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.
What You'll Actually DoPartner with Fortune 500 brands as their strategic guide through the AI discovery landscape
Lead original research on LLM behavior, prompt patterns, and visibility mechanics
Develop vertical-specific playbooks that become industry standard
Transform customer edge cases into product features that matter
Conduct deep competitive intelligence and gap analysis across AI search platforms
Build frameworks for measuring what's never been measured before
Bridge technical complexity and strategic clarity in every client interaction
8+ years shaping search strategy, content architecture, or growth systems at scale
Deep fluency in how search has evolved—from PageRank to RAG
Track record of being early and right about industry shifts
Natural ability to see patterns in chaos and structure in noise
Experience translating technical concepts into strategic advantage
Comfort operating at the intersection of product, engineering, and customer success
This is ground floor of a category-defining company. Your frameworks will shape how an entire industry thinks about AI presence. Your insights will directly influence product direction. Your research will become required reading.
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 $140,000 – $190,000. 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.
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What We Do
Hundreds of millions of consumers are now using AI Search like ChatGPT or Perplexity to discover brands and products.
Profound has developed the first analytics platform to help enterprise brands understand and improve how they show up in AI Search.
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