Outside Voice

Outside Voice conducts qualitative market research at scale using intelligent bots. Market research is still conducted manually – Researchers recruit and interview participants and analyze responses one by one. Outside Voice is building bots that recruit the right respondents via social media, intelligently interview them, and analyze responses to draw conclusions. They are automating the 11.4 billion dollar market research space, end to end. Their bots can conduct market research 5x cheaper and 10x quicker than traditional agencies. They are working with 5 market research agencies presently and will soon start working with large enterprise clients like Gojek, Sephora and Citibank directly. Aakash Dhuna studied computer science at Stanford University. He’s worked at and built several startups in the valley since as a developer and designer. His most recent venture, a chatbot called Wordsworth, has 1.5 million users and 400k DAU’s. He’s an expert at building viral loops to grow engaged online communities. Vibhas Jain studied product design in San Francisco and has built 4 startups since. He’s led design and research teams at Microsoft, Paytm and Housing.com. His first startup Lisn was featured in Techcrunch and New York Times.