Profound raised $180m at a $1.8bn valuation to sell brands visibility in AI answers

Profound, an enterprise-grade marketing platform built for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), has raised $180M in a Series D co-led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, valuing the two-year-old New York company at $1. 8bn, Bloomberg reports.

Source: [TNW](https://thenextweb.com/news/profound-180m-series-d-ai-answer-engine-optimisation)