Listen Labs dropped $1.5B Series C for Salesforce talks
Listen Labs walked away from a signed $125M Series C term sheet led by Menlo Ventures at a $1.5B valuation, sources say. Salesforce has held talks to buy the voice-AI customer research startup for around $2B, per Business Insider; the deal is not finalized.
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