Profound Raises $180M Series D at $1.8B Valuation to Build the AI Platform For Marketing Teams
The round will expand Profound’s applied AI research and accelerate development of its AI Marketer for enterprise marketing teams.
- On Tuesday, New York-based marketing platform Profound announced a $180 million Series D funding round co-led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, valuing the two-year-old company at $1.8 billion.
- Founded two years ago, Profound provides Answer Engine Optimization tools to help brands navigate how AI platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini describe their products, filling a gap left by traditional SEO.
- The company reports 3x revenue growth over the past six months and now serves over 1,000 enterprise customers, including Comcast and Walmart, with existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Khosla Ventures participating again.
- Profound will use the capital to expand its applied AI research labs in New York City and San Francisco, further developing its AI Marketer agent orchestrator for marketing automation.
- As marketing shifts toward the 'agentic web,' CEO James Cadwallader positions Profound to support teams using 'forward-deployed marketing engineers,' competing against established players like Salesforce and Adobe.
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