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Profound valued at $1.8B after $180M Series D as brands chase AI search visibility

Profound, a New York‑based startup that coined “answer engine optimization,” announced a $180 million Series D funding round co‑led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins. The new capital lifts the company’s valuation…

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Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led round for robot data

Mecka AI, a startup specializing in collecting human motion data to train humanoid robots, is closing a new funding round led by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of approximately $500 million. This significant increase…

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Profound valued at $1.8B after $180M Series D as brands chase AI search visibility (15 September 2026).