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  "id": 7687340,
  "title": "Sequoia leads $180m round for AI marketing startup Profound",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sequoia-leads-180m-round-for-ai-marketing-startup-profound",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-16T02:32:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tech in Asia",
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    "url": "https://www.techinasia.com/news/sequoia-leads-180m-ai-marketing-startup-profound"
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  "summary": "Launched two years ago, Profound now counts Comcast and Walmart among its 1,000-plus customers.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Source: AI assistant Instinct seeks to raise $1B at a $10B valuation, up from $2.25B less than a month ago; Sequoia and Benchmark are in talks to lead the round (Valida Pau/The Information)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/source-ai-assistant-instinct-seeks-to-raise-1b-at-a-10b-valuation-up",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:15:01.000Z"
      }
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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."
}