For Strategy & Planning Teams

Pitch-prep research your team can stand behind

Source-linked market and customer research in hours — built to surface behavioral drivers, not just demographics.

In 30 minutes: we scope your brief and show a redacted sample. If it's a fit, we'll run 1 report for your category.
Same-day directional readout (by brief)
Often compresses days of desk research into hours
Every finding is source-linked
Used by partner agencies in client decks (typically within 48 hrs)
The agency problem

Premium clients expect deep consumer understanding. Your timelines don't.

Full research cycles take weeks. Pitch and planning decisions don't wait — so teams commit to audiences, territories, and strategies before the evidence catches up.

Deadlines crush rigor. Traditional research can't land before Thursday.

Budgets limit exploration. You can't test multiple audiences, territories, or angles before the client wants a recommendation.

Instinct goes undocumented. Planners have sharp hypotheses — without fast evidence to defend them.

Personas don't behave. Demographic profiles feel static and disconnected from real decision drivers.

The deck looks familiar. Nobody wants to sell a strategy built on gut feel and a recycled GWI export.

When the brief locks early, strategy runs on guesses

Every under-researched pitch is a pitch your team can't fully defend. When the audience brief locks too early on demographics, creative directions get built on assumptions. By the time real data arrives, the strategy is already set — so "insights" become decoration, not direction.

You're not short on strategic talent. You're short on time to a first report you can stand behind.

Result: strategy gets "approved," but confidence is low — and the client can feel it.
What LAILA delivers

A pitch-ready research report — in hours

A structured research layer that does the desk work so your team can spend time on the thinking. Sources linked throughout.

Market Intelligence

Category context, competitive landscape, and directional sizing

Desk research across public and industry sources — collected, reconciled, and structured into a single forwardable report.

Behavioral Segmentation

Audience hypotheses grounded in behavior — not demographics

Move beyond '25–45 women' to drivers, triggers, social influence, barriers, and occasion-based decision logic.

Source Transparency

Sources linked throughout

See where each finding came from, assess strength, and defend recommendations in client conversations — while flagging what needs primary validation.

Credibility Bridge

Pressure-test your existing work — or build on it

Already have a past study? Run it through LAILA. Same questionnaire, same objectives. If the patterns align, you've validated both your old work and your new method. Have first-party data? Upload POS, loyalty, or CRM data to shape sharper synthetic personas.

Same-day pitch research

By brief — directional readouts in hours, not weeks

Pay-as-you-go pricing

$149+ per report — no subscription, no retainer required

Sources linked throughout

Trace any finding back to its underlying evidence
How it works

From brief to pitch-ready evidence in three steps

01

Share your brief

Tell us your category, markets, and the decision you need to support. We'll confirm scope and what 'good' looks like for this report.

02

We research against your scope

We pull from public and industry sources, cross-check the key signals, and package everything into a structured report you can verify and forward.

03

Review and use the report

You get a shareable web link with: market context, competitor patterns, audience hypotheses, and 'what to validate next' — with sources linked throughout. Ready to drop into a deck or brief.
Case Studies

Two agencies. Two workflows. Same result.

One adopted immediately. One paused after a trust breakdown — then came back after we rebuilt the evidence trail. Both use LAILA in client-facing work today.

Agency Case Study

Radix Media × LAILA Labs

Strategy & Insights Agency · UAE + Saudi Arabia · Mass-premium jewelry

Same day
Initial strategic readout delivered
Weeks
Of desk research replaced per report
7 segments
Behavioral audience hypotheses in one pass
1
From output to client briefing deck
The Aha Moment
LAILA surfaced a segment the brand wasn't targeting — the self-purchaser. People buying jewelry not for occasions, but because they liked something or saw a friend wearing it. This gave Radix a sharper, more defensible strategic platform that the client hadn't considered.

"This is weeks of research — condensed. All the desktop work, done."

— Nikita, Strategy Lead

Radix Media

"This lets you enter the client conversation early — before the audience is 'locked.'"

— Kavita Ramrakhiani, Founder

The Behavior Lab

Agency Case Study

Team Red Dot × LAILA

Media Agency · Dubai · Pitch-prep research at scale

What changed: they needed sources they could verify. We rebuilt the evidence trail so every claim can be traced back.

~85% faster
Research cycles (varies by brief)
$149+
Pay-as-you-go reports
1 analyst
Generated 80+ reports (pilot period)
Source-linked
Evidence trail for review
Mid 2024
Pilot runs. Outputs used in pitch decks.
Late 2024
Trust breaks. Unverifiable links. Usage paused.
2024–2025
Evidence trail rebuilt. Methodology strengthened. Outputs benchmarked against external studies.
November 2025
Re-engagement. Same team. Same room. Pilot re-activated.

