{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-02/profound-singapore-asia-pacific-headquarters","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-02/profound-singapore-asia-pacific-headquarters.md","title":"Profound Opens Singapore Asia Pacific HQ","headline":"Profound Names Singapore Its Asia Pacific Headquarters, Plans More Than 15 Hires","description":"Profound made Singapore its Asia Pacific headquarters, opening a Central Business District office in Q4 2026 and hiring more than 15 roles.","section":"Expansion","published_at":"2026-11-02T01:20:44+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-02T01:20:44+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Profound established Singapore as its Asia Pacific headquarters, with regional leadership, go-to-market and customer teams based there.","The company will open a Central Business District office in Q4 2026 and hire more than 15 roles in Singapore over the next 12 months.","The move follows Profound's $180 million Series D in September, co-led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins."],"companies":[{"name":"Profound","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000kf/profound","website":"https://www.tryprofound.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"GlobeNewswire","title":"Profound Establishes Singapore as Asia Pacific Headquarters as AI Becomes the New Front Door For Brands","url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/11/02/3392809/0/en/profound-establishes-singapore-as-asia-pacific-headquarters-as-ai-becomes-the-new-front-door-for-brands.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Expansion","Profound"],"body_markdown":"[Profound](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000kf/profound) has established Singapore as its Asia Pacific headquarters, with regional leadership, go-to-market and customer teams based there to support brands across Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The company announced the move on November 2, [GlobeNewswire](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/11/02/3392809/0/en/profound-establishes-singapore-as-asia-pacific-headquarters-as-ai-becomes-the-new-front-door-for-brands.html) reported. Profound is an AI visibility and content optimization platform that helps brands monitor and shape how they appear in generative AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.\n\n## Profound's Singapore Office and Hiring Plans\n\nProfound will open its Singapore office in the Central Business District in Q4 2026. The company plans to hire more than 15 roles in Singapore over the next 12 months, including a General Manager for Asia-Pacific, account executives, go-to-market associates, engagement managers and account managers. Members of Profound's New York team will relocate to Singapore for a year to help build the regional team.\n\nJames Cadwallader, Co-Founder and CEO, said: \"AI is the new front door to every business, and brands across Asia Pacific are moving fast to control how they show up. We've already seen that demand firsthand, with brands across the region coming to us before we had a single person on the ground. Singapore is the natural home for our next chapter. It's where the region's biggest brands make decisions, and it's a country that takes AI seriously at the highest level.\"\n\nLing Yuan Chun, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Ventures at the Singapore Economic Development Board, said the headquarters \"epitomises the confidence that global AI companies have in Singapore as a well-connected hub to support their growth ambitions in the region.\"\n\nThe announcement coincides with Zero Click Singapore, held on October 29 at Raffles Hotel, the first time Profound has brought its Zero Click conference to Asia-Pacific following Zero Click Sydney on October 27. Profound also hosted a recruiting event in Singapore on October 30.\n\n## Profound's Funding and Enterprise Reach\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Profound raised a $180 million Series D in September 2026 led by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital, bringing total funding to $334.5 million across five rounds. The same records list a $96 million Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners in February 2026, a $35 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital in August 2025 and a $20 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins in June 2025. Profound serves more than 700 enterprises, including over 10% of the Fortune 500, according to the same records.\n\n## Profound's Earlier Partnerships and Launches\n\nIn May 2026, Profound launched its Agency Partner program with Jordan Digital Marketing and Amsive among the first partner agencies, establishing a channel and reseller motion alongside direct enterprise sales, according to akta.pro company records. In March 2026, Profound entered a strategic collaboration with Partnerize to integrate the VantagePoint Fractional Commission Standard into its platform for outcome-based revenue attribution in zero-click AI commerce. In February 2026, Profound launched Profound Agents, an autonomous AI worker platform with a drag-and-drop workflow builder, conditionals, iteration nodes and a self-learning feedback loop.\n\n## What Comes Next for Profound in Asia Pacific\n\nProfound plans to open the Singapore office in Q4 2026 and fill more than 15 roles over the following 12 months, including the General Manager for Asia-Pacific.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}