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Research modes

Eight ways to ask the same market.

Every mode runs on one simulated population: thousands of replicas modeled on the people you actually sell to. Pick the question. The answer arrives in minutes.

01Brand Intelligence

Know how your brand lands. Before the market reacts.

People are already talking about your brand. We find them, turn them into replicas, and simulate their reaction to anything you do next.

  • Real-time signal detection

    Mention spikes, sentiment shifts, and new audience profiles flagged automatically across Reddit, reviews, forums, and social.

  • Voice-to-replica conversion

    The person who wrote that 1-star review becomes a permanent replica you can question, test, and simulate against.

  • Predictive simulation

    Ask what if before you act: a price change, a product update, a public statement, a crisis response.

Run a Brand Intelligence study
Live brand signalsLast 24 hours
  • Reddit r/skincare

    +340% mention volume in 24 hours. Thread: “Has anyone else noticed [Brand] changed their formula?”

  • Trustpilot reviews

    Sentiment shifted from 4.2 to 3.1 stars over 48 hours. 12 new 1-star reviews mention “formula change”.

  • X

    3 micro-influencers (50K to 200K followers) posted negative reviews. Combined reach: 420K impressions.

  • Replicas created

    12 new audience profiles built from the reviewers. Ready for simulation across every mode.

Next: simulate their reaction to a formula statementAsk the 12

02Adversarial

Find the problem. Before your customers do.

Most research tells you what you want to hear. Adversarial mode assembles critics, skeptics, and price-sensitive users to tear your idea apart, so you can fix it before anyone real says a word.

  • Steel-man test

    Builds the strongest possible case against your thesis, then shows you exactly where your argument breaks.

  • Red team simulation

    Hostile critics attacking at once from different angles. Three intensities: Inquire, Challenge, Forge.

  • Blind spot scan

    Finds what no one on your team thought to look for: overlooked segments, second-order effects, unintended consequences.

Stress-test an idea
Adversarial test: free plan removalForge · 50 critics
Your assumptionAdversarial finding
ThesisRemoving the free plan lifts revenueThesis weakened
Expected churn10 to 15%34 to 45%
Revenue impact+40% ARR−12% ARR, net
TimelineRecovery in 2 quartersTop-of-funnel collapse
78%of critics predict a negative impact

Your free plan is your acquisition channel. Removing it collapses top-of-funnel before paid revenue can compensate.

04Social Content Testing

Validate the post. Before you hit post.

Test hooks, captions, reels, and thumbnails against your real audience. Know which one earns the scroll-stop before the algorithm decides for you.

  • Engagement scoring

    Appeal, clarity, uniqueness, emotional resonance, engagement intent, and curiosity. Each 0 to 100 with a segment breakdown.

  • Hook and thumbnail testing

    The first frame is the whole game. Test the hook, the thumbnail, and the caption independently to find where attention drops.

  • Platform context

    TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn. The same caption is a winner in one feed and dead air in another.

Test a post
Social content test: TikTok hook15,000 replicas · creator audience
Hook A

“Here are 5 things I wish I knew at 22”

58appeal
Curiosity
61
Engagement intent
44
Uniqueness
39
Hook BWins

“The thing nobody told me at 22 about money”

76appeal
Curiosity
84
Engagement intent
67
Uniqueness
58

The specificity of “about money” and the open loop of “nobody told me” add 23 points of curiosity and 23 points of engagement intent.

05Idea Testing

Test the idea. Before the budget.

Put any hook, headline, or concept in front of your target audience. Know which version wins before you post, publish, or spend.

  • Performance scoring

    Attention, recall, clarity, resonance, persuasion, and engagement intent, so you see which metric your idea wins on and which segment it loses.

  • A/B comparison

    Two variants, every replica picks one and explains why. You learn not just which won, but what to do next.

  • Cognitive bias detection

    Every psychological trigger the idea activates: scarcity, social proof, loss aversion, authority, anchoring.

