AI Analyst

Profound is an NYC-based AI startup helping brands measure and improve their visibility in AI platforms such as ChatGPT. We partner with some of the biggest brands and marketing agencies, including companies like MongoDB, Indeed, Mercury, DocuSign, Zapier, Ramp, Rho, Golin, Workable, Mejuri, Eight Sleep, G2, US Bank, Chime, and Clay.

We recently raised a $35 million Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with continued backing from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Saga VC, and South Park Commons, as well as angel investors including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel) and Andrew Karam (Applovin).

Learn more at tryprofound.com.

The infrastructure for AI presence is being built right now. We're building the definitive platform for AI presence, where the world's most ambitious brands come to understand and shape how they appear in AI-powered experiences.

You'll become one of the most knowledgeable people on earth about AI Visibility through relentless curiosity and first-principles thinking about how LLMs discover, interpret, and surface information.

You'll be reverse-engineering how LLMs make decisions, mapping competitive landscapes that don't exist in any playbook, and translating platform signals into insights that reshape how Fortune 500 companies think about their digital presence.

• Conduct analysis on how brands appear across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and emerging AI interfaces

• Build research artifacts that become the definitive reference for how AI visibility works

• Identify behavioral patterns in LLM responses before they become visible to the market

• Create competitive intelligence frameworks for categories that haven't been mapped yet

• Transform raw platform data into narratives that change how clients operate

• Synthesize daily AI platform developments into strategic implications

• Lead F100 client strategies as you build expertise

• Natural pattern recognition in complex systems

• Experience in SEO/search marketing

• Fluent in how search and discovery have evolved (bonus if you've gone deep on RAG, embeddings, or LLM architectures)

• Equally comfortable in Python notebooks and boardroom presentations

• Drawn to ambiguity rather than deterred by it

• Background that suggests exceptional trajectory, whether MBB consulting, technical PM, growth analytics, or standout academic research

• 1–2 years of evidence that you operate at an unusual level

You'll have direct exposure to how the world's most sophisticated companies are navigating the AI shift. Your research will inform product decisions. Your frameworks will become client doctrine. You'll work in-person in Union Square with a team that thinks in first principles and ships at startup speed.

This is an on-site role in our Union Square office— working in-person with a team that moves fast and thinks deeply.

For this role, the expected base salary range is $110,000 – $150,000. Profound’s total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.