Profound
AI Answer Engine Optimization
New York, United States · Founded 2024 · $154.5M raised
- Headquarters
- New York
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2024
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- tryprofound.com
- Total Funding
- $154.5M
- Last Round
- $96.0M Series CFeb 2026
- Rounds
- 4
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About
Profound is a GenAI marketing intelligence platform that helps enterprise brands monitor, analyze, and optimize how they appear across AI-powered answer engines including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, and Claude. The platform tracks brand mentions, sentiment, citation sources, and competitive positioning across millions of AI queries daily, and provides workflow automation for generating AI-optimized content. Founded in 2024, Profound reached a $1 billion valuation after its $96M Series C in February 2026, serving Fortune 500 brands and enterprise marketing teams seeking to win in zero-click AI discovery.
Summary
Profound is an Artificial Intelligence company based in New York, United States, founded in 2024. It has raised $154.5M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $96.0M Series C round in Feb 2026. Investors include Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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Funding History
Feb 2026
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Funding: Seed through Series C. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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