Qualitate lands $25M Series A to automate expert research
What's the deal? QualitateDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has raised a $25 million Series A led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors IA Ventures and Crew CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The New York startup builds an AI system that sources experts, runs interviews, and turns conversations into structured, searchable intelligence.
What's the endgame? Qualitate wants to replace the costly, one-off model of the $100 billion-plus market research industry. Its AI Interviewer conducts thousands of expert conversations each month, building a continuously updated research library across tens of thousands of companies and end markets.
How it works: Customers query the library through Qualitate's research application or bring it into tools like ClaudeDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and CodexDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. They can also launch custom studies and receive synthesized findings in days, with every finding linked back to the underlying evidence.
"Every business decision should be grounded in primary data, not just the handful that justify a costly consulting engagement," said founder and chief executive officer Sagar Kadakia.
By the numbers: Qualitate says it grew revenue run-rate more than 10x year-to-date and has conducted over 1 million minutes of AI-moderated interviews — both company-reported figures. The round follows a $7 million seed announced in April, a rapid step-up the company attributes to early growth.
What could go wrong? The key test is whether an automated, always-on approach can sustain interview quality and convert heavy usage into durable revenue. Both revenue and interview metrics remain unverified company claims.
The signal: The round is evidence that investors are backing automated, ongoing expert research. The broader market shows real appetite: AlphaSense raised $350 million in 2026 at a reported $7.5 billion valuation on more than $600 million in annual recurring revenue — though it is a far more established platform, not a direct early-stage comparable.
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