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Profound

Profound is a GenAI marketing intelligence platform that helps enterprise brands optimize their presence across AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini through real-time analytics and competitive insights. The market leader serves over 2,000 customers, including approximately 13% of the Fortune 500.

Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Evantic, Kleiner Perkins and 6 more

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Locations
New York+5
Also San Francisco, Greater London, Buenos Aires, Singapore, Remote
Team size
51-200
Founded 2023
Total raised
$154.5M
Series D · last round Feb '26
Salary range
$50–365k
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About Profound

Profound is a GenAI marketing intelligence platform that helps enterprise brands optimize their presence across AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. As the market leader in AI search optimization, the company provides real-time visibility analytics, competitive intelligence, and actionable insights across the GenAI ecosystem. With over 2,000 customers including approximately 13% of the Fortune 500—such as Ramp, Figma, Chime, Calendly, and DocuSign—Profound has established itself as an essential tool for enterprises navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Backed by leading venture capital firms including Lightspeed, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Khosla Ventures, the company achieved a $1 billion valuation while growing from Seed to Series C in under two years. Profound operates with approximately 180 employees across offices in New York, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, and London.

Culture & values

Culture is high-bar, high-output, and deeply collaborative

Team attracts hungry, ambitious builders who thrive on speed and iteration

Shipping at a relentless pace

Lean, fast-moving team of approximately 180 people across NYC, SF, Buenos Aires, and London

Product marketing team values people who are slightly creative but analytical

Values high-EQ operators who can be trusted in a room of leaders but also roll up sleeves on nitty-gritty details

Company is fully in-office, 5 days a week in Union Square, NYC

Moves fast and ships blue ocean products that have never been built before

Funding

$154.5Mtotal raised

Aug '24Aug '25Feb '26
  • Feb 2026 · Series CLightspeed Venture Partners, South Park Commons, Sequoia Capital, Saga, Kleiner Perkins, Evantic
    $96M
  • Aug 2025 · Series BSequoia Capital, South Park Commons, Saga, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures
    $35M
  • Jun 2025 · Series AKleiner Perkins, SV Angel, South Park Commons, Saga, NVentures, Khosla Ventures
    $20M
  • Aug 2024 · SeedSaga, Khosla Ventures, South Park Commons
    $3.5M
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • Evantic
  • Kleiner Perkins
  • Saga
  • Sequoia Capital
  • South Park Commons
  • Khosla Ventures
  • NVentures
  • +1 more

Company at a glance

Founded2023
Location
New York, NY
Websitetryprofound.com
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The team at Profound

51-200 peopleSee everyone on LinkedIn

Brian Erickson

Chief Strategy Officer at Cardwell Beach

James Cadwallader

Co-Founder at Profound

Jenna Potter

Building AI marketing agents & automations

Nikolai Wotton

Founding Engineer at Candle Finance

DB

Dylan Babbs

Sr Design Engineer at Uber

Team breakdown

Team Distribution

  • Sales & Business Development38%
  • Software Engineering25%
  • Operations & Management19%
  • Product & Design6%
  • Specialized Functions6%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of Southern California
  2. 2.Stanford University
  3. 3.University of Waterloo
  4. 4.The Wharton School
  5. 5.Cornell University

Team Worked At

  • Google
  • 6sense
  • Attentive
  • Oracle
  • Goldman Sachs

Location

Team Composition

285 people
  • Engineering and Technical4 senior79
  • Sales9 senior72
  • Consulting33
  • Marketing2 senior30
  • Human Resources1 senior10
  • Design1 senior8
  • Operations1 senior7
  • Research7

Life at Profound

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Of 53 open roles, Profound has 3 remote, 1 hybrid, 49 on-site positions.

Profound is based in New York, NY.

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