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VIPS

Verve Intelligent Personas & Simulations

A new model for AI-empowered insight

VIPS are award-winning dynamic customer simulations built from human truth. They allow organizations to test decisions before they are made — by simulating how real people think, feel and decide.

Anchored in trusted client data and augmented with curated cultural intelligence, VIPS are constantly updated, fully auditable and validated against humans — enabling limitless qualitative and quantitative research, trusted for decisions of consequence.

A proprietary asset, yours alone — providing a lasting source of competitive advantage.

Built on Real Data

Data Validated by experts. No synthetic shortcuts.

Tailored To You

Built for your category, brand & strategic priorities.

Nuanced & Lifelike

Talks, thinks and behaves like real audiences.

Transparent & Auditable

No black box. Every output traceable to evidence.

Fast & Enterprise Ready

Ready Instant answers. Secure, scalable and compliant by design.

Always Up To Date

Continually refreshed with cultural, market and behavioural shifts.

FOUR MODES BRING TO LIFE HOW PEOPLE THINK FEEL & BEHAVE

Four qualitative modes of VIPS. Direct conversational access to how people think, feel and behave.

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PAST

The power of total recall

KNOWLEDGE MODE

Instant access to everything you already know. Search, summarise and interrogate existing customer, category, cultural and organisational knowledge.

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The power of deep understanding

EXPERT MODE

Generate informed answers to new questions. Apply expert frameworks, category understanding and context-based reasoning to unexplored problems.

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The power of deep understanding

EXPERT MODE

Generate informed answers to new questions. Apply expert frameworks, category understanding and context-based reasoning to unexplored problems.

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The power of deep understanding

PERSONA MODE

Understand how customers think and feel. Interact with lifelike customer personas built from real behavioural, cultural and attitudinal data.

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The power of deep understanding

PERSONA MODE

Understand how customers think and feel. Interact with lifelike customer personas built from real behavioural, cultural and attitudinal data.

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Future

The power of foresight

FUTURE MODE

Explore future behaviours and scenarios. Consult with future experts and explore with future consumers to simulate how markets and behaviours may evolve.

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Future

The power of foresight

FUTURE MODE

Explore future behaviours and scenarios. Consult with future experts and explore with future consumers to simulate how markets and behaviours may evolve.

DECISION-GRADE QUANT. ON DEMAND.

Run quant whenever you need it — faster, more affordably and without respondent burden.

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QUANT EXPLORATION

Statistically grounded answers to business questions, without fieldwork. Ask questions of your VIPS, interrogate segments and get answers whenever a decision needs them. Test concepts, messages and propositions. Measure appeal, relevance and preference.

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QUANT MODELLING

For decisions that demand deeper understanding. Full-service quantitative modelling that tells you not just what customers prefer — but what drives it, how strong it is, and what breaks it. Conjoint and choice modelling, MaxDiff and TURF, segmentation and cluster analysis, driver analysis and scenario simulation.

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QUANT MODELLING

For decisions that demand deeper understanding. Full-service quantitative modelling that tells you not just what customers prefer — but what drives it, how strong it is, and what breaks it. Conjoint and choice modelling, MaxDiff and TURF, segmentation and cluster analysis, driver analysis and scenario simulation.

SOLVING TODAY’S BUSINESS CHALLENGES

10 best-in-class solutions across customer understanding, brand, communications and innovation

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CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION

Living segmentation systems combining behavioural, cultural and customer data into a continuously evolving view of audiences.

Solutions

Customer segmentation

Segmentation unification

Segmentation activation & immersion

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BRAND GROWTH

Combining brand, category and cultural intelligence into a continuous view of market change, competitive position and growth opportunity.

Solutions

Category dynamics & brand perceptions

COMMUNICATIONS EFFECTIVENESS

Continuous learning systems combining cultural understanding, customer feedback and scalable communications testing.

Solutions

Comms development

Comms testing

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INNOVATION & FUTURES

Bringing together emerging behaviours, cultural change and expert perspectives to identify future opportunities and develop new concepts.

Solutions

Ideation

Concept development

Future consumers

Future experts

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And if you need something bespoke, the eleventh solution is yours

FAQs

Does Verve do traditional research, or only VIPS?

Are VIPS for qual or quant research?

How are VIPS different from off-the-shelf or DIY personas?

How accurate are VIPS?

Do VIPS replace talking to real customers?

Can VIPS work alongside the research & data we already have?

Is Verve only for large global brands?

How do we get started with Verve?

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FAQs

Does Verve do traditional research, or only VIPS?

Are VIPS for qual or quant research?

How are VIPS different from off-the-shelf or DIY personas?

How accurate are VIPS?

Do VIPS replace talking to real customers?

Can VIPS work alongside the research & data we already have?

Is Verve only for large global brands?

How do we get started with Verve?

Talk To Us

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FAQs

Does Verve do traditional research, or only VIPS?

Are VIPS for qual or quant research?

How are VIPS different from off-the-shelf or DIY personas?

How accurate are VIPS?

Do VIPS replace talking to real customers?

Can VIPS work alongside the research & data we already have?

Is Verve only for large global brands?

How do we get started with Verve?

Talk To Us

First name

Last name

Enter your email

I agree to receive communications from Verve in accordance with their Contact Policy.  

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