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Your AI Advantage WeeklyOctober 21, 2025·2 min read

The AI Research Advantage You're Not Using Yet

Your competitor figured it out. Here's what they know.

RileyRiley Beresini
The AI Research Advantage You're Not Using Yet

You've noticed your revenue declining for three quarters now.

The team keeps blaming the economy, market conditions, and bad timing.

But you've been watching a competitor rise.

This brand shouldn't be able to move this fast.

They're launching products that seem perfectly timed.

Messaging that resonates immediately.

Positioning that nails it.

And you've been wondering:

What do they know what we don't?

The AI Research Advantage You're Not Using Yet — What do they know what we don't?

Here's what changed

AI can now predict what people will buy with 90% accuracy.

Better than your costly consumer panels.

Better than the focus groups you've been running.

Your competitor isn't guessing anymore.

The research that used to cost $50K and take six weeks?

They're running it before the end of the week.

Testing ten concepts while you're team is still debating one.

The advantage you thought you had (better intuition, more experience, deeper market knowledge, more money) is shrinking.

You didn't get worse...

The cost of being informed just dropped to nearly zero.

Your competitor figured that out before you did.

That's why they're winning.

You can keep blaming the economy.

Keep thinking it's just bad timing.

Or you can accept what's actually happening.


Here's what happens next

Everyone will have the data soon.

Everyone will test before launch.

Everyone will know what works.

Companies building now get months of learning before the crowd arrives.

Your competitor figured that out before you did.

Now you know too.

What happens next is up to you.

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Written by Riley Beresini

Hi, I’m Riley. I spent 10+ years doing marketing strategy for Disney Parks and Macy’s. I’ve worked in corporate, so I get why so much AI training misses the mark. For the last two years, I’ve been learning everything I could about AI to help teams and leaders build it into their work.

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