{"slug": "to-know-what-your-customers-think-just-ask-their-a-i-twins", "title": "To Know What Your Customers Think, Just Ask Their A.I. Twins", "summary": "Simile, a startup that creates AI-powered digital twins of customers for market research, has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital. The company's technology allows businesses to simulate consumer behavior by generating AI agents that mimic real customer preferences and decision-making patterns, offering a faster alternative to traditional surveys and focus groups.", "body_md": "Article URL: \nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/business/dealbook/simile-ai-agents-funding.html\n\nComments URL: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109678\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 1", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-know-what-your-customers-think-just-ask-their-a-i-twins", "canonical_source": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/business/dealbook/simile-ai-agents-funding.html", "published_at": "2026-07-30 13:25:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-30 13:53:04.397632+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-startups", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Simile", "Sequoia Capital"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-know-what-your-customers-think-just-ask-their-a-i-twins", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-know-what-your-customers-think-just-ask-their-a-i-twins.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-know-what-your-customers-think-just-ask-their-a-i-twins.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-know-what-your-customers-think-just-ask-their-a-i-twins.jsonld"}}