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A better product can still lose to a clearer competitor.

Simulate how specific buyer groups respond to the positioning options you are considering before Sales and Marketing commit to one direction.

Results

95.0% match

A six-month Hong Kong government study measured a 41.9% weekday cut in restaurant food waste. Our simulation reproduced it in a few hours and returned 40.0%.

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7.6x consistency

Across buyer personas, our accuracy rate varied 7.6x less than the average of five frontier models.

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230M+ B2B profiles

Available to identify and build relevant buyer groups across markets, industries, company sizes, and roles.

Messaging decisions

AI made products easier to build. Earning buyer attention got harder.

Decisions Lab helps your team make the four messaging decisions that determine whether the right buyers recognize, understand, and believe the value of your product.

Choose which buyer group deserves the next push.

Compare the groups you already serve or are considering to see where the positioning is most clearly recognized.

Target priority

RevOps combines highest interest with lowest conversion effort

RevOps88% interest24% effort

RevOps
VP Sales
Sales Enbl.
CFO / Finance
Founder / CEO

Why RevOps first

RevOps clears the bar because they already feel forecast fiction in their hands. They own the CRM definitions Sales leadership blames, they can start a pilot without a VP mandate, and they measure success on stage hygiene before anyone demands a board narrative. VP Sales is almost as interested (82%) but more than 3× harder to convert: every tool is judged as selling-time tax.

Segment prioritySegments 5Agents 4,200

Choose which message or value proposition should lead.

Compare the concrete messages your team is considering to see which one buyers understand most clearly, which objections each creates, and which direction is better supported for the next market test.

Pain trigger test · RevOps

Diagnostic CRM framing leads · RevOps

  • Manual CRM hygiene is quietly wrecking forecast accuracy

    44%
  • Forecasts miss every quarter with no clear owner

    31%
  • Reps won't update pipeline before the QBR

    18%
  • Leadership can't trust the number they're signing

    7%

Why this line wins

Wins because it joins a private operational cause (manual stage cleanup) to a public consequence (forecast miss) that RevOps already gets blamed for. Feels diagnostic, not accusatory toward reps. Buyers hear it as: "Someone finally named the unpaid work behind the bad number."

Message fitSegments 5Agents 4,200

Find the objection weakening the message.

Surface the objections and assumptions that make the product's value harder to understand or believe.

Objection map

Same message, different blockers by role

  • The results will not hold outside a pilot

    CFO / Finance

    34%
  • Another tool the team will not adopt

    VP Sales

    27%
  • Security review will stall the rollout

    RevOps

    22%
  • Existing reporting already covers this

    Sales Enbl.

    17%

Committee split

The winning message does not raise one objection. CFOs attack external validity first, VP Sales attacks adoption, RevOps anticipates InfoSec stall, and Enablement claims the LMS already covers hygiene. One proof pack cannot answer all four.

Belief blockersSegments 5Agents 4,200

Identify the proof that makes the claim credible.

See where each group remains skeptical and what evidence may resolve that concern.

Evidence review

Outcome proof leaves the adoption objection open

  • Third party benchmark study

    Answers: The results will not hold outside a pilot

    Resolves
  • Named customer outcome in the same segment

    Answers: Another tool the team will not adopt

    Partial
  • Security and audit documentation

    Answers: Security review will stall the rollout

    Resolves
  • Side by side against current reporting

    Answers: Existing reporting already covers this

    Gap

Proof mismatch

Named customer outcomes answer value. They do not answer whether AEs will change CRM behavior. Finance can be satisfied while VP Sales still refuses sponsorship. The next market test must show usage, not only ROI.

Proof coverageObjections 4Agents 4,200

The four stages of a Decisions Lab engagement

How it works

01

Define

Bring us the buyer groups, positioning directions, messages, or proof points your team is choosing between.

We start with your customer calls, Sales observations, research, product evidence, and campaign results.

Signal sources

Inputs that ground each buyer group and message test

Public

LinkedInRedditHacker NewsXSubstackarXiv+44 more

Custom connectors

SalesforcePostHog+ yours

What you receive

Buyer research translated into messaging your team can use.

Every engagement produces six practical outputs for Product Marketing, Sales, Growth, and leadership.

  1. 01

    Segment and messaging recommendation

    Which buyer group, problem, and message should receive the next push, the strongest alternative, and what evidence could change the recommendation.

  2. 02

    Buyer response comparison

    How each simulated group responds to the positioning, what creates urgency, which objections repeat, and what proof they say they need.

  3. 03

    Buyer language bank

    Recurring phrases, reactions, objections, and desired outcomes drawn from the simulated responses.

    Simulated language is separated from verified customer language and is never presented as customer testimony.

  4. 04

    Messaging playbook and guardrails

    The recommended message order, objection responses, proof requirements, and guidance on which claims are supported, still require evidence, or should not be used.

  5. 05

    Sales and campaign activation brief

    Guidance for translating the approved direction into website copy, campaign angles, outbound, content, and Sales conversations without drifting from the underlying evidence.

  6. 06

    Next market test

    A specific set of calls, campaign, message comparison, or Sales test designed to validate the assumption that matters most.

Who it's for

Built for messaging decisions that are becoming expensive to get wrong.

Scaling beyond early adopters

Your early customers understand the product, but the next stage requires a message that works beyond founder-led relationships.

Product launch

You have a proven product and an upcoming launch, but several ways of explaining its value still appear credible.

Market expansion

The product and message work in one market. You need to understand what should remain consistent and what may need to change for the next buyer group.

Repositioning

Your product has evolved, competitors are shaping the category, or the existing message no longer reflects why customers buy.

FAQ

A better product can still lose to a clearer competitor.

Simulate how specific buyer groups respond to the positioning options you are considering before Sales and Marketing commit to one direction.