Research as a service · Yuriy Babyak
Everything on your list, researched to the source.
I build a research pipeline for the data you need. Companies, founders, investors, markets. You get a dataset with a source on every field.
Starts with a one-week pilot. If it doesn't beat what you use now, you don't pay.
ResearchTech WayPass Goelett Hexagon Transition Technologies
Previously at
What do I get?
Research on anything you care about. In your fields, with a source on every value. Once, or kept current.
Check and send changes to
Weekly check: Ledgerwise
I checked all 200. Ledgerwise raised €45M.
Daily check: Ledgerwise
I checked all 200. Ledgerwise posted 3 new jobs.
New deal: Settlr
A new deal with Settlr came into your CRM. I researched it: 60 staff, an e-money licence.
Newsletter mention: Paylane
Fintech Weekly mentioned Paylane. I checked it: the €12M round is confirmed.
App signal: Clearbook
Your tool flagged Clearbook. I checked it: the office moved to Berlin.
Weekly check: Kestrel Packaging
I checked all 80. Kestrel Packaging reported €84M in sales.
Daily check: Boxwerk
I checked all 80. Boxwerk put its Linz plant up for sale.
New deal: Kartona
A new deal with Kartona came into your CRM. I researched it: 120 staff, family owned.
Newsletter mention: Wellform
Pack Report mentioned Wellform. I checked it: the owner plans to sell.
App signal: Faltbau
Your tool flagged Faltbau. I checked it: a new managing director took over.
Weekly check: Brightway Freight
I checked all 400. Brightway Freight named a new CFO.
Daily check: Brightway Freight
I checked all 400. Brightway Freight posted 6 data jobs.
New deal: Acme Logistics
A new deal with Acme Logistics came into your CRM. I researched it: 400 staff, runs its own fleet.
Newsletter mention: Northpine
Logistics Brief mentioned Northpine. I checked it: the new site is confirmed.
App signal: Halden Foods
Your tool flagged Halden Foods. I checked it: a second plant opened.
Weekly check: Northfield Capital
I checked all 300. Northfield Capital closed a €60M fund.
Daily check: Northfield Capital
I checked all 300. Northfield Capital led a seed round in Ledgerline.
New deal: Tidewater Ventures
A new deal with Tidewater Ventures came into your CRM. I researched it: an €80M fund, 12 seed deals a year.
Newsletter mention: Harbor Lane
Seed Notes mentioned Harbor Lane. I checked it: the new partner is confirmed.
App signal: Ashgrove Capital
Your tool flagged Ashgrove Capital. I checked it: a climate partner joined.
Made-up companies. A real one, researched in full: Insight Partners.
Need it just once?
I run it once.
You get it in your inbox, CRM, Slack, database or a file.
Can I trust the values?
Sources disagree often. An agent resolves each one. If it can't, the field stays open with its reason.
2,591times sources disagreed
in my research on 100 VC firms
1 square = 10 disagreements
- Fund websiteAbout page, 2023
- $500k to $2M
Used
- NewsWhat it put into four deals, 2024 to 2025
- $750k to $2.3M
Used
- Data providerProfile, last updated 2021
Not used: $100k to $500kOut of date, not used
Combines the fund's own range with what it put into four deals.
- Fund websiteAbout page, northfield.example
- Northfield Capital
Used
- Official company recordsFiled in 2022
- Northfield Capital LP
Used
- NewsArticle about a deal, 2024
- Northfield Cap.
Used
All three names use one website and one address on file.
- LedgerlinePress release, March 2024
- Maria Lind
Disagrees with the news
- NewsArticle about the deal, April 2024
- Tomas Reyes
Disagrees with the press release
- Fund websiteTeam page, 2025
- Both shown as partners
Lists both, not used
Two sources name different partners. No source shows who led.
Why not what you use now?
Keep it if it does the job.
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
Keep it when you want one question explored, with citations.
Hire me when you need the same answers for every company on your list.
Apollo, PitchBook, Crunchbase, Harmonic
Keep it when their fields answer your questions.
Hire me when their data alone is not enough.
Exa, Parallel, Clay
Keep it when your team knows how to build and run its own research system.
Hire me when you'd rather use the lessons from the many systems I've built.
| Deep research | Data vendors | Build it yourself | littlebit.dev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | A report on one question | Their fields, for companies they track | What your team builds | A dataset in your fields, for every company on your list |
| Depth | Deep on one question | As deep as their fields go | As deep as your team builds | Deeper research, with the gaps filled |
| Sources | Citations in the text | Their own database | Depends on your build | A source on every value |
| When sources disagree | You notice it yourself | You notice it yourself | Your team writes the rules | Resolved, or left open with its reason |
| Kept current | Rerun by hand | On their update schedule | Your team schedules it | Weekly, daily or on a signal from your tools |
| Where you get it | A chat or a document | Their app, an export or an API | Wherever your team sends it | Your inbox, CRM, Slack, database or a file |
| Who builds and runs it | You, one question at a time | The vendor | Your developers | I do, on my own infrastructure |
| Tools | Their model | Their database | Exa, Parallel, Clay and others | My own tools, or existing ones when they give you better results |
| Scale | One question at a time | Their database | As far as your team takes it | Up to 1,000 agents in parallel, at low cost |
| With what you have | Starts from nothing | Their data only | Your team's work | I enrich your vendor's data until it works for you |
| Getting started | Today | After a contract | After your team builds it | A one-week pilot. You pay only if it beats what you use now |
What is my risk?
You only pay if my pilot beats what you use now.
Free
Discovery call
Scope and quality bar, agreed.
What should I find?
Week 1
Pilot and comparison
I test a small set of companies you already researched. I compare my pilot with what you use now.
Cost · Coverage · Quality · Speed
Week 2
Working version
Then it runs on schedule, or once as a file. I improve and maintain it for as long as you hire me.
It runs every weekevery dayand sends changes to your inboxyour CRM
Your data stays private
Zero retention. No AI training. Hosted by me, so you host nothing. NDA if you ask. Calls stay private.
The research is yours
All the data, in full. I can hand over your pipeline. My core stack stays mine.
Price agreed first
Priced after a free call. The pilot price, in writing.
Who has done this?
Systems I've built for clients. Each one starts with research.
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Teams I've trained:
Who will I work with?
I run every project myself.I care about the details, down to every value.You talk to the person who builds it.
Yuriy BabyakAI systems engineer · Warsaw / Kraków
Bring one research question.
Which seed funds back fintech in Poland?Which packaging firms in DACH could I buy?Which of my CRM accounts are hiring a head of data?