LLM-based Consumer Research

Rank-order your concepts
before you commit
your research budget

AI-generated consumer panels that rank-order your concepts and surface qualitative drivers and barriers — in 24 hours, not 3 weeks.

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5/5
Concepts correctly ranked in our pilot
validation against 33 consumers
24hr
Turnaround from brief
to delivered report
<$500
Per-concept cost vs.
$15K–$30K for traditional panels

Research-grade methodology,
radically faster execution

Our pipeline implements peer-reviewed methodology (Maier et al., 2025) for converting LLM free-text responses into Likert distributions. Every concept is run through 100+ demographically-targeted synthetic respondents and scored against six independent reference sets.

01 — Brief

Share your concept

Send us your product concept — text, packaging, ad creative. 15-minute intake call to align on demographics and category.

02 — Simulate

Synthetic panel generation

We generate 100+ demographically-targeted synthetic consumers with realistic psychographic profiles — shopping habits, health orientation, brand adoption style.

03 — Elicit

Free-text response scoring

Each synthetic respondent reacts in their own words. Responses are scored into Likert distributions using semantic similarity to anchor statements — never asking the LLM to pick a number, which produces center-clustered, low-signal results.

04 — Deliver

Polished report

Presentation-ready deck with purchase intent distributions, demographic breakdowns, qualitative themes, and consumer objections.

Built on published research. Our scoring method (Semantic Similarity Rating) is based on peer-reviewed research by Maier et al. (2025), which validated the approach across 57 consumer concept surveys against real human panels. Our own pilot validation against 33 consumers correctly ranked all 5 tested concepts in agreement with human respondents.

Traditional panels were designed
for a slower world

Traditional Panel LLM-Based Panel
Turnaround2–4 weeks24 hours
Cost per concept$15,000 – $30,000+Under $500
Qualitative depthMinimal open-endsDetailed reasoning per respondent
Iteration speedWeeks between variantsIterate same-day on multiple variants
Niche demographicsHard to fill, expensiveDemographics matched to your target on demand (subject to category and demographic suitability — we'll flag mismatches upfront)
Output formatRaw data + crosstabsPresentation-ready deck + data

Built for teams that
test constantly

Brand & Innovation Teams

Screen 10 concepts to identify the top 2–3 worth committing real research budget to. Use our service for ranking; use traditional panels for absolute calibration.

Product Marketing Teams

Test product positioning, messaging, and launch concepts before committing to campaigns. Identify which ideas resonate before going to market.

Advertising & Creating Agencies

Quickly pressure-test campaign concepts and messaging before presenting to clients. Identify the strongest creative direction early.

Validated across everyday
consumer products

Our methodology performs best for categories where purchase intent is a meaningful signal — products people can evaluate from a concept description or visual.

Where the methodology applies: Everyday consumer products that someone can meaningfully evaluate from a description, image, or short video — food & beverage, personal care, household goods, OTC health, pet products, DTC apparel and accessories.

Where it's still being validated: Higher-consideration purchases (luxury, financial products, B2B), highly novel categories where consumer mental models don't yet exist, and narrow demographic targets (e.g., niche subcultures). We'll tell you on the intake call if your concept is outside the validated zone — and what that means for confidence in the read.

Honest about what this is — and isn't

Our service is built on peer-reviewed academic methodology (Maier et al., 2025) and has completed its first internal validation pilot: 5 product concepts, 33 real consumers, perfect 5-of-5 ranking agreement with human respondents.

What that means in practice:

If you're looking for a service that ranks concepts faster and cheaper than full panels, this is ready. If you're looking for a drop-in replacement for traditional research, it isn't — and we'll tell you that on the intake call.

See it on your concept — pilot program

Send us 1–3 real concepts. We'll run them through the full pipeline and deliver a polished report at no cost. In exchange, we ask for permission to use the anonymized results as part of our ongoing methodology validation.

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15-min intake call → results in 24 hours → debrief walkthrough