Test an idea
Idea test: smart ring pricing concept6,890 replicas · wearable owners tracking sleep
DimensionABΔ
Purchase intent6441+23
Perceived value7148+23
Clarity8266+16
Novelty5257-5
A

$199 smart ring, no monthly subscription

B

$129 smart ring plus $5.99 a month

No subscription sells it. Concept A wins on intent and value; B only edges novelty.

Bias map, A
Loss aversionAnchoringCertainty

06General Survey

10,000 opinions. Four minutes.

Define your audience. Write your questions. Get thousands of responses in minutes, segmented, filtered, and ready to act on.

  • Seven question types

    Multiple choice, NPS, rating scale, open-ended, Likert, yes/no, and ranking, mixed in any order.

  • Demographic segmentation

    The aggregate answer is almost never the answer you need. Segment-level results show who your market is, and who it is not.

  • Sentiment analysis

    Every open-ended response analyzed for sentiment. Positive, negative, and neutral at a glance.

Run a survey
General survey: pricing sensitivityn = 10,000 · 4 minutes

Would you pay $39 a month for this product?

Definitely yes18%1,800
Probably yes27%2,700
Not sure21%2,100
Probably no22%2,200
Definitely no12%1,200
45% would pay. Sentiment: mixed.AgeIncomeLocation

07Expert Panel

Your advisory board. Available at midnight.

Lawyers, economists, engineers, and designers evaluating your idea at the same time. Disagreeing where it matters. Available in seconds.

  • Eight expert domains

    Legal, economics, engineering, UX, medicine, marketing, data science, public policy. The disagreement between them is the insight.

  • Devil's advocate mode

    One expert is assigned to attack everything the others argue. Weak arguments collapse. The real ones get sharper.

  • Consensus detection

    Where experts agree, where they split, and what stays unresolved. The contested points are the decisions still yours to make.

Assemble a panel
Expert panel: healthcare market entry3 of 8 domains · open debate
  • James AltmanLegal

    HIPAA compliance alone adds 6 to 8 months and $200K+ in legal infrastructure. You need a compliance officer before day one.

  • Prof. Chidi OseiEconomics

    The TAM is compelling, but acquisition cost in healthcare runs 3 to 5x consumer SaaS. Your runway gives you one shot at fit.

  • Rowan ParkUX

    Healthcare users are the most change-resistant segment I have worked with. If onboarding is not under 3 minutes, you lose them.

  • You

    What if we started with a non-clinical use case like scheduling, and expanded from there?

  • James AltmanLegal

    Scheduling is the right wedge. Lower regulatory burden, immediate ROI, and you build trust before touching clinical data. That changes my assessment.

Consensus after the wedgeStart non-clinical · contested: runway

081-on-1 Interview

Ask why. Get the real answer.

Go deep with a single persona. Ask follow-ups, challenge answers, and uncover the real objection behind the polite no. No scheduling. No transcription.

  • Open-ended exploration

    No structure, no agenda. Use it when you do not know what you do not know.

  • Narrative deep dive

    “Walk me through the last time you...” reveals what a direct question never will.

  • Live synthesis

    Themes, sentiment shifts, and notable quotes tracked as you talk. No note-taking, no write-up after.

Start an interview
Interview: enterprise buyer, SaaS migrationDeep dive
  • You

    What would it take for you to switch from your current analytics platform to ours?

  • Nadia PeretzVP Engineering, Series C

    Honestly? It is not about features. We have already integrated your competitor into 14 internal tools. The switching cost is not the subscription. It is the 200 engineering hours to migrate.

  • You

    What if we offered a migration service that handled the integration work?

  • Nadia PeretzVP Engineering, Series C

    That changes the equation completely. If you guarantee zero downtime and handle the API mapping, I would bring this to my CTO next quarter. But I would need a pilot with one team first.

Live synthesisSwitching costMigration servicePilot first

sentiment: neutral to positive

Every mode. The same replicas.

Import your customer list once. Survey them at scale, interview them one-on-one, convene them as a panel, and stress-test against them. Every replica is a permanent research asset, not a one-time answer.

AskReplicas first.
Commit second.