About us

Deep qualitative research should inspire real-world action

Quallie.Ai exists to put human insight at the heart of decision-making, with AI that strengthens the researcher’s judgement instead of replacing it.

Founded by researchersBuilt by people who have run the studies themselves.
Research × engineering × designDeep experience across qual research, strategy consulting and tech.
Trusted by leading teamsUNICEF, Nature, Yonder, Berghaus, Stripe Partners and more.

Founded by researchers, for researchers

We spent years running qualitative studies in agencies, in consultancies and in the field, and watched the same pattern repeat: the craft that makes qual valuable was being squeezed by the labour that surrounds it. Transcription, coding, retrieval, clipping. Weeks of tending to data instead of thinking with it.

So we built the tool we wanted on our own projects. For us, AI isn’t here to replace human intuition. It handles the time-consuming work while maintaining the depth, rigour and empathy that qualitative research demands. Every design decision in Quallie.Ai follows from that.

Today Quallie.Ai is behind the insights at leading brands, agencies and institutions, and we still talk to researchers every week to keep it honest.

Co-founders Marco Rovagnati and Domingo Barros
Co-founders Marco Rovagnati and Domingo Barros.
What we stand for

Four principles we won’t trade away

01
Good work is still human

AI takes the laborious work. Judgement, empathy and taste stay with the researcher, where they belong.

02
Every insight, evidenced

Nothing leaves Quallie.Ai without a trail back to the moment a participant said it. Findings should survive scrutiny.

03
Built into the workflow

Intelligent isn’t enough. Tools have to fit the researcher’s practice naturally, or they don’t get used.

04
Your data stays yours

GDPR by design, encrypted end to end, and contractually never used to train models.

Why us

The founder-market fit

Built at the intersection of enterprise-grade software and enterprise-level insight delivery.

Marco Rovagnati
Marco Rovagnati
Co-Founder & Growth

Nearly 10 years delivering strategic insight work for global brands and Fortune 500 companies, across innovation, culture, go-to-market and customer strategy. He knows what enterprise clients need from research, and what great insight deliverables look like.

Work used by senior stakeholders at
HPGoogleMetaSpotifyTikTokPandoraDiageoVisa
Domingo Barros
Domingo Barros
Co-Founder & CTO

Nearly 10 years building enterprise-grade SaaS for complex, high-pressure operational environments. Now specialised in AI implementation, building enterprise memory layers that combine intelligent automation with the reliability, scalability and trust large organisations require.

Systems used daily by field teams at
Virgin Media O2Community Fibre LondonTelmex
Advised by
Andy Crysell
Andy Crysell · Advisor
Founder of Crowd DNA (exited), expert in cultural insights and brand strategy.
Ed Mehmed
Ed Mehmed · Advisor
Former MD of ?What If! Innovation and Accenture, expert strategic insights practitioner.

See Quallie.Ai in action

Book a 30-minute demo with our team and see Quallie.Ai work on your own research, from upload to findings.