Listen Labs
Overview
Listen Labs is an AI research platform that conducts, analyzes, and summarizes user interviews at scale. Brands design studies, recruit qualified participants, run AI-moderated interviews in 120+ languages, and get analysis, reports, and highlight reels in one workspace.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$69M
1 round on record
Latest round
$69M
Series B · Jan 2026 · 9 mo ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
The money's age
Fresh money
9 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 14
Raised a round Series B $69M · led by Ribbit Capital · YahooFinance
Jan 2000
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | Jan 2026 | $69M | Ribbit Capital lead, Evantic, Sequoia Capital, Conviction, Pear VC | YahooFinance |
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Financials
Total raised
$69M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | 2026 | $69M | Details |
News
Listen Labs Announced the Launch of Listen Twins
Listen Labs launches Listen Twins, AI models of real people that help businesses predict audience behavior, understand customer motivations, and gather insights in seconds.
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Listen Labs Launches Listen Twins, AI Models That Predict How Real Customers Behave
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 27, 2026--Listen Labs https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Flistenlabs.ai%2F&es
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Swedish-founded customer research platform Listen Labs is being acquired by Salesforce in a potential $2 billion deal
Listen Labs, a San Francisco-based AI-first platform for brands doing customer research founded by the Swedish serial entrepreneur Alfred Wahlforss and the German Florian Juengermann, is being acquired by Salesforce.
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Salesforce in $2B Talks to Acquire Listen Labs - Consolidating the Agentic Research Stack
Salesforce is in preliminary talks to acquire Listen Labs for approximately $2 billion. The deal is not yet finalized, but the startup's recent financial moves suggest a high-stakes exit is the primary goal. Listen Labs recently walked away from a signed
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Listen Labs: $69 Million Series B Closed To Bring Customer Voices Into Every Decision
Listen Labs, an AI-first customer research platform, said it has raised $69 million in a Series B round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Evantic and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Conviction, and Pear VC.
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Listen Labs raises $69 million Series B to bring customer voices into every decision
Listen Labs, the AI-first customer research platform, has raised a $69 million Series B led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Evantic and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Conviction, and Pear VC.
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How I Spent Three Nights Solving Listen Labs Berghain Challenge
When a cryptic billboard led to the most addictive coding challenge of 2025 Optimization problems are quite literally digital crack cocaine. Once you get a taste of turning 1,200 rejections into 1,150, then 1,000, then watching that number drop digit by a
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ
200-500 est. staff
85 2nd St, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94105, US