Personal Agents Are Replacing the Human Consumer | James Cadwallader

Profound, now valued at $1.8B after a $180M raise, is betting that AI agents—not humans—will become brands' primary customer to market to.

• $180M raise: Profound raised $180 million at a $1.8 billion valuation to build what CEO James Cadwallader calls an 'AI-native marketing stack.'
• Agents as the new consumer: Cadwallader argues autonomous personal agents (Muse, Instinct, GrokBot, dots) will replace humans browsing the web, becoming the customer every brand must market to.

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