Motives

Consumer focus groups run by AI

London, United Kingdom

Pre-seed · $500K

About Motives

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.

Company details

LocationLondon, United Kingdom

IndustryAI

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Rebel Fund

FFailup Ventures

Lobster Capital

Maiora Ventures

Founders

Sam Stoll

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

Sean Conley

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

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.