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AI-Powered Market ResearchClient · Listen Labs8-month engagement

Accelerating an AI research platform through a $27M Series A

As demand for AI-driven customer research surged, Stafflink deployed a dedicated team of AI and full-stack engineers to optimize Listen Labs' conversational-intelligence workflows, harden infrastructure, and accelerate the roadmap — supporting a successful $27M Series A.

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Headline result
$27M
Series A raised — on an accelerated product roadmap
8-month engagementAI + full-stack engineersSan Francisco Bay Area, USA
Client
Listen Labs
Industry
AI-Powered Market Research
Duration
8-month engagement
Team
AI + full-stack engineers
Services
Product EngineeringAI/ML IntegrationInfrastructure & DevOpsPlatform Performance
01 · Where they started

The challenge.

As demand for AI-driven customer research increased, Listen Labs needed to accelerate product development and scale its platform without slowing down. The goal: faster release cycles, higher reliability, and smoother onboarding — all while supporting a fast-moving fundraise.

Tech stack
Conversational AILLMs / NLPFull-stack webCloud infrastructure
02 · How we shipped it

Our approach.

01

Embedded AI + full-stack team

Deployed a dedicated team of AI and full-stack engineers operating as a seamless extension of Listen Labs' product org.

02

Conversational-intelligence optimization

Optimized the conversational-intelligence workflows at the core of the research platform.

03

Infrastructure & reliability

Improved infrastructure and platform performance, pushing reliability to 99.9% uptime.

04

Faster onboarding

Enhanced customer onboarding efficiency to bring new enterprise customers live faster.

03 · What it delivered

Outcomes that compound.

60%
Faster release cycles
Deployment cycles cut by 60% over the engagement.
99.9%
Platform uptime achieved
Reliability hardened across the platform.
35%
Better onboarding efficiency
A smoother path to live for new customers.
40%
More enterprise customers
Increase in enterprise customer acquisition.
04 · How it unfolded

Timeline.

Month 1
Team embed · discovery & infra audit
Month 2–6
Workflow optimization & platform hardening
Month 7
Onboarding & reliability improvements live
Month 8
$27M Series A · accelerated roadmap
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"Stafflink's team accelerated our roadmap and hardened the platform right when we needed it most — through our Series A and into enterprise."
Listen LabsEngineering Leadership, Listen Labs
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