The problem
Marketers can't use their own customer data or ship personalized campaigns without waiting on data engineers
What they do
Composable CDP and AI agents that turn warehouse customer data into marketing campaigns and ads
Traction $100M ARR in Apr 2026, up from $85M end-2025; grew >100% in each of past two years
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 88
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~380-660
Headcount ~250 (Sep 2025) → ~380 (Apr 2026, TechCrunch) → ~658 on LinkedIn; 88 open roles
Hiring in
- New York
- San Francisco
- Denver
- Remote (North America)
- Remote (Europe)
Latest news
Oct 2026
Acquired Strata, an AI no-code integration startup; Strata CEO joins to lead revenue programs ↗Glassdoor
4.5 ★ 102 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $150M
- Stage
- Series D
- Date
- Apr 2026
Led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Bain Capital Ventures
- Hiring+288 open roles on the live job board (30+ roles = +2)
- Funding recency+2Series D · $150M, Apr 2026 (6 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: $100M ARR in Apr 2026, up from $85M end-2025; grew >100% in each of past two years
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total5.52 + 2 + 1.5 − 0 = 5.5 → Sprint (4.75 or more)
Distance (Half) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Half · edge: hard to leave
Gartner MQ and IDC MarketScape CDP Leader with broad enterprise adoption and an AI agent layer on top of customers' warehouses; still competes with Salesforce Data Cloud, Adobe and Twilio Segment, and is not profitable by design through 2027.
Sources: TechCrunch: Hightouch reaches $100M ARR (Apr 2026) ↗ · Hightouch: Raising $150M at $2.75B (Apr 2026) ↗ · WSJ: Goldman Sachs and Bain lead investment; no profit target this year or next (Apr 2026) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026