Profound is building the marketing infrastructure for an internet where brand discovery is mediated by AI. The company has rapidly become a critical platform for enterprises globally as Answer Engines increasingly generate recommendations and act on behalf of users. Today, Profound serves more than 10 percent of the Fortune 500, supporting more than 700 enterprises across CPG, Finserve, Retail, Pharma, Consumer Tech, B2B Tech verticals, including leading brands like Target, Figma, Walmart, Ramp, MongoDB, Chime, and U.S. Bank. Profound was also named a Top 50 AI Product in G2's Best Software Products 2026, ranking #34 across all B2B software, alongside ChatGPT, ElevenLabs, Gemini, Notion, and Lovable.
"Profound Agents expand the product from visibility to autonomous execution, positioning them to define how marketing is done in an agentic world," said Sachin Patel, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. "They are building the marketing platform for the future of discovery."
AI-Driven Discovery Is Reshaping Marketing
The surfaces where consumers discover brands have expanded. Traditional search remains foundational, but as AI Agents increasingly browse and buy on consumers' behalf, every brand will need a strategy for being understood, trusted, and recommended by machines.
AI conversations are, in many cases, the first time a consumer encounters ...
