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Work · December 12, 2022

Piper

Your on-demand research assistant

Piper launched on December 12, 2022 with 71 votes, #774 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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What it does

Piper provides you with your own research assistant for a flat monthly fee. Request anything from desktop research to tracker surveys to design testing.

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