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title: "AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-research-startup-listen-labs-scrubbed-a-1-5b-funding-round-for-84bea823
published: 2026-09-10T00:00:37.000Z
byline: "Source: TechCrunch AI"
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# AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks

Source: TechCrunch AI · Published 2026-09-10 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-research-startup-listen-labs-scrubbed-a-1-5b-funding-round-for-84bea823

Listen Labs walked away from a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, sources say.

In this story: [Salesforce](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/salesforce), [Listen Labs](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/listen-labs), [Menlo Ventures](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/menlo-ventures)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TechCrunch AI](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/ai-research-startup-listen-labs-scrubbed-a-1-5b-funding-round-for-salesforce-talks)

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