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Hey HN, This is a Show HN (poorly) disguised as an Ask HN. I'm launching https://www.parliant.ai, a survey tool that rethinks how surveys are created and answered. Instead of building forms, the survey creator just writes what they want to learn and AI takes it from there, chatting with respondents to get meaningful answers. To show how it works, I’ve created a short demo survey with the question in the title. The idea is for you to try it out and see the respondent experience, which is really the core of the innovation. I’d love to get your answers and your feedback. The survey is…
In plain words
Parliant is an AI-powered survey tool that simplifies survey creation and responses. Instead of building traditional forms, creators describe what they want to learn and the AI automatically generates conversational surveys that chat with respondents to gather meaningful answers. The tool is designed for researchers and businesses seeking more engaging survey experiences and deeper insights from participants through natural dialogue rather than static questionnaires.
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Hey HN, This is a Show HN (poorly) disguised as an Ask HN. I'm launching https://www.parliant.ai, a survey tool that rethinks how surveys are created and answered. Instead of building forms, the survey creator just writes what they want to learn and AI takes it from there, chatting with respondents to get meaningful answers. To show how it works, I’ve created a short demo survey with the question in the title. The idea is for you to try it out and see the respondent experience, which is really the core of the innovation. I’d love to get your answers and your feedback. The survey is open to the first 100 completed responses (or fewer, if too many people start it and I need to rein in LLM costs). I'll comment here the AI summary of the final result once it's done. Also, maybe an AI summary highlight of a response or two. If you like the UX, there’s a link in the header to the traditional landing page with more info.
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