Research Tools Radar for Apr 1st, 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.
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And our Lightning Demo of the week is from QuMind: learn how to generate digital twins from your own customer panel data.
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Mike
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⚒️ Latest Tools
A selection of the newest tools in the Insight Platforms directory.
Varify.io is an A/B testing platform that runs unlimited experiments, integrates with analytics, and supports data-driven optimisation.
EyeLogic provides research-grade, screen-based eye tracking solutions for research, usability testing, and market research.
Alembic is an AI‑powered marketing analytics platform that measures marketing impact and links campaigns to outcomes using data analysis.
Inbe is an AI‑enabled market insights platform with research tools and strategic support services for innovation and customer voice analysis.
KPI6 is an AI‑driven market research and consumer intelligence platform that analyses digital conversations and consumer behaviour.
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🎉 Product & Company News
A roundup of new features and major upgrades from research tools.
Global marketing network Stagwell expands The Harris Poll’s always-on brand and reputation tracking HarrisQuest across Europe.
Social listening platform YouScan launches Tiger Finder, an AI-powered TikTok influencer discovery tool.
Kantar introduces Converser, enabling AI-moderated one-to-one conversations across 49 markets.
Advertising intelligence provider Advertiser Perceptions partners with Data Quality Co-op to strengthen transparency in B2B advertising research.
CX platform AskNicely launches Ask NiceAI to analyse customer feedback and reviews.
Survey platform Alchemer rolls out AI Auto-Responder within its Reputation Management product.
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👾 Demo of the Week
QuMind by Largo Lightning Demo: Digital Twins Panel
📖 Interesting Reads
Relevant technology, marketing and data articles from around the globe.
A well-reasoned critique of ad effectiveness research in general – and System1 in particular. Ouch.
It’s not just you. AI assistance improves performance for some knowledge work, but worsens it for others. This new paper explains how.
“ATMs were supposed to kill bank teller jobs. In fact, these roles increased significantly after ATMs launched.” If you’ve clung to this story as a mental life raft for AI’s impact on jobs, don’t read this article. ATMs didn’t kill the bank teller, but the iPhone sure did.