Listen Labs, an AI startup specializing in analyzing customer interviews, has secured $69 million in a Series B funding round led by Accel. The capital infusion follows a widely publicized hiring stunt where the company placed a billboard in San Francisco offering a $10,000 signing bonus, which generated significant media attention and a flood of applicants. The funds will be used to scale the company’s core technology, which uses artificial intelligence to automatically transcribe, analyze, and extract insights from thousands of customer interview recordings. This allows product and research teams to identify trends and pain points much faster than manual review. The company plans to expand its engineering and go-to-market teams with the new capital. For the full details, read the article at https://venturebeat.com/technology/listen-labs-raises-usd69m-after-viral-billboard-hiring-stunt-to-scale-ai.