Listen Labs, an AI startup specializing in automated customer interviews, has secured $69 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel. The capital infusion follows a highly publicized hiring campaign where the company placed a billboard in San Francisco’s tech-heavy South of Market district, directly challenging workers from major tech firms to join them. The company’s core product is an AI platform that conducts and analyzes thousands of customer interviews simultaneously, aiming to provide businesses with deep, qualitative insights at a scale previously unattainable through traditional human-led methods. The new funding will be used to accelerate product development, expand the engineering and go-to-market teams, and scale operations to meet growing enterprise demand for its automated research solutions. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/listen-labs-raises-usd69m-after-viral-billboard-hiring-stunt-to-scale-ai