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.
Autumn is qualitative season on Insight Platforms. Enrol in the free 6-part online course starting Oct 1st; then join the virtual Qualitative Insights Summit on Nov 10th and 11th.
And our Lightning Demo of the week is also qual: analyse interviews and and create reports with DoReveal.
Enjoy
Mike
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⚒️ Latest Tools
A selection of the newest tools in the Insight Platforms directory.
torima.in Global is a self-serve platform for AI-moderated Japanese consumer interviews with English summaries, transcripts, and reports.
AskIt creates a synthetic world where businesses can interact with AI-powered versions of their customers.
QuestionPunk is a survey platform with a built-in AI interviewer: run surveys and adaptive voice or text interviews in one study.
WeGuide is a patient engagement platform for clinicians and researchers, with eConsent, surveys, and wearable data integration.
Viewpoints.ai helps teams test ideas and understand audiences with AI-powered insights from synthetic personas.
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🎉 Product & Company News
A roundup of new features and major upgrades from research tools.
Creative platform Picsart partners with Zappi to launch Vera, an AI Ad Strategist Agent to score, rank, and test ads.
Conversational research platform inca introduces inca SmartInsight, an AI insight discovery partner.
Insights management provider Market Logic introduces AI early-warning system DeepSights Radar.
Research data quality firm Rep Data expands Research Defender fraud prevention technology with real-time adaptive source control.
Real-time audience intelligence integration OriginalVoices raises £1m pre-seed round.
Customer insights platform Marvin rolls out voice-to-voice AI-moderated research Live Intercept for in-the-moment insights.
Japanese consumer research platform torima.in launches which allows users to brief and read findings in English.
Insight platform RIWI unveils AI-native survey platform CoolTool 2.0.
Agentic digital analytics firm Quantum Metric launches Voice of Customer solution that unifies feedback and behavioural data.
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👾 Demo of the Week
DoReveal Lightning Demo: Deeper Qualitative Insights, Not Just Faster Analysis
📖 Interesting Reads
Relevant technology, marketing and data articles from around the globe.
Don’t anthropomorphise AI’s. It only leads to trouble.
Cint CEO Patrick Comer reflects on how MCPs and AI agents are reshaping market insights.