DevRev, an AI-native enterprise software company focused on transforming how teams and customers collaborate, today announced the appointment of General Richard "Rich" Clarke, U.S. Army (Retired), to its Board of Directors. General Clarke brings nearly four decades of experience leading complex, high-stakes organizations at every level of the U.S. military, and his appointment reflects DevRev's commitment to building a board that combines deep technology conviction with proven leadership at scale.
General Clarke most recently served as Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), leading 75,000+ military personnel with $25B+ annual budget.
Previously served as Director for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5) on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon.
Currently serves on Boards of Directors of General Dynamics, Innodata, and Shift5.
DevRev flagship product Computer is a conversational AI teammate unifying structured and unstructured enterprise data into single knowledge graph.
DevRev founded in 2020, backed by Khosla Ventures and Mayfield, led by former Nutanix co-founder and CEO Dheeraj Pandey.
DevRev operates globally across eight offices.
“Building enterprise AI that actually works requires the same discipline that great operational commanders understand deeply: clarity of mission, alignment of teams, and accountability for outcomes,” said Dheeraj Pandey, Co-founder and CEO, DevRev. “Rich brings an extraordinary track record of leading through complexity, and that perspective is exactly what DevRev needs as we scale globally. We are honored to welcome him to our board.”
“I'm thrilled to join the Board of DevRev, a company that has built something genuinely new in an increasingly noisy AI market: an AI teammate that understands enterprise context, takes real and responsible action, and resolves work rather than deflecting it,” said General Richard “Rich” Clarke, U.S. Army (Retired), Board Director, DevRev. “After 40 years in the military seeing what high-performing teams can achieve, I'm excited to help DevRev unlock that same level of human–AI collaboration for organizations around the world.”
DevRev is redefining enterprise software with AI-native solutions that unify siloed data and transform how teams and customers collaborate. Its patented technology takes structured and unstructured data from existing tools like Salesforce, Jira, and Zendesk, organizing it into a knowledge graph that powers conversational enterprise AI. With DevRev, businesses get precise answers, real-time analytics, and automated workflows to unlock unrealized value. Founded in 2020 and backed by Khosla Ventures and Mayfield, DevRev is led by co-founder and CEO Dheeraj Pandey, former co-founder and CEO of Nutanix and an Adobe board member, alongside co-founder Manoj Agarwal, former SVP of Engineering at Nutanix. Headquartered in Palo Alto, DevRev operates globally across eight offices.