Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Tyler Clark of Clarky AI, a company that transforms how businesses interact with their customers through AI chatbots and voice assistants, built with enterprise-grade precision and scalability.

Please provide a brief one-liner about your company.

Clarky AI is an intelligent platform that transforms how businesses interact with their customers through AI chatbots and voice assistants, built with enterprise-grade precision and scalability.

What were you doing previously, and what inspired you to launch your company?

Previously, I worked at various California-based enterprise software companies. And then my own consultancy. I knew I wanted to create a product company so I could build something once and reap the benefits for a lifetime vs trying to find a client every time I finish another project.

What pain point is your company solving? What gets you excited to go to work every day?

We help companies become automated with AI, be available 24/7, and help turn leads into customers. I love working on new features, and I love helping customers.

Name the biggest challenge you faced in the process of launching the company. How did you overcome it?

Finding customers has been the only challenge. Everything else has been pretty easy.

Where do you see your company headed next?

Expanding our offerings to play a more critical role

Give us a tactical piece of advice that you’d share with another founder just starting out.

Plan every bit of your tech stack out because you’re stuck with it for the most part

Why Florida?

I live here and have family here.