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 funding follows a highly publicized hiring campaign where the company placed billboards near competitors’ offices, which went viral on social media and reportedly led to a surge in qualified job applicants. The company’s core technology uses artificial intelligence to conduct and analyze large-scale customer interviews, transforming open-ended conversations into structured data for product development and market research. The new capital will be used to accelerate product development, expand the engineering and go-to-market teams, and scale its AI interview platform to meet growing enterprise demand. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/listen-labs-raises-usd69m-after-viral-billboard-hiring-stunt-to-scale-ai