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Profound just dropped another massive funding bomb — $180 million in Series D, valuing the AI search optimization giant at $1.8 billion — less than seven months after its last big raise. Backed by Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and returning investors, Profound is helping brands dominate the new AI-driven search landscape, where visibility means showing up when users ask questions via generative engines. Revenue has tripled in six months, and they’ve onboarded over 1,000 enterprise clients including Comcast, Estée Lauder, and Walmart — proving that mastering AI search isn’t just smart, it’s essential.
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