ 553 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $400M
- Stage
- Series C
- Date
- Oct 2021
Led by Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global (co-led)
- Hiring+249 open roles on the live job board (30+ roles = +2)
- Funding recency0Series C · $400M, Oct 2021 (60 months ago): over 24 months = 0
- Traction+0.75Some growth: Passed $300M ARR and 20M+ users (Sep 2025); AI sales up 400% YoY
- Red flags−11 significant flag in the last 24 months, −1 eachLaid off 22% of workforce (~290 people) in May 2026TechCrunch, May 2026: ClickUp laid off 22% of workforce ↗ · Business Insider, May 2026: ClickUp cuts 22% of jobs ↗ · Glassdoor reviews about layoffs at ClickUp ↗
- Total1.752 + 0 + 0.75 − 1 = 1.75 → Steady (1.5–3.49)
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K · edge: hard to leave
Real scale at $300M ARR, but it trails monday.com, Asana, Atlassian and Notion, and is shrinking headcount on a 2021 valuation.
Sources: BusinessWire, Feb 2026: surpassed $300M ARR, acquired Codegen ↗ · TechCrunch, May 2026: 22% layoff; last valued $4B in 2021 ↗ · Reuters, Oct 2021: $400M Series C at $4B valuation ↗
Watch-outs
Laid off 22% of workforce (~290 people) in May 2026
Sources: TechCrunch, May 2026: ClickUp laid off 22% of workforce ↗ · Business Insider, May 2026: ClickUp cuts 22% of jobs ↗ · Glassdoor reviews about layoffs at ClickUp ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026