Profound provides the infrastructure for enterprise brands to understand and optimize their presence across AI-generated answers. The platform operates at scale, processing over 10 million prompts daily, handling 30 billion crawler visits, and tracking 1 billion citations - giving customers unparalleled visibility into how they appear in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and other large language model-based answer engines.
The company's full-stack offering combines agent analytics, prompt volume intelligence, and answer engine insights with autonomous AI agents for marketing workflows. Over 1,800 customers, predominantly Fortune 500 companies and large enterprises, rely on Profound to monitor and influence their representation in AI-driven discovery. The platform has established itself as foundational to Answer Engine Optimization, a domain Profound is positioning as essential to marketing strategy in the AI era.
Founded in 2024 and backed by $155 million in Series C funding from leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Khosla Ventures, Profound operates globally with offices in New York, San Francisco, London, and Buenos Aires. The company holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification and serves customers seeking enterprise-grade visibility and control over their AI-driven presence.