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Consumer focus groups run by AI

Summer 2025London, England, United Kingdom

About

Motives is a team of AI agents that runs qualitative research projects for consumer brands: moderating and analyzing video interviews to help brands understand consumer preferences and test new ideas, in hours instead of weeks.

Founders ยท 2

Sean Conley
Sean ConleyFounder
Google

Building the best way to understand consumers. Previously launching AI tools at Google, Dataiku, TrueLayer. Started professional life as a researcher at GiveWell.

Sam Stoll
Sam StollFounder
Palantir

Co-Founder & CTO at Motives. Ex-Palantir. Building the best way to understand consumers.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator ยท Jul 2025
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We use AI agents to run focus groups for consumer brands

Motives offers AI agents that plan, recruit, interview, and analyze qualitative consumer research to deliver insights for marketing teams in days rather than months. The product targets consumer brands and focuses on running focus groups and in-depth interviews at lower cost and faster turnaround.

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