Profound Hits $1.8B on $180M Series D From Sequoia, Kleiner
TL;DR
- Profound closed a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion post-money valuation, led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.
- The New York company was founded in 2024 and has now raised more than $335 million in total across its rounds.
- Its tools help brands monitor and shape how AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini surface them in answers.
Profound has closed a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion post-money valuation, Bloomberg reported. Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins led the round.
The New York-based startup was founded in 2024 and has now raised more than $335 million in total funding. Its product line, per the reporting, "helps brands adapt to the trend where users initiate searches through AI chatbots such as OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Gemini rather than traditional search engines."
The new mark nearly doubles the $1 billion valuation Profound set in February at its $96 million Series C, roughly seven months earlier. Neither the Bloomberg summary nor the corroborating pickups disclose revenue, customer count, or how much of the Series D is primary versus secondary.
It lands in a heavy stretch of nine-figure AI funding rounds we've tracked this week, and is one of only a handful of pure-play bets in our AI search coverage.
Originally reported by bloomberg.com
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