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User Evaluation · AI pipeline optimisation

AI research, with less cost per job.

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Timeline
Weeks
Category
AI infrastructure
Techstack
OpenAI · Anthropic · Whisper · Postgres
Location
Remote
Year
2026

AI research, with less cost per job.


User Evaluation turns interviews into findings backed by source material.

We optimised the AI pipeline behind its transcription, chat and reports, reducing the cost of each job while preserving its internal quality benchmarks.

[Pipeline optimisation] — [AI SaaS]

Our role

User Evaluation already had a working research product. Our engagement focused on the infrastructure behind it: model selection, transcription, synthesis and the checks that protect output quality.

The brief

Keep research useful as usage grows.

Processing audio, video and text adds an inference cost to every research session. As volume grew, User Evaluation needed to reduce that cost and the time spent waiting for synthesis.

The existing pipeline and its quality benchmarks gave us a starting point. We measured the stages, identified where model capacity was being wasted, and tested targeted changes.

Eva answering a question across every study, with cited clips and a chart

What we changed

Change the pipeline. Check the output.

We worked within their existing infrastructure. Each change had to earn its place against the internal eval suite.

  • 01

    Measure each stage

    Audit the cost and latency of calls across transcription, synthesis and reporting.

  • 02

    Match models to tasks

    Use lighter models where they meet the quality bar. Keep larger models where the task needs them.

  • 03

    Reduce repeated work

    Batch transcription where timing allows, shorten synthesis prompts and cache repeated retrieval.

  • 04

    Check before release

    Run changes through the regression harness, then monitor per-call cost and latency in production.

[Demo] — User Evaluation

Eva answering with cited clips and a chartA new study with its interview guide and priceA live interview with its transcriptSessions with status, length and sentimentThe theme board of coded clipsSwarm runs with sessions and findings
  1. 01 / 06

    Ask Eva about all your research

    Eva searches every study, agent run and upload. Each answer cites the clips it uses.

  2. 02 / 06

    Plan a study in minutes

    Eva writes the interview guide, and the summary shows the interviews and the total price before launch.

  3. 03 / 06

    Watch interviews live

    Eva runs the interview by voice. Follow the live transcript and send one line to steer the next question.

  4. 04 / 06

    Track every session

    Status, length and sentiment for each interview. No-shows are rebooked and replaced free.

  5. 05 / 06

    Sort clips into themes

    The board codes every clip by theme on a first pass. Rename, merge or move cards, then export to CSV.

  6. 06 / 06

    Test your site with AI agents

    Swarm sends agents with different personas through your site and records the friction they find.

The results

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38%

Lower per-job cost

On the optimised AI research pipeline.

2.1×

Faster synthesis

Median end-to-end synthesis at the new model mix.

0%

Eval regression

Measured against their internal evals across the optimised paths.

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