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  "id": 7550927,
  "title": "New York-based AI marketing startup Profound raised a $180M Series D led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8B valuation, taking its total funding to $335M+ (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/new-york-based-ai-marketing-startup-profound-raised-a-180m-series-d",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T12:10:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-15/profound-hits-1-8-billion-value-to-boost-brands-in-ai-search"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The artificial intelligence marketing startup Profound has raised $180 million at a $1.8 billion valuation in its Series D fundraising round …",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Netherlands-based inference chip startup Euclyd raised a €200M+ Series A co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital, Scaleup Europe Fund, and Innovation Industries (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/netherlands-based-inference-chip-startup-euclyd-raised-a-200m-series",
        "published": "2026-09-15T07:55:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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