Listen Labs, a startup specializing in AI-powered customer interview analysis, has secured $69 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The capital infusion follows a widely publicized hiring stunt where the company placed a billboard in San Francisco offering a $10,000 signing bonus to attract AI engineers. The company’s core technology uses artificial intelligence to conduct, transcribe, and analyze large volumes of customer interviews, helping businesses identify key insights and trends from qualitative data. The new funding will be used to accelerate product development, expand the engineering team, and scale go-to-market efforts. The company reports that its platform can analyze thousands of interview hours in minutes, a task that would traditionally take human researchers months to complete. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/listen-labs-raises-usd69m-after-viral-billboard-hiring-stunt-to-scale-ai