Profound

What Profound does

Profound, legally PROFOUND CLUB PRIVATE LIMITED, is an AI-native professional networking and hiring platform headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Founded in 2024 by former executives of Swiggy, Zomato, Delhivery, and Cleartrip, the company operates a two-sided marketplace that connects working professionals (Applicants) — who want to be represented to hiring managers — with Recruiters sourcing talent. The company is led by CEO and co-founder Anuj Rathi and co-founder Prashant Parashar, has 1–10 employees, and raised $1.5 million in seed funding in 2024 from Stellaris Venture Partners and 3one4 Capital.

The core offering is the Profound AI Rep, an AI-powered representative that learns a user's professional story through recorded Voice Interactions (audio conversations processed via ElevenLabs) and articulates their distinctiveness to recruiters. The platform combines OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google LLMs for NLP, transcription, evaluation scoring, and generative outputs such as Career Content, hiring briefs, and candidate summaries. A Match Output system ranks and shortlists Applicants for Recruiters, while a network/community feed (applauses, streaks, notifications) supports professional brand building. The product is delivered as a self-serve web platform (profound.me) accessible globally, with phone-number-based authentication and four-step onboarding. Compliance is in place for India's DPDP Act (Data Fiduciary obligations under Section 8(5)) and GDPR for EU/UK users via Standard Contractual Clauses.

Profound's business model is anchored on the recruiter side of the marketplace. The Terms of Service indicate that billing is handled by payment processors, consistent with subscription or transaction-based Recruiter Access Fees; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The product is sold via product-led growth and community-led GTM motions: professionals self-onboard and generate network-driven match opportunities, while Recruiters describe roles and receive introductions. Marketing channels to date are predominantly earned media (coverage in Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, Moneycontrol, Inc42, Deccan Herald, and Entrepreneur) and organic social. The company is pre-revenue or near-zero revenue, with no public paying-customer logos or pricing tiers disclosed.

Name

Profound

Legal name

PROFOUND CLUB PRIVATE LIMITED

Website

https://profound.me

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Profound is an AI-native professional networking and hiring platform, founded in 2024 in Bengaluru, that connects working professionals with recruiters through an AI-powered representative (AI Rep). The platform uses voice-based AI and a matching engine to articulate candidates' professional stories and surface them to hiring managers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Professional Networking Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN), Essay, Resume & Portfolio Coaching Platforms (EDAFAMAD)

Keywords

• AI professional networking
• AI career representation
• AI-powered recruiting
• Voice-based hiring platform
• Talent matching software

Headquarters

HQ city

Bengaluru

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Recruiter Access Fees: Recruiters (founders, hiring managers, organizations) register to describe roles and receive introductions to Applicants. The Terms mention billing handled by payment processors, suggesting transaction or subscription-based revenue from the recruiter side.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Profound operates an AI-native professional networking and hiring platform featuring an "AI Rep" that learns each user's professional story through voice-based AI conversations and articulates their distinctiveness. The platform connects individual professionals (Applicants) seeking career opportunities with recruiters and hiring managers (Recruiters), generating Career Content from voice interactions, automating candidate screening, and producing AI-generated introductions between the two sides.

Product overview

Profound is an AI-native professional networking and hiring platform operated by PROFOUND CLUB PRIVATE LIMITED. The core offering is the Profound AI Rep, an AI-powered representative that learns each user's professional story through Voice Interactions (recorded AI-assisted conversations) and represents them to recruiters and opportunities. The platform connects Applicants seeking employment with Recruiters sourcing talent, using AI for screening, evaluation, matching, and career profile generation. Key features include Voice Interactions for building Career Content, an AI-powered matching system (Match Output), talent discovery for recruiters, and professional brand building services. The platform serves working professionals in India and internationally, with compliance under India's DPDP Act and GDPR for EU/UK users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Profound AI Rep: AI-powered virtual representative that learns the user's career story and helps with professional networking, talent discovery, and job matching.

Products and services

• Profound AI Rep An AI-powered professional representative that learns the user's career story through voice conversations and articulates what makes them distinctive. It helps working professionals build stronger collaborations, access richer opportunities, find sharper hires, and develop a compounding professional brand. Targets both individual professionals seeking opportunities and recruiters/hiring managers seeking talent.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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