LinkedIn / Outset · Jul 2026
Outset announced AI P.U.L.S.E., a monthly qualitative AI adoption index built with KADRO and based on 500+ in-depth video interviews per month.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Outset, operated by Parnassus Labs, Inc., is an AI-moderated research platform for enterprise research teams. It conducts qualitative and quantitative interviews at scale via video, voice, or text, then auto-synthesizes findings for product, UX, market, and customer-insight workflows.
Primary product
AI-moderated research platform for interviews, synthesis, and participant recruitment
Founded
2022
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
51-200
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI-moderated research software
Offices
Business model
Stage
Series B
Total raised
$51.4M
Latest round
Series B · Dec 2025
Latest amount
$30M
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & President
Head of Customer Operations & Account Director
Head of Marketing
VP of Sales
The company presents itself as highly collaborative, supportive, and low-toxicity, with smart, kind, driven teammates. Public posts indicate a strong in-office culture with high ownership, rapid decision-making, and a 4-days-per-week in-person expectation.
Work style
Onsite
Compensation
Public signals suggest Outset pays above market for many roles. The company’s career and LinkedIn posts emphasize strong benefits, plus public job listings have shown compensation such as an Enterprise Account Executive range of roughly $150K-$250K.
Benefits
Pricing
Flexible custom enterprise pricing with a standard subscription option and additional support models for setup, recruitment, and research assistance.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
631.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
LinkedIn / Outset · Jul 2026
Outset announced AI P.U.L.S.E., a monthly qualitative AI adoption index built with KADRO and based on 500+ in-depth video interviews per month.
Outset blog · May 2026
Launches Outset Agent and the write-capable MCP workflow so users can create, configure, launch, and analyze studies from external tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Figma, Notion, and Glean.
Outset change blog · May 2026
Describes Outset MCP as a write-capable Model Context Protocol server for AI-moderated research and explains its integration into existing workflows.
Outset blog · Mar 2026
Adds screen, facial-expression, and live-video analysis so the moderator can use visual signals to probe more dynamically and surface behavioral insights.
GlobeNewswire / Outset · Dec 2025
Announces the $30M Series B led by Radical Ventures with participation from M12, Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, and 8VC; says total funding reached $51M and customers include Microsoft, WeightWatchers, Away, Nestlé, HubSpot, and Uber.