--- title: AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding... description: Listen Labs, an AI-driven customer research startup, walked away from a signed $125 million Series C term sheet at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Menlo... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-research-startup-listen-labs-scrubbed-a-1-5b-funding-round-for-salesforce-talks-akdl1sjjx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks | daily.dev og:description: Listen Labs, an AI-driven customer research startup, walked away from a signed $125 million Series C term sheet at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Menlo... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-research-startup-listen-labs-scrubbed-a-1-5b-funding-round-for-salesforce-talks-akdl1sjjx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AKdL1sjjx.png og:image:alt: AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Listen Labs, an AI-driven customer research startup, walked away from a signed $125 million Series C term sheet at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Menlo Ventures, reportedly because Salesforce entered acquisition talks valuing the company at around $2 billion. The deal is not finalized. Listen Labs, founded in 2023, uses voice AI to interview customers and generate reports, competing with startups like Simile, Outset, Keplar, and Aaru. It has about $30 million in annualized revenue and was previously valued at $500 million in a January Series B round. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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