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Profound Raises $96 Million Series C at $1 Billion Valuation for AI Visibility Platform

Profound, an 18-month-old startup, raised a $96 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation on February 24, 2026. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Evantic Capital, Saga VC, and South Park Commons, bringing total funding to $155 million. The platform tracks how AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity describe and recommend brands across millions of prompts while helping customers increase visibility in AI-generated answers. Profound serves more than 700 enterprise customers including 10% of the Fortune 500 such as Target, Walmart, Ramp, and Figma. James Cadwallader, co-founder and CEO, stated the company has fewer than 120 employees and recently launched Profound Agents to generate and distribute marketing copy.

James Cadwallader Named to Ad Age Tech Power List 2026 for Profound Leadership

Ad Age recognized James Cadwallader of Profound in its Tech Power List 2026 published May 18, 2026. Cadwallader leads the company amid product expansion backed by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company secured Series C funding of $96 million at a $1 billion valuation in February 2026. Cadwallader focuses on AI visibility and content optimization for generative search discoverability.

Profound Deepens Agency Channel With Jordan Digital Marketing Partnership

Profound Adds Jordan Digital Marketing as First Agency Partner for AEO Growth

36 Profound Jobs Hiring in San Francisco, CA

Profound AI Review for 2026: Is It Worth the Investment?

Rankability published a Profound AI review on May 7, 2026. The Generative Engine Optimization platform secured a $35M Series B round led by Sequoia Capital after earlier rounds including a $3.5M seed in August 2024 and $20M Series A. Profound now positions itself for marketing to Superintelligence with a focus on enterprise clients and premium pricing. The company has grown rapidly since its $96M Series C at $1B valuation announced February 24, 2026. It competes in the AI marketing space with emphasis on helping brands control presence in AI answers.

Profound AI Review for 2026: Is It Worth the Investment?

Profound announces partnership with Partnerize to turn AI visibility into verified revenue

Profound announced a partnership with Partnerize on March 12, 2026. Trevor Pyle and Eliott Lee authored the post detailing the collaboration between the AI visibility platform and the enterprise partnership automation platform. The move enables brands to convert AI-driven visibility insights into tracked and verified revenue through affiliate and partnership channels. Profound co-founders James Cadwallader and Dylan Babbs previously announced the $96M Series C round on February 24, 2026. The partnership builds on Profound's existing integrations and customer base of over 700 enterprises.

Profound raises $96M Series C at $1B valuation to build marketing platform for AI era

Profound announced a $96M Series C funding round at a $1B valuation on February 24, 2026. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Evantic, Saga Ventures, and South Park Commons. The San Francisco-based company, founded 18 months prior by co-founders James Cadwallader and Dylan Babbs, now serves over 700 enterprise customers including Target, Walmart, Figma, MongoDB, Charlotte Tilbury, and US Bank. Profound launched Profound Agents for orchestration and automation of marketing copy across AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, with integrations to HubSpot, Google Workspace, Gamma, Parallel AI, and Vercel. James Cadwallader serves as CEO and co-founder of the 18-month-old startup that has raised $155M total to date.

Partnerize and Profound Form Partnership for AI Discovery Attribution Case Studies

Profound Launches Profound Sheets for Bulk AEO Orchestration in Beta

Profound Reaches Unicorn Status with $96M Funding Round

Profound raised $96 million in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins. Total capital raised exceeds $155 million. Profound builds AI tools for managing brand representation in AI systems.

Profound Secures $96M Series C at $1B Valuation

Profound raised $96 million in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Evantic Capital, Saga Ventures, and South Park Commons. Total funding reached $155 million. Profound serves over 10% of the Fortune 500 and more than 700 enterprises.

Profound Offers Lite Service at $499 per Month for Startups

Profound Medical Holders Back Board, Auditor, and LTIP in Shareholder Vote

Profound Medical Shareholders Approve Director Elections and LTIP at May 13, 2026 Meeting

Profound Details 2026 Platform Roadmap with Background Agents and Docs

AHEAD Acquires Prolimax and Appoints Paul Allen as EMEA Sales EVP

AHEAD announced on May 12, 2026 the acquisition of Netherlands-based Prolimax and appointment of Paul Allen as Executive Vice President of Sales, EMEA. Allen, previously Area Vice President at World Wide Technology, will lead EMEA growth from London and report to Executive Chairman Stephen Ayoub. The company will open a new AHEAD Foundry facility in Reading, UK later in 2026 and add a Bangalore technology center of excellence in India. Prolimax brings EU certifications including ISO, VAT, Article 23, and EORI.

Fresh People Closes €2.6M Round to Launch Booster AI Leadership System

Profound Announces Marketing Engineering Hackathon with $40K Prizes

Profound Announces First Marketing Engineering Hackathon on June 6, 2026, with $40,000 in Prizes

Profound's new analytics dashboard integrates with Snowflake, positioning them strongly against Tableau in BI market. Co

Profound's new analytics dashboard integrates with Snowflake, positioning them strongly against Tableau in BI market. Competitive move! #Competitive #BI