Research Tools Radar for Sep 16th, 2026
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Hi there,
Welcome to your weekly dose of research tech updates from Insight Platforms: new companies and tools; product and feature launches; and interesting reads to inspire you.
Join fellow researchers for the freshest thinking in qualitative research at the Qualitative Insights Summit in November.
And our Lightning Demo of the week is Zamplia, a global sample marketplace.
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Mike
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⚒️ Latest Tools
A selection of the newest tools in the Insight Platforms directory.
TasteForge is a product innovation platform for food and beverage categories that combines data and research to create shelf-ready concepts.
PollStream is a public affairs platform that monitors news, social and government sources, runs polls, and delivers verified opinion data.
IdeaApe helps teams uncover audience insights and validate ideas through AI-powered analysis of Reddit conversations.
SoftSight combines sample procurement, fieldwork operations and data quality management in a single workflow.
HyperOrbit is an agentic customer intelligence platform helping product, CX and revenue teams turn customer signals into decisions.
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🎉 Product & Company News
A roundup of new features and major upgrades from research tools.
Salesforce is reported to be in talks to acquire AI-powered research platform Listen Labs for $2bn.
Text and analytics company Caplena introduces two new features: Insights Radar and Tasks.
AI-powered platform Stravito launches AI Persona Builder.
AI visibility platform Profound raises $180m in Series D.
YouGov unveils AI-moderated qual interviewing tool Voices.
NIQ rolls out Digital Purchase GeoAudiences across five European markets.
Consumer behaviour company Circana announces Analysis Builder, an AI-powered enhancement to the Unify+™ solution.
Bending Spoons to buy collaboration tools maker Miro for $1.36b.
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👾 Demo of the Week
Zamplia Lightning Demo: Fix the Root, Not the Symptom: How to Prevent Survey Fraud Before It Enters Your Data
📖 Interesting Reads
Relevant technology, marketing and data articles from around the globe.
Microsoft releases Humanist AI Code of Conduct for Microsoft AI models.
Box released a State of AI in the Enterprise report. 83% of respondents run AI agents but only a third have governance.
Anthropic asked Mark Ritson to fill in a Claude customer satisfaction survey. What could go wrong?
They also built a forecast of how AI might affect jobs and unemployment in the US.