Question 1

What is Steek?

Accepted Answer

Steek is an AI-powered competitive intelligence platform that lets you research any market, competitor, or trend in 30 seconds. It monitors 40+ premium sources and generates deep analysis with competitive landscapes, key findings, action items, and foresight reports â€” all with citations.

Question 2

How does Steek work?

Accepted Answer

Pick any market signal, trend, or topic. Steek instantly generates a deep competitive research report including executive summary, key findings, competitive landscape analysis, action items, and risk assessment â€” drawing from 40+ premium sources with full citations.

Question 3

Who is Steek for?

Accepted Answer

Steek is built for product managers, strategists, researchers, and decision-makers who need fast, reliable competitive intelligence. If you spend hours researching markets, competitors, or trends â€” Steek does it in 30 seconds.

Question 4

What types of research can Steek generate?

Accepted Answer

Steek generates five types of intelligence: Quick Insights (instant signal analysis), Deep Research (comprehensive reports with competitive landscape), Foresight Reports (trend predictions and strategic forecasting), Visual Maps (interactive concept diagrams), and Video Intelligence (key takeaways from video content).

Question 5

Is Steek free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Steek offers a free tier with generous quotas for all features including competitive research, quick insights, foresight analysis, visual maps, and shareable report links. Premium plans unlock higher quotas and advanced features.

Question 6

How fast is Steek compared to manual research?

Accepted Answer

Steek generates a full competitive research report â€” with executive summary, key findings, competitive landscape, action items, and citations â€” in about 30 seconds. The same analysis would typically take a human analyst 3-5 hours.

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Molten Ventures Molten Ventures is a European venture capital firm that invests in and supports high-growth private technology companies across sectors such as AI, enterprise software, deeptech, consumer technology, and digital health.	Growth	$203M	—	64
Rime Rime builds enterprise voice AI and text-to-speech models that generate highly realistic, low-latency conversational voices for phone agents, customer support, healthcare, food ordering, and other real-time business interactions.	Seed	$24M	NEA, Google, GV	63
Multiplier Agent harnesses for asset managers	Funded	$6M	—	63
Discovered Materials AI scientists to discover materials for the semiconductor industry.	Seed	$9M	GV, Lightspeed, NEA	60
Palona Palona builds AI agents for restaurants and other consumer-facing businesses that answer phone calls and customer inquiries, take orders and reservations, and handle sales and support conversations across voice and chat channels.	Funded	$20M	—	60
Infinity Infinity builds inference software that enables AI accelerator chips to run production-ready AI models across modalities without relying on Nvidia CUDA.	Seed	$15M	—	59
Freehand Freehand builds an online collaborative whiteboard and visual workspace that lets teams brainstorm, plan, diagram, and collaborate together in real time.	Series B	$75M	—	58
Neno Neno builds an AI-native accounting, payroll, tax, invoicing, and business banking platform that automates back-office financial operations for small and medium-sized businesses.	Seed	$7M	—	58

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