Company
Profound
AI platform helping brands manage discoverability and marketing presence in AI-driven search and discovery environments using autonomous agents.
Consumer Tech
Funding History
Feb 25, 2026Series C
Profound raised a $96M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, alongside Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Avantic, Saga, and South Park Commons.
Apr 3, 2025Seed
Profound raised a $3.5M seed round co-led by Keith Rabois / Coastal Ventures and Saga
Aug 12, 2025Series B
Profound raised a $35M Series B led by Sequoia Capital.
Sep 15, 2026
Profound raised $180M from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins. The company serves a third of the Fortune 100 and has built an AI marketing platform including AI answer engine optimization and ProFound Ads.
News
Interviews (3)
Profound raises $180M from Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins to become the canonical AI marketing company
15 Sept 2026
Profound raises $96M Series C at $1B valuation, launches autonomous marketing agents to manage brand presence across AI platforms
24 Feb 2026
Profound's James Cadwallader: brands are about to lose most of their consumer relationships to AI answer engines
2 Apr 2025