Research Tools Radar for Oct 14th, 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 i-Genie, an AI-powered consumer insights platform.
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Mike
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⚒️ Latest Tools
A selection of the newest tools in the Insight Platforms directory.
Glimma AI is an AI‑powered voice research platform for conducting automated in‑depth user interviews, transcripts, tags and insights.
Datastory is a data visualisation tool that uses AI to generate charts, websites and narratives from datasets.
Consuma is a platform that collects research data using smart scraping, autonomous agents and LLMs, then generates reports in minutes.
Focus is a platform that creates digital twins of real participants for market research, focus groups, and consumer insight studies.
IncQuery is a survey platform for consulting and private equity teams, combining survey technology and expert support for reliable insights.
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🎉 Product & Company News
A roundup of new features and major upgrades from research tools.
Qualitative research platform Quillit introduces automated PowerPoint deck creation.
Research consultancy mktresearchguy invests in Livepanel, backing its N-Infinite data modelling and augmented sample platform.
Audience insights platform GWI unveils an AI Intelligence layer in its agentic portfolio.
Consumer intelligence platform Verso raises $6m in seed funding.
UX research platform Userlytics launches AI Moderation to unmoderated usability studies.
YouGov launches BrandIndex API and MCP for daily brand perception data.
Creative effectiveness platform DAIVID introduces an emotion-led media buying solution for advertisers
Anthropic rolls out Claude Dashboards and Motion to build live data dashboards.
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👾 Demo of the Week
📖 Interesting Reads
Relevant technology, marketing and data articles from around the globe.
Gallup finds most adults feel positive about AI but trust and worry vary by usage and region.
The WSJ highlights retailer pushback against AI shopping agents, with several blocking autonomous bots.
This study says AI-moderated interviews do match human depth, and digital twins can predict responses better than humans.