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Profound

New York, US · founded 2024 · ~150 employees · Information · Crunchbase rank #83 · tryprofound.com

Profound is a platform designed to enhance brand visibility, specifically within AI-generated responses, helping businesses remain competitive in search engine landscapes where users get answers without clicking through. The platform collects and analyzes data on prompt volumes, citation frequency, agent interactions, and AI crawler behavior to show which queries surface a brand and how content is used in AI outputs. It also offers tools to generate content briefs, track AI interactions with websites, and provide insights that support content strategy decisions. Profound’s system aims to give marketing and content teams visibility into evolving AI discovery channels and align content with questions users ask these systems.

Also: technology · information & internet · brand monitoring · enterprise software · ai citation source tracking · ai mentions analysis · ai search engine response analysis · content creation workflows · business intelligence · ai sentiment analysis · ai answer engine monitoring · ai search engine monitoring tools

Funding

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Every round, secondary, debt facility or acquisition involving Profound that AI Lounge tracks, newest first. Latest: Series D on Sep 16, 2026.
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Sequoia Capital (lead), Kleiner Perkins (lead) · AI marketing (answer-engine optimization)
$180M
val. $1.8B
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Sequoia Capital (lead), Lightspeed Venture Partners (lead) · AI search optimization
$96M
val. $1B

Timeline · 4

Sep 16, 2026
Round
Series D · $180M at $1.8B · Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins
Feb 15, 2026
Round
Series C · $96M at $1B · Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners

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