Listen Labs, an AI startup specializing in automated customer interviews, has secured $69 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The company gained significant attention earlier this year for an unconventional hiring stunt: it placed a billboard in San Francisco offering a $10,000 signing bonus to engineers who could solve a coding puzzle displayed on it. This viral marketing effort reportedly led to multiple hires. The new capital will be used to scale the company’s core technology, which uses artificial intelligence to conduct and analyze large volumes of customer interviews, helping businesses gather qualitative feedback at scale. The platform aims to automate the traditionally time-consuming process of customer discovery and user research. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/listen-labs-raises-usd69m-after-viral-billboard-hiring-stunt-to-scale-ai