--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "b9765b2ec01759842bee01d1337a8957bb6fdd8baf08bcc22db647eb7eac4025" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/b9765b2e?lang=en" title: "Profound Raises $180 Million at $1.8 Billion Valuation Less Than 7 Months After Series C" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-15T21:00:32.000Z" category: "Funding" topics: ["funding","industry","llm","marketing","infra","anthropic","openai","google"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/startups/profound-raises-180-million-at-18-billion-valuation-less-than-7-months-a-09f0420c","https://huggingnews.com/startups/profound-raises-180-million-at-18-billion-valuation-less-than-7-months-a-09f0420c"] summary: "Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins co-led the Series D funding for AI marketing startup Profound to expand its applied AI research team. The New York-based company ra…" --- # Profound Raises $180 Million at $1\.8 Billion Valuation Less Than 7 Months After Series C > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-15T21:00:32.000Z **Category:** Funding **Topics:** funding, industry, llm, marketing, infra, anthropic, openai, google ## Summary Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins co\-led the Series D funding for AI marketing startup Profound to expand its applied AI research team\. The New York\-based company ra… ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()