Qualitate Raises $25 Million Series A Led by Insight Partners to Scale the First Continuous Intelligence System for Primary Research

Qualitate, a New York-based company describing itself as the first continuous intelligence system for primary research, announced on October 20, 2026 a $25 million Series A led by Insight Partners, according to a Business Wire release. Existing investors IA Ventures and Crew Capital also participated. The company said the round will accelerate its mission to make high-quality primary research fast, affordable and integrated into business decisions. According to the company, it has grown its revenue run-rate more than 10x year-to-date and has conducted over 1 million minutes of AI-moderated expert interviews.

The company frames its offering as a replacement for a $100 billion-plus market research industry that, in its description, relies on costly, one-off projects in which consultants, expert networks and research firms take weeks or months to gather evidence. Qualitate's AI Interviewer conducts thousands of proactive expert conversations each month, with each interview informing the next and building a structured, continuously updated research library across tens of thousands of companies and end markets. Customers can query the library through Qualitate's agentic research application or through MCP integration with tools such as Claude and Codex, and can import calls and transcripts from other platforms. The company says findings link back to underlying evidence and include built-in safeguards for personally identifiable information and potential material non-public information.

Qualitate cites several customer use cases. One publicly traded technology company reportedly interviewed more than 300 vetted customers in 72 hours to identify a competitor's integration advantage and its own pricing opportunity. One of the ten largest private equity firms in the world reportedly completed interviews with 25 churned customers and 25 former employees in eight business days to assess retention and competitive durability. The company also says hedge funds and credit teams use its time-series data to detect shifts in product adoption and spending before they appear in reported results.

In a statement, Sagar Kadakia, founder and CEO of Qualitate, said that most AI tools analyze existing information while Qualitate continuously gathers fresh evidence. Crissy Behrens, Managing Director at Insight Partners, said Insight had become a Qualitate customer before leading the round and described the company's architecture as changing the calculus of primary research. Insight Partners, which states it has over $90 billion in regulatory assets under management as of December 31, 2025, has invested in more than 900 companies.