Profound, an AI visibility platform, recently secured $35 million in a Series B funding round. Sequoia Capital led this investment. This latest capital infusion brings Profound's total funding to $58.5 million.
Advancing AI Visibility for Brands
The platform helps businesses control their appearance in AI responses. It functions as a command center for modern AI marketing in the AI-first internet. Over 2,000 marketers from more than 500 organizations now rely on this AI visibility platform daily.
Profound has attracted major high-growth and enterprise customers since launching less than a year ago. These include companies like Ramp, US Bank, Indeed, MongoDB, DocuSign, and Chime.
AI search marks the next significant platform shift.
Consumers increasingly begin product research with AI assistants, not traditional search engines like Google Search. Consequently, a "zero-click world" emerges where AI conversations form initial brand impressions. Profound specifically helps brands show up effectively on platforms such as ChatGPT, differentiating from traditional SEO tools like Semrush.
The new capital will accelerate Profound's agentic workflow features. Furthermore, it will expand content generation capabilities and support international expansion. This investment fuels the company's growth in digital transformation. Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Saga VC, and South Park Commons also participated.
