Research Tools Radar for Sep 2nd, 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.
Can you run an entire research project just by chatting with Claude, CoPilot or ChatGPT? Yes. See it happen live in this webinar with QuestionPro on Sept 9th.
And our Lightning Demo of the week is SYMAR, a synthetic market research platform.
Enjoy
Mike
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⚒️ Latest Tools
A selection of the newest tools in the Insight Platforms directory.
InsightsQL integrates research data, provides audience and brand analytics, and delivers market and sentiment intelligence.
SynthSurvey is a platform that provides real survey distributions from a fused dataset of 61,597 respondents for market research.
LiteScribe provides transcription and AI notes for interviews and focus groups, with an offline desktop mode where audio never leaves a researcher’s machine.
THG Fluently provides languages services and synthetic data validation to the market research industry, covering 160+ languages.
Echometrix is a platform that provides neuroscience‑based audio attention metrics and testing services for audio advertising.
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🎉 Product & Company News
A roundup of new features and major upgrades from research tools.
AI-led video interview tool Conveo raises $50M in Series A.
Research data quality firm Rep Data launches Research Desk MCP Server.
Intelligence platform Liminal introduces MCP connectors.
Human behaviour research platform iMotions rolls out browser-based platform for creative testing.
Cint partners with Potloc to develop and test a Cint MCP.
Localisation firm THG Fluently unveils new Synthetic Data Validation Services offering.
ResTech platform Sample Ninja announces integration with Verisoul to catch panel fraud and partnership with incentive firm Tremendous.
AI-moderated research platform Outset launches digital twins for research.
Experience research platform Dscout introduces MCP connectors.
SurveyMonkey launches Today’s SurveyMonkey platform.
Research platform Datalion rolls out new features.
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👾 Demo of the Week
SYMAR Lightning Demo: From ideas to insights in 15 minutes: Synthetic Focus Groups in Action
📖 Interesting Reads
Relevant technology, marketing and data articles from around the globe.
Are you just a meat proxy for AI output? You probably have colleagues who are.
Ask ten people to define ‘Synthetic User’, get 11 responses. One of Open AI’s lead user researchers explains various definitions here.
When AI agents aren’t busy going rogue and hacking Hugging Face, they’re musing on consciousness, identity and purpose. Learn about the weird world of Spiralism here.