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We got selected into the Founders Inc Canopy program — a 5 week sprint with mentor support and weekly "ship it" Fridays that push us to build faster.
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See exactly what prospective customers see — and exactly what's missing.
Customer Agents
Synthetic customers. Real journeys. Recommendations you can ship Monday.
Collate runs persona-driven journeys against your business and your competitors every week. Each agent embodies a distinct customer profile, shops every surface real customers touch, audits your discoverability per channel, and delivers a weekly report with the next highest-leverage fixes.
Step 01
Discoverability audit
One score across Google Business, Maps, reviews, Instagram, TikTok, on-site SEO, and industry directories. Per-channel status — complete, needs work, or missing — with the exact gap called out (e.g. 4 of 9 service pages indexed). Re-audits automatically, no manual checklists.
Per-channel scoreAuto re-auditCompetitor tracking
Customer Agents
Last run · 26 Apr 2026
72/ 100
Google Business Profile
complete
Google Maps pin
claimed
Reviews
4.6★ · 142
3 posts/mo — low
TikTok
not present
Treatment pages SEO
4 of 9 indexed
Health directories
2 of 6 listed
Top fix
Claim TikTok handle, post weekly
Step 02
Persona library
A synthetic customer cohort tailored to your sector — by age, occasion, origin market, and intent. The 30-something date-night diner researches differently than the 60-year-old anniversary couple. So do our agents.
Multi-segmentSector-tailoredOrigin market
Persona library
6 active · auto-tailored to your sector
Sara · 32
date-night · local · weeknight
Marc & Lena · 60
anniversary · destination · weekend
Priya · 29
solo travel · weekend · ChatGPT-first
Jonas · 45
family of four · summer · Maps-first
Anna · 38
boutique stay · weekend · Reddit-active
David · 52
business stay · midweek · Google-first
Step 03
Multi-surface journey
Agents shop across every surface real customers touch: Google, Maps, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Reddit, review sites, your website, your competitors' sites. They search, click, evaluate, and decide — in character, the whole way.
7+ surfacesLive browserVision agents
Multi-surface journey
8 surfaces · live browsers
Google
Maps
ChatGPT
Perplexity
Reddit
Reviews
Your site
Competitor
chatgpt.com/c/persona-sara-32
User: boutique hotels in your city — small, romantic, walking distance from old town
Assistant: Top picks based on recent traveler chatter:
- 1. Hotel Lumière — courtyard rooms · old-town walk
- 2. Maison Kapital — cited 11× in r/travel · competitor
- 3. [your property — not cited]
Vision-mode agent · 14 actions this run
Step 04
Weekly narrative report
Not a dashboard. A report that reads like a senior consultant who shopped your business for a week — by segment, by competitor, with the specific changes that move bookings.
Per-personaActionableTied to your funnel
Weekly Customer Agent Report
Wk 17 · 2026
Sara · 32
Weeknight dining · ChatGPT path
Sara ran 14 searches across ChatGPT, Maps, and Reddit. Your venue surfaced in 3 of 14 — competitor X surfaced in 9. Two missing review citations explain most of the gap.
competitor: Xsurface: ChatGPT
Marc & Lena · 60
Anniversary destination · Google + Reddit
competitor: Ysurface: Reddit
Anna · 38
Boutique stay · weekend research arc
competitor: Zsurface: Maps
3 sections · 9 recommendations · sent Monday 06:00
Illustrative finding · the kind of insight a weekly report will surface
When a 28–35 weekend-traveler persona asks ChatGPT for “boutique hotels in your city,” your property appears in 2 of 14 responses. A specific competitor appears in 11. The reason: they're cited in two recent travel-Reddit threads you weren't part of. Estimated impact: meaningful loss of direct bookings in your highest-margin segment.
Recommendation
Targeted Reddit-AMA outreach by Friday.
The Problem
Your analytics show you who arrived.Nothing shows you the customers who never did.
Every business with a CRM tracks bookings. Every analytics tool tracks clicks. Nothing in your stack tracks the prospects who researched you for weeks, picked the place down the street, and never showed up in your data.
The customer journey
- Discovered your category on Google, ChatGPT, Redditinvisible
- Compared you to 3–10 competitors privatelyinvisible
- Read reviews, watched reels, asked Perplexityinvisible
- Decided based on photos, vibe, social proof, fitinvisible
what your tools start tracking
- Visited your websitetracked
- Submitted form / clicked booktracked
- Booked / showed uptracked
i.
Cookies can't see what doesn't happen on your property. Most of the customer journey unfolds on Google, ChatGPT, Reddit, and competitor sites — properties you'll never instrument.
ii.
Attribution is decaying every quarter. Privacy regulation, AI search fragmentation, and zero-click results have collapsed referrer signals. The dark funnel is wider than it's ever been.
iii.
The customer who picked your competitor never shows up in your data. By definition. The most valuable people to understand are the only ones invisible to every tool you own.
iv.
Different segments lose for different reasons. A 28-year-old leaves because of your Instagram. A 60-year-old leaves because of your concierge. Aggregate analytics can't tell them apart.
How We Compare
Customer Agents vs DIY tools and generic clinic software
✓ Fully supported~ Partial / limited✗ Not available
Discoverability score across all channels
✓CollateSingle 0–100 score
✗In-House / ManualSpreadsheets & guesswork
✗Other AINot included
Per-channel gap analysis
✓Collatee.g. 4 of 9 SEO pages indexed
~In-House / ManualManual checklists
✗Other AINot included
Local competitor benchmarking
✓CollateReviews, cadence, local rank
✗In-House / ManualNo visibility
✗Other AINot included
Weekly prioritised top-fix
✓CollateHighest-leverage action first
✗In-House / ManualManual review
~Other AIGeneric suggestions
Automatic re-audits
✓CollateNo manual checklists
✗In-House / ManualQuarterly at best
~Other AIOn request only
Direct access to founders
✓CollateGroup chat with founders, 24/7
✗In-House / ManualNo vendor relationship
✗Other AIGeneric support tickets
30-day money back guarantee
✓CollateRisk-free trial
✗In-House / ManualSunk cost
✗Other AINo refund policy
No required commitment
✓CollateCancel anytime
~In-House / ManualStaff contracts
✗Other AIAnnual lock-in
CollateIn-House / Manual
Other AI
Discoverability score across all channels
✓Single 0–100 score
✗Spreadsheets & guesswork
✗Not included
Per-channel gap analysis
✓e.g. 4 of 9 SEO pages indexed
~Manual checklists
✗Not included
Local competitor benchmarking
✓Reviews, cadence, local rank
✗No visibility
✗Not included
Weekly prioritised top-fix
✓Highest-leverage action first
✗Manual review
~Generic suggestions
Automatic re-audits
✓No manual checklists
✗Quarterly at best
~On request only
Direct access to founders
✓Group chat with founders, 24/7
✗No vendor relationship
✗Generic support tickets
30-day money back guarantee
✓Risk-free trial
✗Sunk cost
✗No refund policy
No required commitment
✓Cancel anytime
~Staff contracts
✗Annual lock-in
FAQ
Common questions about Customer Agents, answered.
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