Total raised$154.5M
StageSeries C
Hiring pace27 roles / 90d
Founded2023
Team size51-200
HQNew York, NY
IndustriesAI/ML

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.

Open positions · 28

San Francisco · On-site · $160k–$215k/yr

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Company at a glance

Locations
San Francisco, United States ·New York, United States ·London, United Kingdom ·Buenos Aires, Argentina
Investors
Evantic ·Khosla Ventures ·Kleiner Perkins ·Lightspeed Venture Partners ·NVentures ·SV Angel ·Saga ·Sequoia Capital ·South Park Commons

Founders & Leadership

DB

Dylan Babbs

Co-founder at Profound, ex-Uber

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ER

Ellis Rausch

Chief Executive Officer at Profound

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CZ

Charles Zhou

Head of Engineering at Profound

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JC

James Cadwallader

Co-Founder at Profound

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JS

Jasman Singh

AEO Research @ Profound

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About the Team

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

Team Composition

117 people
  • Sales2 senior19
  • Engineering1 senior15
  • Consulting8
  • Business Development2 senior7
  • Research7
  • Education6
  • Customer Success and Support1 senior5
  • Marketing5

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 History

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