Research Tools Radar for Oct 22nd 2025
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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 demo of the week is YouScan: a listening and intelligence platform.
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Mike
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⚒️ Latest Tools
A selection of the newest tools in the Insight Platforms directory.
Datos provides anonymised clickstream data to analyze consumer behaviour, track online journeys, and inform research and strategy.
Cookiy AI is a platform that facilitates AI-led interviews to provide insights for qualitative research across various sectors.
EyeQuestion is a platform for sensory and consumer research, supporting panel management, data collection, and analysis.
Wynde is a UX research platform for usability testing, surveys, and prototype validation with AI-assisted insights and reporting.
AlternaCX unifies customer and employee feedback from multiple sources and provides AI-driven insights to prioritise actions.
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🎉 Product Updates
A roundup of new features and major upgrades from research tools.
Market research company Touchstone announces Generative AI UX Research and Usability Testing practice.
AI-powered moderator Yasna.ai rolls out automated video interviews.
Conversational AI platform inca launches SmartSummary to generate contrastive summaries of OE responses.
AI-moderated interview platform ReadingMinds.AI launches private beta with waitlist.
Conversational AI interviewer Dialogue AI closes $6m seed round.
AI-native customer research platform Northsea raises €660K in pre-seed funding round.
Customer research platform Strella raises $14m in Series A funding.
Consumer behaviour data provider MFour adds Attribution add-on to its iOOH™ Brand Lift solution.
Similarweb unveils Similarweb Web Intelligence 4.0.
AI-led video interview tool Conveo introduces Norstat Panel integration.
Research agency Simpson Carpenter launches AI avatar-led interview tool Quasai.
Consumer and sensory research agency MMR unveils Sensory Bot™ to surface contextual consumer sensory insights.
Survey and insights software Enalyzer enhances its suite of AI-powered tools with new features.
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👾 Demo of the Week
YouScan is a listening and intelligence platform that analyses the text and image content of posts in social media.
📖 Interesting Reads
Relevant technology, marketing and data articles from around the globe.
How do cultural values shape AI companions? The US makes AI girlfiends and China makes AI boyfriends.
The State of AI Report 2025 is out. And another one on views of AI around the world by Pew Research Center.
And another report on AI’s role in journalism and society by the Reuters Institute.