Statusphere, an AI marketing platform that helps retailers and brands turn micro-influencers into a scalable, trusted growth channel, has raised $27 million to date.

WHO: Statusphere is an influencer-marketing technology platform built for enterprise brands to make human-generated content scalable, measurable, and brand-safe across social, retail, and paid media channels. The platform uses AI to automate and orchestrate large-scale creator programs—from sourcing and vetting influencers, to fulfillment, compliance, tracking, and rights management. Brands including Express, Parlux, Kendo Brands, and LG H&H use Statusphere to drive social SEO, improve product discoverability, and generate measurable sales impact online and in-store.

WHY: Statusphere will use the new funding to expand its social SEO, generative engine optimization (GEO), and reporting capabilities to improve product discovery across AI-powered search for brands while also building next-generation tools for creators.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: “Human-generated content is quickly becoming the most valuable driver of brand discovery, but influencer-marketing solutions weren’t built to scale for the enterprise,” said Kristen Wiley, CEO and founder of Statusphere. “After years of testing different platforms, I built Statusphere to solve that challenge by giving brands a smarter, more automated way to activate creators at scale without sacrificing authenticity. As discovery moves toward AI-driven and agentic search, Statusphere is built for this moment. Our Series A positions us to accelerate what’s next.”

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