Guidepoint Launches AI-Powered Mobile Research App

- Guidepoint's core business is operating as an expert network, a matchmaking service that connects business professionals with industry experts for consultations. The company was founded in 2003 by Albert Sebag, initially as Clinical Advisors, to match cancer patients with clinical trials. - The company has grown to become the second-largest expert network, with a network of over 1.75 million experts. Guidepoint serves over 1,500 corporations and other clients, including institutional investors and consulting firms. - The Guidepoint360 app integrates an AI assistant named "AskGP," designed to provide cited answers from a database of over 60,000 expert call transcripts in minutes. This feature aims to compound the value of each expert interaction by feeding it into a growing internal intelligence layer. - This move is part of a broader trend in the expert network industry, which has seen an average annual growth of 18% since 2015 and is increasingly adopting AI to improve the speed and relevance of expert matching. AI is being used to vet experts, automate scheduling, and instantly extract insights from consultations. - The app is targeted at professionals who need to make high-stakes decisions under tight timelines, such as those in investment banking, asset management, and equity research. - Beyond one-on-one calls, Guidepoint's services include surveys, in-person events, teleconferences, and a quantitative data product for the healthcare sector called Qsight.