AI marketing
Profound
Profound shows brands what AI answer engines say about them. Marketing teams use it to research, write and report from that data.
- Based in New York, San Francisco, London, Boston, Berlin and Buenos Aires
- 400 people in September 2026
- Founded 2024
- 85 open roles
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“Profound raised at a $1.8B valuation in September 2026. Of 85 open roles, 79 list New York, many of those also list another office, and 81 are on-site.”
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More than 1,000 enterprise brands use Profound
Revenue rose 3x in the six months before the September 2026 round.
It serves 1 in 3 Fortune 100 companies.
No layoffs reported.
Profound has not published a revenue figure.
Valuation rose from $1B to $1.8B in less than 7 months
Sequoia
Kleiner Perkins
Lightspeed
Khosla
South Park Commons
SagaIlya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins joined the board with the Series A.
The earlier rounds were a $3.5M seed in August 2024, a $20M Series A in June 2025, and a $35M Series B in August 2025. Profound did not announce a valuation for those rounds. At the Series C it said total funding was more than $155M. The Series D added $180M.
The team grew from under 120 to 400 people in less than seven months
February 2026 is Fortune’s count of fewer than 120. July and September are what cofounder Dylan Babbs posted. In November 2026 Profound said it would hire more than 15 people in Singapore over the next year. The head of talent posting says the plan is to roughly double the team over the next year.
Its two cofounders still run it, with a sales leader hired from 6sense
James CadwalladerCofounder and CEO
Kyra
Dylan BabbsCofounder and CTO
Uber
Mark EbertSVP of revenue, joined in September 2025
6senseJames and Dylan met at South Park Commons and started Profound in August 2024. James had cofounded Kyra, a creator marketing company in London. Dylan was a design engineer on Uber’s maps team.
James says a lot of people are in the office 6 days a week
The pace. James says people are in the office at 10pm and 11pm. He also says someone can leave at 6pm and no one minds.
Teams. Its stated values are clear and egoless communication, fractal speed, and obsessive craftsmanship. Dylan says engineers, designers and data scientists can make product and business decisions.
Where. Offices named in open roles are in New York, San Francisco, London, Boston, Berlin and Buenos Aires. The New York office is in Union Square. One sales role is remote. One engineering role in San Francisco is hybrid. Singapore was named the Asia Pacific headquarters in November 2026. That office is set to open in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Time off. It lists flexible time off.
Pay. A backend role in New York or San Francisco lists a base salary of $175,000 to $265,000. The posting says pay may vary by location. Other open roles publish their own bands.
Customers use it to change how often AI answers mention them
PlaidTraffic from AI answers is up over 300% since Plaid started using Profound. Conversions from that traffic are up 210%.
RampAccounts payable visibility in AI answers rose from 3.2% to 22.2% between December 2024 and February 2025.
MongoDBAI search visibility rose 50%, and accuracy on questions about MongoDB stayed above 90%.More than 25,000 marketers in 90+ countries use it.
The platform is built on more than 2 billion real user prompts.
TechCrunch describes a wave of startups working on the same problem.
Open roles
Profound has 85 open roles on its careers page. 83 list the US, 18 list the UK, 9 list Argentina and 2 other places. A role can list more than one place. Pick a place and a team to see the roles and Jack’s read.
Jack’s read for engineering
12 open roles
- Cofounder Dylan Babbs is the CTO.
- A Rust agent runtime role is open, on-site in New York or San Francisco.
- Backend roles name the New York, San Francisco or Buenos Aires offices.
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Jack’s read for data and research
8 open roles
- The Series D expands an applied AI lab that already exists, in New York and San Francisco. The lab will post-train models for marketing work.
- Open roles include machine learning, evals and post-training, and a researcher/economist.
Jack’s read for product and design
6 open roles
- The head of design reports to the CTO. The role is on-site at the Union Square office.
- Product roles cover the core product and the CMS.
Jack’s read for go-to-market
36 open roles
- Mark Ebert was SVP of global sales at 6sense before he joined.
- One enterprise account executive role is remote. Other sales roles are on-site, including London and Singapore.
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Jack’s read for marketing
8 open roles
- Open roles cover product marketing, field marketing and answer-engine optimization.
- A field marketer role lists New York, San Francisco, Germany and Singapore.
Jack’s read for operations, finance and people
15 open roles
- Open roles include a head of talent, a chief of staff, and finance.
- An office operations manager role is open in London.
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New roles peaked in the week of October 5, 2026
New roles each week worldwide, from the week of June 29 to the week of November 2, 2026. The counts come from our daily checks of its careers page. We leave out the first week of checks, because it counted roles already open.
Closed roles61 since June 22, when our checks began
The most recent, as of November 8, 2026.
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About this page
Jack & Jill isn’t Profound’s recruiter. The open roles come straight from Profound’s public careers page and refresh through the day. Company facts come from Profound’s own announcements and named press, linked on each card, and were last checked on November 8, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.