What this is

AI-powered market research, structured for professional use

The AI Market Research Assistant generates a complete research report from a structured set of inputs. You define what you need to know, provide context about your organisation, and the tool produces a formatted report relevant to your specific situation. It covers twelve research types and runs in four stages. The whole session takes between ten and twenty minutes.

Research depth

Three tiers — the current tool runs at Tier 2

The tool operates across three research tiers, each serving a different level of need.

Tier 1
Explore

A lightweight scan for early-stage market curiosity. A few inputs, a structured summary, and a set of lines of enquiry to follow up.

Coming soon
Tier 2 · Current
Research

A structured session with a defined question, calibrated inputs, and a complete formatted report covering findings, confidence ratings, assumptions tested, limitations, and sources.

Tier 3
Rigorous

Adds mandatory validation, source quality standards, inference flagging, and confidence ratings for high-stakes decisions where findings will be shared externally or inform significant investment.

Coming soon
Research types

Twelve use cases

Select the type of intelligence your session needs to generate. Three types build on a parent session and collect both sets of fields in sequence.

Type Description
UC1Sector IntelligenceWhat is this market? Covers market size, growth, structure, regulatory environment, and emerging trends.
UC2Competitor MappingWho are the key players, what do they offer, and why do they hold the position they do?
UC3aMarket Sector ProfilingHow does this sector commission provision? Covers procurement patterns, decision-making structure, and market scale.
UC3bMarket Sector Profiling — Specific↳ Builds on UC3aHow does this specific organisational type commission provision?
UC4aOffer Viability AssessmentIs there a market for this offer? First-pass viability for any product, service, or programme.
UC4bOffer Demand Assessment — Full↳ Builds on UC4aFull demand assessment including value positioning and market scale.
UC5Procurement and Tender IntelligenceWhat do we need to know about this procurement before committing to a response?
UC6Partnership and Supplier EcosystemWhat does the partner and supplier ecosystem look like in this market?
UC7Data, Compliance and Governance⚠ Professional review requiredWhat are the regulatory obligations and compliance landscape relevant to this activity?
UC8aFunding Intelligence — BasicIs this market funded in a way that makes it accessible? First-pass funding landscape.
UC8bFunding Intelligence — Full↳ Builds on UC8aPrecise funding conditions, eligibility requirements, and strategic positioning options.
UC9Awards, Qualifications and Regulatory⚠ Professional review requiredWhat does the formal recognition environment look like in this market?
Before you start

The context document

The context document describes your organisation to the tool: your market focus, strategic questions, known competitors, and route to market. Without it, the tool produces accurate general findings. With it, findings are interpreted against your actual strategic position, so instead of learning what the market looks like, you learn what the market looks like for you. Completing it once and reusing it across sessions takes around ten minutes and pays back in every report you run.

Download the template, complete it, and paste it into Stage 1 of any session.

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Detail

Want to understand the tool before using it?

The reference page covers the full session flow, what each stage involves, what the report contains, and how to get the most from the tool.

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Access

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Available to approved users.

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See it in use

A research session in practice

UC4a — Offer Viability Assessment
Viability Finding
AI-powered interview coaching tool for mid-career professionals, UK market
Viable with conditions
Tier 2 Standard · Medium confidence
Viability finding — confirmed with conditions

VIABLE WITH CONDITIONS. The market exists, the competitor gap is real, and the demand conditions are favourable. Viability is conditional on: (1) product design that addresses the trust architecture required by the target cohort; (2) a go-to-market approach that leverages existing relationship infrastructure toward B2B or outplacement channels; and (3) sufficient differentiation from graduate-oriented competitors through senior scenario depth, sector calibration, and experience-level sensitivity. A direct-to-consumer launch without significant content marketing investment carries higher risk and slower payback.


Supporting evidence — four pillars

Market existence confirmed. A market for interview preparation tools serving mid-career professionals exists and is growing. Labour market disruption and increasing AI tool familiarity have accelerated demand-side conditions in the 24-month window.

Competitor gap confirmed. The main competitors are oriented toward graduate and early-career users. No AI-native product has established a dominant position in the UK mid-career professional segment.

Demand conditions favourable. Large-scale redundancy programmes across technology and financial services have materially increased the volume of mid-career professionals actively seeking new roles, creating a durable rather than cyclical demand signal.

Route to market viable. B2B and outplacement channels align well with a relationship-led market approach and offer better unit economics than direct-to-consumer acquisition.

Session output
Assumptions Tested
Five assumptions drawn from the organisational context, tested against research findings
Assumption Research finding Status
AI distrust is a barrier that will limit adoption
Confirmed as a real barrier, but addressable through product design and trust architecture rather than a structural constraint on viability
Qualified
De-skilling concern will deter the target cohort
Real and evidenced, but manageable through product framing and narrative — not a disqualifying barrier
Qualified
Hallucination risk creates unacceptable product risk
Technically serious in a high-stakes coaching context, but addressable through established design patterns used in adjacent AI product categories
Qualified
Competitors are not well established in the mid-career segment
Confirmed — existing AI interview tools are predominantly graduate and early-career oriented
Confirmed
Relationship-led routes to market are viable for this product
Confirmed — B2B and outplacement channels align well and offer better unit economics than D2C
Confirmed

This excerpt covers the viability finding and assumptions testing. The full report includes the primary research question, five supporting themes, a limitations and gaps analysis, gap flags for follow-on sessions, and a full source reference list.

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