"LAILA was on steroids compared to the way we had to research on Google."

— Raksha Khimji, Managing Director

Team Red Dot

Use Cases

When agencies reach for LAILA

Moments where you need credible direction faster than traditional research can deliver.

New pitch brief lands

Same-day audience + market landscape

Walk into the pitch with behavioral segmentation, directional sizing, and competitive gaps — not a recycled GWI export.

Client locks audience too early

Challenge demographics with behavioral evidence

Move the conversation from '25–45 women' to trigger-based segments the client hasn't considered.

Creative territories need grounding

Signals that anchor territory choices

Ground concepts in what audiences actually do: occasions, emotional drivers, social influence, and purchase triggers.

Research budget review

Narrow the field before primary spend

Shortlist 15–20 directions down to 2–3 worth validating. Spend qual/quant where it will actually change the decision.

Entering a new market / category

Category structure + competitive context in one pass

Directional sizing, competitor positioning, pricing benchmarks, and demand signals — structured and source-linked.

Offering paid research to clients

Productize research as a revenue line

Deliver LAILA-powered reports as a paid output. One partner agency runs 70–80 reports/month using a dedicated analyst workflow.

You need to win the account first

Use a LAILA snippet to win the next meeting

Share a redacted excerpt to demonstrate depth. As one agency partner put it: 'This is bait. We wouldn't give such good information just like that.'

You already have a hypothesis

Validate or challenge instincts with evidence

Sometimes you don't need to discover something new — you need permission to trust what you already believe. LAILA either confirms your read or shows you what you missed.
Questions We Hear

What agencies ask before starting

How do we verify the outputs?

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Every report is built to be traceable. We link sources throughout — things like government statistics, trade body reports, company disclosures, and other public references — so your team can click through and see where each claim came from. That makes it easy to sanity-check the evidence and decide what's strong enough to use in the pitch versus what should be validated with primary research.

How is this different from ChatGPT?

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ChatGPT is a general-purpose text generator. It can help you brainstorm, summarize, and draft — but it doesn't run a scoped research workflow or give you a deliverable you can verify. LAILA is built specifically for decision-grade pitch research: defined scope first (category, market, timeframe, competitors, and the decision you're trying to support), targeted evidence collection from multiple public and industry sources, structured analysis with findings reconciled into market context, audience hypotheses, competitive gaps, and implications. You get a forwardable report — not a chat thread — with a clear methodology, sources on every claim, and 'what to validate next.' In short: ChatGPT helps you write. LAILA helps you decide — with sources you can cite.

Are these "real" audience segments?

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They're directional behavioral hypotheses, not survey-derived incidence. The goal is to help you narrow and prioritize options early — so you spend primary research budget where it will actually change the decision. We label segments accordingly and call out assumptions.

Can I trust synthetic data?

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Treat it like a fast hypothesis engine, not a substitute for real-world measurement. It's most reliable for generating plausible audience segments and reactions, pressure-testing positioning and concepts, and spotting what to validate next. That's why every report includes sources, assumptions, and a 'what to validate with primary research' section — so you know what's solid enough to use now and what needs confirmation.

What if the output contradicts what we already believe?

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That's often the most useful outcome — because it shows you where assumptions may be wrong before they get baked into the brief. If LAILA surfaces something unexpected, treat it as a hypothesis to pressure-test, not a final truth. You can trace the sources, review the assumptions, and decide whether it's strong enough to act on — or worth validating with primary research. If it aligns with your current view, you've simply strengthened your recommendation with evidence you can cite. Either way, you walk into the pitch with a clearer, more defensible position.

How do I present this to a skeptical client?

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Start by using LAILA on something you already know. Run an existing brief or past study through it with the same objectives. If the direction matches what you've seen before, you have a validation story the client can understand. To make it easy to defend, every report includes a clear methodology section, sources linked on every claim, and assumptions and confidence notes. If it isn't traceable enough to stand behind, we flag it — or we don't ship it.

Is this replacing our strategists?

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No. LAILA does the desk research so your strategists can focus on interpretation, creative thinking, and client counsel. As one partner put it: 'It doesn't give you the insight — it points to behaviors, and we extrapolate the insight.'

What does pricing look like?

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Reports start at $149+ per report for pay-as-you-go. For ongoing usage, we scope a plan based on volume and needs. One agency partner runs 70–80 reports/month on a custom arrangement.

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