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Brands start paying real money to be visible inside AI chatbot answers

TechCrunch, Sep 15 · read the original

AI-answer-optimization startup Profound raised a 180 million dollar Series D at a 1.8 billion dollar valuation just seven months after its last round, serving more than 1,000 enterprise brands including Walmart and Estee Lauder.

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