LL

Listen Labs

Application

AI customer research tool for automated qualitative research.

Total funding$100M

Valuation—

Employees52

Founded2023

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Listen Application

  Runs qualitative customer research interviews with an AI moderator and analyses the transcripts.

Similar products 23

No sourced competitor yet: no filing, vendor document or measured-market report read so far names a rival for this company, so none is asserted. The companies below are the closest by what their products do.

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Sources

Total funding

Company disclosure · 11 Sep 2026

Primary source states explicitly: "This brings our total funding to 100 million dollars." Confirmed, matches the recorded value.

Employees

News reporting · Apr 2026

Forbes company profile for Listen Labs, "Employees" stated as of April 2026. Read 2026-08-27.

Founded

Third-party database · 11 Sep 2026

Sequoia's own portfolio page states "Founded 2023"; no Wikipedia article exists and the company's own site has no About page.

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