Research Tools Radar for Jun 4th 2025
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⚒️ Latest Tools
A selection of the newest tools in the Insight Platforms directory.
Opini.ai is an AI-powered survey platform that turns traditional surveys into interactive, conversational experiences.
FaceReader Online is an AI-powered platform using facial coding and eye tracking to deliver emotion and attention insights for advertising, UX, market research, and scientific studies.
ImpelHub uses AI to combine proprietary, public and competitor information into expert-led growth strategies and execution plans.
Besample is a data collection platform that provides access to thousands of pre-screened research participants in 42 countries across Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe.
SurveySensum is a text analytics platform that identifies customer issues, sentiment, and themes from open-ended feedback.
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🎉 Product Updates
A roundup of new features and major upgrades from research tools.
Research platform Discuss launches new AI interview solution “Discuss Now” …
… as qualitative video platform Voxpopme launches its own AI moderator solution …
… and research data / tech provier Prodege enhances its Pollfish agile surveys tool with Conversational AI.
Experience management platform SMG Launches its new ‘Ignite’ product set for brand, customer and employee feedback.
Predictive analytics and AI-powered trends provider Black Swan has been acquired by Mintel.
User research platform Rally UXR secures $11M in Series A funding.
Cultural intelligence company Quilt.AI launches AI-powered ‘Social Meaning’.
Conference feedback provider Explori launches a new solution for event experience measurement.
AI assistant Perplexity beefs up its Deep Research offer with Labs, which can enhance reports with charts, graphics, generated images and even mini applications.
Digital intelligence company Similarweb launches purpose-built AI agents.
Opera announces Opera Neon, the first AI agentic browser.
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📖 Interesting Reads
Relevant technology, marketing and data articles from around the globe.
Is there a coming jobs apocalypse triggered by AI? Anthropic’s CEO thinks there could well be.
Are surveys dead? Human responses decline and AI agent responses are on the rise.
LLMs are more persuasive than incentivised human persuaders. They’re also proficient in solving and creating emotional intelligence tests.
Moderna merged technology and human resources into a single function because of AI. Here’s why.