June 3 (Reuters) - Market intelligence platform AlphaSense said on Wednesday it has raised $350 million at a valuation of $7.5 ‌billion, nearly double that of its funding round ‌two years ago.

The round was led by Vitruvian Partners, Accenture Ventures, and ​J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with new investors including D. E. Shaw Ventures and Pinegrove Opportunity Partners.

The funding highlights strong investor demand for AI-related companies, as businesses increasingly adopt artificial intelligence tools ‌to improve productivity, automate ⁠workflows and analyze large volumes of data.

Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is an AI-powered platform that helps ⁠businesses and financial professionals analyze companies, markets, and industries using a wide range of sources such as research reports, regulatory filings, ​earnings ​call transcripts, and news.

"Our focus ​remains on execution, and while ‌we can't comment on the exact (IPO) timing, we believe the public markets represent a natural path for AlphaSense's growth journey," CEO and co-founder Jack Kokko told Reuters.

The company's valuation has risen substantially from the $4 billion it secured in its 2024 ‌funding round.

New York-based AlphaSense surpassed $600 million ​in annual recurring revenue in the ​first quarter and ​has raised more than $1 billion to date.

The company ‌said it will use the ​new capital to ​expand its AI platform, grow its proprietary content library of more than 500 million business documents, and also ​support international expansion ‌and customer support operations.

AlphaSense's customers include Adobe, Amazon.com, Microsoft, ​Nvidia, Pfizer and JPMorgan Chase.

(Reporting by Prakhar Srivastava in ​Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo)