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MFour

Mobile-first consumer data analytics platform

Overview

MFour provides mobile-first consumer research through its MFour Studio platform, which combines behavioral data (GPS, app usage, web history) with survey feedback from the Surveys On The Go app. It uses a built-in mobile panel and compensates participants with Fair Trade Data to collect first-party insights. Key features include location-triggered surveys, a Journeys Marketplace with hundreds of millions of quarterly consumer events, and AI tools like AI Survey Builder and DANI to help analyze data. Its goal is to deliver precise consumer intelligence that explains why people act the way they do and how paths to purchase unfold across stores and digital touchpoints.

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About MFour

Simplify's Rating
Why MFour is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsConsultingConsumer SoftwareEnterprise Software

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$5M

Headquarters

Irvine, CA

Founded

2001

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What believers are saying

  • November 3, 2026 Gemini data expands MFour to 2.35 million monthly AI conversations.
  • October 16, 2026 Sean Miller strengthens in-house first-party engineering and AI infrastructure.
  • August 2026 launches to ChatGPT and audio platforms broaden ad measurement across new channels.

What critics are saying

  • Google, OpenAI, and Amazon can restrict data access, breaking MFour's AI datasets quickly.
  • Consent-driven panel economics face churn risk if payouts fail to retain 14M members.
  • A privacy enforcement wave or class-action challenge could cripple location and conversation collection.

What makes MFour unique

  • MFour links opt-in AI conversations, GPS visits, receipts, and surveys to one identity.
  • Its November 3, 2026 Gemini launch extends full-funnel tracking beyond ChatGPT.
  • DANI turns MFour Studio into a self-serve analyst for non-technical researchers.

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Funding

Total Funding

$5M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$3.3M
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$5M

Benefits

  • Mentorship Program
  • Company Social Events

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

-2%
PR Newswire
Oct 16th, 2026
MFour names Sean Miller vice president of first-party data engineering

MFour Data Research has named Sean Miller vice president of first-party data engineering. He reports to chief technology officer Aaron Wepler. Miller will lead engineering for the Irvine, California company's first-party data, which consumers share with consent. His mandate is to bring MFour's whole engineering stack in-house, from data collection through its own AI model. MFour pays members of its 13M+ opted-in panel for their data. The data covers purchases, app usage, web browsing, location and LLM conversations, all linked to survey answers. Miller has more than 16 years of experience building behavioral data products and panels. He was most recently senior executive vice president, operations at Luth Research.

PR Newswire
Sep 2nd, 2026
MFour expands digital ad tracking to ChatGPT and audio streaming platforms

MFour Data Research has expanded its OmniTraffic Digital Ads feed to capture advertising exposure across ChatGPT, YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, and SoundCloud, alongside social platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X. The service connects ad exposure to downstream consumer behaviour, including app usage, web activity, store visits, and purchases. The feed captures observed ad exposure from consenting consumers in MFour's first-party panel, rather than using modelled or inferred impressions. At launch, it includes approximately 60,000 consumers and 63 million ad exposures from the most recent 30-day period. "By connecting ad exposure across social platforms, streaming media, and AI to what those same consumers do next, we're giving brands a clearer view of the full journey," said Chris St. Hilaire, founder and CEO of MFour Data Research.

PR Newswire
Aug 25th, 2026
Ex-Amazon exec Nikhil Nair joins MFour as SVP to advance first-party data and AI strategy

MFour Data Research has appointed Nikhil Nair as Senior Vice President of Data Science & Governance. Nair brings over 15 years of executive data leadership experience from Amazon, Uber, and Adobe. Most recently, he served as Head of Analytics and BI at Amazon's Ring division, where he helped grow the subscriptions business from $800 million to over $2 billion. He also built LLM-powered insights agents that improved operational efficiency by 70%. At MFour, Nair will advance the company's data strategy and support its first-party consumer data and AI capabilities, including DANI, MFour's AI assistant for connecting behavioural data with survey responses. The company provides validated, opt-in consumer behaviour and survey data through its Surveys On The Go app, serving clients including Samsung, Google, Amazon Ads, and Microsoft.

PR Newswire
Aug 20th, 2026
MFour's DANI adds video interviews to quant studies, auto-transcribes and generates shareable reels in minutes

MFour announced that its DANI platform now integrates video interviews into quantitative studies, allowing researchers to understand consumer motivations without conducting separate qualitative research. The platform automatically transcribes video responses, identifies recurring themes, and quantifies their frequency. DANI Reel Studio connects findings to supporting consumer videos and enables researchers to create presentation-ready reels using drag-and-drop editing tools. The platform can also auto-generate reels based on researcher instructions. "Quant tells you what is happening. Video explains why," said Chris St. Hilaire, founder and CEO of MFour. The feature leverages MFour's consumer panel and mobile app, which captures real-time feedback from consumers. DANI Reel Studio is now available to MFour Studio customers. Founded in 2011, MFour provides consumer behaviour data through its Surveys On The Go app and serves clients including Samsung, Google, and Amazon Ads.

PR Newswire
Feb 25th, 2026
MFour ingests 1M+ ChatGPT conversations in January, linking AI prompts to purchase data

MFour Data Research has ingested over one million ChatGPT conversations in January 2026, linking AI prompts to real-world consumer behaviours across nine data streams. The company's ChatGPT Conversation Data initiative captures opt-in conversations from its 13 million-member consumer panel, connecting AI interactions to app usage, web browsing, location visits and purchases. Launched in November 2025, the programme has collected over two million conversations total. The dataset enables organisations to trace consumer journeys from AI prompts through to point of sale, addressing a previously invisible touchpoint in the purchase path. All data is collected with explicit consumer consent through MFour's Surveys On The Go app and is PII-scrubbed before ingestion. The company serves clients including Samsung, Google, Amazon Ads and Microsoft through its MFour Studio platform.

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