Paris, September 16th, 2025 – Clarity AI and SESAMm, two pioneers in AI-driven sustainability and risk analysis, today announced a partnership to enhance ESG controversy monitoring in private markets, giving investors unprecedented insights into millions of non-listed companies.
Private markets account for ~$22 trillion in assets under management (AUM), but remain significantly less transparent than listed firms when it comes to sustainability and reputational risks. By combining Clarity AI’s end-to-end sustainability analysis platform with SESAMm’s advanced controversy detection, investors will gain broader, deeper insights into companies that have historically been hard to assess. This lack of visibility creates added challenges for asset managers and financial institutions, particularly as they work to comply with regulations such as SFDR and CSRD.
Through the partnership, Clarity AI’s comprehensive coverage of both public and private companies will be enriched by SESAMm’s real-time controversy data on millions of additional private entities. SESAMm’s multilingual large language models analyze content from over 4 million sources in 100+ languages, surfacing potential red flags such as human rights violations, corruption, and environmental breaches, even in hard-to-assess, non-listed firms.
“SESAMm's technology leads the industry in detecting ESG controversies within private companies. Through our partnership with Clarity AI, we are now bringing this powerful capability directly to investors globally, ensuring they have a full picture of the risk in these markets,” said Sylvain Forté, CEO and co-founder of SESAMm.
“At Clarity AI, our mission is to bring transparency to sustainability, wherever capital flows,” said Daniel González, Global Partnership Director at Clarity AI. “This partnership is a breakthrough for private markets, where opacity has long hindered investors’ ability to monitor ESG risks. By combining SESAMm’s controversy detection with Clarity AI’s end-to-end sustainability platform, we are giving investors the most comprehensive view of both public and private companies. That means stronger due diligence, faster monitoring, and greater confidence in meeting evolving regulatory demands, all in one place.”
This collaboration reinforces Clarity AI's offering for private markets, now including environmental metric estimations for 2.3 million non-listed companies. Together, both firms are taking a significant step toward closing the information gap between public and private markets, equipping asset managers, private equity firms, and financial institutions with actionable insights to better understand reputational and sustainability risks, while supporting due diligence, risk monitoring, and regulatory compliance.
Clarity AI is the leading sustainability technology company, delivering data-driven insights to investors, companies, governments, and consumers. Its AI-powered platform offers flexible access to advanced analytics, supporting use cases from portfolio management and research to regulatory reporting, strategic planning, and consumer applications. Trusted by clients managing over $70 trillion in assets, Clarity AI also powers sustainability intelligence through integrations into leading investment platforms such as BlackRock Aladdin, SimCorp or Caceis. The company operates globally, backed by top-tier minority investors including BlackRock, Softbank, and Visa.
SESAMm is a global leader in controversy data, leveraging advanced large language models and generative AI to uncover ESG, reputational, and supplier risks in seconds. Our AI-powered platform surfaces real-time insights, even in low-disclosure markets, on millions of companies and infrastructure projects, supporting more informed decisions, enhanced due diligence, and regulatory alignment at scale. We work with leading firms, including Carlyle, Warburg, Natixis, RBI, Sustainable Fitch, Oddo, and others. SESAMm has raised $50M from renowned investors and operates across four continents.
Learn more at www.sesamm.com.
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