Qualitate is a primary research platform for investment firms and enterprises that still pay for analyst reports, consulting projects, and one-off expert network calls. An AI interviewer runs adaptive conversations with vetted experts from Qualitate's own panel, turns those conversations into structured evidence teams can search and monitor, and lets customers launch follow-up interviews when a decision needs fresher buyer perspective. Founder and CEO Sagar Kadakia previously spent more than 15 years building research and data products for investment firms and enterprises, most recently at CB Insights and Enterprise Technology Research. On October 20, 2026, the New York company announced a $25 million Series A led by Insight Partners, with continued support from IA Ventures and Crew Capital. Insight was a Qualitate customer before leading the round. The company reports that revenue run-rate is up more than 10x this year, that it has logged more than one million minutes of AI-moderated expert interviews, and that 12-month net revenue retention is over 300%. More than 100 investment firms and enterprises use the platform, including Alger, Stone Point Capital, Squarepoint, UiPath, Collibra, Alteryx, and Commvault. The round will expand the expert network into new industries and geographies, advance the AI interviewer and research agents, and let customers bring their own documents, transcripts, and panels into the same workspace, with access through API and MCP. A team can query what buyers have already said, commission new interviews, and follow how those signals change, with each finding tied back to the underlying conversation.