Profound raises $1.5M for AI representatives

Profound raised $1.5 million from Stellaris Venture Partners, 3one4 Capital, and angel investors for an agentic platform that creates a professional’s customized AI representative from a 30-minute voice conversation, according to The Economic Times’ report on the former Swiggy and Zomato executives’ launch. The company plans to test the representatives in hiring, mentoring, and networking before a broader 2026 rollout. Builders should read the small round beside India’s increasingly concentrated AI-app economics: identity-rich agents may find distribution through employers before they earn another consumer subscription.