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Research repository and insight activation—ask your archive

April 14th, 2026

Turn interviews and reports into a living, queryable memory so teams get answers without another 80-page PDF nobody reads.

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Nils BorgböhmerNosipho Nwigbo

Most research doesn't fail at the collection stage. It fails at the activation stage.

Interviews get transcribed, reports get written, decks get presented — and then everything lands in a folder somewhere, never to be seen again. The insight exists. It just isn't accessible. Ask Sona turns your research archive into something you can actually have a conversation with.

What this looks like in practice

Upload your research inputs into Ask Sona — interview notes, survey summaries, usability findings, analytics reports. The persona is built from that material and continuously updated as new research comes in. Then instead of digging through folders, you just ask:

"What are the biggest friction points mentioned across the last six interviews?"
"Has price sensitivity shifted compared to our research from six months ago?"
"What recurring objections do we see across different customer segments?"

You're not searching for a document. You're querying your own research — the way you'd ask a colleague who'd read everything.

What you can do with it

  • Make years of research instantly searchable through natural conversation
  • Track how user attitudes and behaviours evolve over time as new research is added
  • Prevent institutional knowledge from walking out the door when team members leave
  • Bridge the gap between raw data and strategic decisions without writing another 80-page report
  • Give non-research stakeholders a way to access insights without needing a researcher to translate them

The result

Research that actually gets used. A living, interactive memory of everything your team has learned — queryable, up to date, and genuinely useful long after the project that generated it has closed.

Bring your research into the room

Build interactive personas from your notes and files, ask them anything, and align your team before you ship. Start free in a few minutes.

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