Getting to the right audience insight often takes too long - and costs too much:
Focus groups and qualitative research can take weeks or even months.
Social listening amplifies the loudest voices but rarely reflects your most important audiences.
Running repeated research on niche groups is often not practical or affordable.
Archie AI Personas fill this gap - They simulate real audience perspectives in real time, giving you fast, credible insights that help you make informed decisions when it matters most.
Archie AI Personas use Edelman’s proprietary trust intelligence and real-time data to model audience behavior and guide confident action.
Edelman’s Archie AI Personas are uniquely designed for real-world communications - grounded in trust, rigor, and security.
Built on Archie, Edelman’s proprietary large language model (LLM) trained on 25 years of trust data
Trained on earned media, research, social insights, and client-relevant datasets
Hosted on Edelman’s secure enterprise platform with built-in guardrails, bias checks, and “do-not-say” filters.
Every output is reviewed and contextualized by Edelman’s communications and industry specialists.
Each AI Persona is designed to mirror your real audiences - using Edelman’s proven frameworks and data standards.
They can be applied across the entire communications cycle:
Accuracy will always vary depending on the available training data. Conducting synthetic research with AI personas should always be done as a supplement to other research methodologies and human validation is critical. But when you need directional guidance quickly, AI personas can provide high-quality insights when there isn’t time to run a new focus group.
A key benefit of AI Personas is the ability to simulate even the most niche of stakeholder groups, as long as there is reliable data to train them on. At Edelman we’ve built models to help clients communicate to industry media, general population demographics and professional groups. We’ve also developed highly specialized personas based on historical behaviors, purchase habits, and trust indicators.
Yes, this is a key use case for AI personas. When you need to test messaging and creative for a product launch or announcement that is embargoed, conducting synthetic research is a great way to predict responses without sharing confidential information. Our AI models are hosted on Edelman’s secure enterprise platform to ensure confidential data is kept safe.
Training a new AI Persona can take a few weeks, depending on the data that is being used and the level of configuration needed. But once these personas have been created they can be used to turn around insights in a matter of minutes, giving you access to real-time analysis and message testing whenever you need it.