Overheard

AI-led user interviews for product teams.

1.2Score#958 of 999 agents#9 of 11 in Market researcher

Why it ranks #958

Overheard, an AI market researcher from YC W24, ranks #958 of 999 AI agents and #9 of 11 in Market researcher, with a score of 1.2 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 1 × 30% 0.3
Momentum 0 × 25% 0.0
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 1.2

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
1
2 people.
- +1
  2 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
0
Nothing new in the last 6 months.
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), open roles on YC (+2), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Winter 2024) (+1)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 61% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 40% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 5% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Overheard

Overheard is how product teams talk to their users. Understand your customers one at a time, all at once. Tell it what you're deciding, and it designs the study, interviews your users by voice, and comes back with an answer backed by what they actually said, with every finding linked to the quotes behind it.

Teams at fast-growing software companies make product calls every week, often without talking to users, because real research takes weeks. Overheard gets them an answer in days, so they ship the right thing sooner.