Motives blog
Motives said it was featured in The Drum via an interview with PZ Cussons' Head of Insights, who said the platform cut research timelines by at least three months.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Motives (motives.ai) is a London-based, YC-backed startup building an AI qualitative research platform for consumer brands. Its product automates study design, participant recruitment, AI-moderated video interviews, and analysis, then returns reports and source material in roughly 24–48 hours or a few days instead of the weeks typical of traditional focus groups and qualitative research.
Primary product
An AI-powered qualitative research platform that plans studies, recruits participants, runs AI-moderated video interviews, and analyzes results for consumer brands.
Founded
2023
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Team size
1-10
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Research Services
Sub-industry
AI qualitative consumer research / market research software
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Offices
Business model
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Brendan Quinn
Insights Director
John Curran
Head of Sales
Investors
Motives presents itself as an AI-centric, fast-moving startup that works closely with founders, values flexible day-to-day working, and uses frequent in-person collaboration and client events while remaining output-focused.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public job posts indicate £40K–£70K GBP for a Founding Operator and £60K–£100K GBP for a Software Engineer, with equity; the company also describes compensation as negotiable or above-market depending on role.
Benefits
Pricing
Custom / quote-based; no public self-serve pricing was found and the website routes buyers to book a demo.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Estimated revenue
$0.5M-$1M
Estimated monthly visits
5.1K
Motives blog
Motives said it was featured in The Drum via an interview with PZ Cussons' Head of Insights, who said the platform cut research timelines by at least three months.
Motives blog
Case study on St. Tropez/PZ Cussons showing Motives completed AI-moderated consumer research in four days and enabled ongoing access to source video and transcripts.
Motives blog
Case study describing use of Motives' AI Researcher and AI Moderator for concept and packaging testing, with insights delivered in days.
Motives blog
Case study covering 46 AI-moderated interviews for the 2025 Money Talks report with MoneySuperMarket, CALM, and UM.
Y Combinator
YC launch page describing Motives as AI-run qualitative consumer research that replaces slow, expensive focus groups with AI-led recruiting, interviews, and analysis.