Most brands study Gen Z. We predict what they'll do next.

4-6 Months
Average time we beat other trend forecasts in detecting the next big thing.

Cultural Intelligence

We're the only cultural intelligence platform built BY Gen Z, with 50,000+ research respondents and 6,000+ creators across 35 countries. We help Fortune 500 brands see what's coming 4-6 months before everyone else.

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How it Works

Intelligence → Strategy → Execution

Our process to turn insights into action and results.

  1. Diagnose: We don't just tell you what Gen Z likes. We use our YouthTellers network (50,000+ respondents) to uncover the cultural movements shaping their decisions.
  2. Predict: Our Storytellers network (6,000+ creators in 25+ countries) gives us real-time signals of what's emerging—before it hits mainstream.
  3. Activate: Unlike research firms that hand off reports, we execute on our insights through our creator network. We prove our intelligence works.

Case Studies

Learn how we have utilized our Cultural Intelligence methodology to inform strategy and drive business results.

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Beauty Subscription Brand

Challenge: Beauty brand needed 43,000 subscriptions by year-end, six months behind schedule with underperforming traditional content.

Approach: Repositioned around "I Play Beauty"—targeting Gen Z beauty hobbyists who experiment versus passive consumers. Created cinematic hero film, cultural content, and social series featuring real members.

Results: 

  • 55,000 new subscriptions in 8 weeks (128% of goal).
  • 28M views, 1.8M shares on hero film.
  • 47M paid impressions generated 12.3M organic views and 485K engagements.

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Tech Brand

Challenge: The product team needed thousands of authentic, rights-cleared user images to showcase camera capabilities and train AI models—stock photography felt too staged.

Approach: Deployed 100 creators across 5 countries capturing authentic daily phone camera usage, demonstrating product functionality with cultural relevance.

Results: 

  • Strengthened AI training dataset for image recognition and personalization.
  • Created scalable, repeatable model for ongoing content needs.

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Dating App

Challenge: A dating app needed insights on post-pandemic Gen Z dating behaviors to inform major activation campaign targeting 18-25 year olds.

Approach: Discovered Gen Z treats dating apps as social discovery and identity exploration tools—lower stakes, more experimental versus transactional matching.

Results: 

  • 126,000 new users in 30 days. 3.2x industry engagement benchmark.
  • 67% remained active after 60 days (vs. 41% baseline).
  • Campaign organically shared 890K+ times.

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By the time you see the trend, Gen Z has already moved on.

Traditional research tells you where Gen Z is right now. Cultural intelligence tells you where they're going next. The difference? Months of wasted budget on trends that are already dead, or being first to movements that matter.

See the results:

  • Our unique insights brought a beauty brand 55,000 new subscriptions in 8 weeks
  • We helped a dating app acquire 126,000 new users in 30 days

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What makes you different from traditional research firms?

A: We don't just hand you a report. We execute on our insights through our creator network, proving our intelligence works.

Q: How do you predict trends 4-6 months early? A: Our Storytellers network gives us real-time signals from young creators who are shaping culture, not following it. By the time something appears in mainstream research, it's already been alive in our network for months.

Q: What if my category isn't represented in your past work? A: Youth culture is the origin point of ALL culture. What starts with Gen Z becomes mainstream behavior across every demographic. We read the source code.

Q: How many brands per cohort? A: Maximum 8 brands with category exclusivity. Only one brand per competitive set.

Q: What's the timeline? A: Tier 1: 2 weeks | Tier 2: 4 weeks | Tier 3: 5-6 weeks | Tier 4: 8-12 weeks.

Tier 1

Cultural Pulse Audit

Understand where you stand with Gen Z—right now

  • 30-day brand perception audit
  • Competitive landscape analysis
  • Top 3 opportunity gaps
  • 2-week delivery

From $25,000

Tier 2 (MOST POPULAR)

Intelligence + Strategy

Know what's coming and how to act on it

  • Everything in Tier 1

  • 4-6 month trend forecast

  • 90-day activation roadmap

  • 3 campaign concept briefs

  • Creator matchmaking

From $50,000

Tier 3

Intelligence + Execution Roadmap

From insight to production-ready campaign

  • Everything in Tiers 1 + 2

  • Full campaign development

  • Concept testing with 200+ Gen Zers

  • Production planning

  • From $125,000

  • We offer four cohorts per year. Contact our team.

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    We offer four cohorts per year. Contact our team.