Overview: Scout is an AI-powered competitive intelligence platform that automates
market monitoring for product teams and strategy leaders. It scrapes competitor sources, uses LLM-based
classification to extract strategic events, and delivers actionable intelligence briefings.
Description: Scout transforms hours of manual competitor research into 60-second insights.
The platform monitors SaaS competitors across Analytics, Design Tools, and Project Management verticals,
automatically detecting feature launches, pricing changes, and strategic partnerships. Key features include:
- Automated Data Collection: Multi-source scraping from blogs, changelogs, and RSS feeds
- AI-Powered Classification: GPT-4-mini with structured outputs for event extraction
- Interactive Dashboard: Real-time metrics, category breakdowns, and confidence scoring
- Intelligence Briefings: One-click HTML export with visualizations and source links
- Competitive Sets: Pre-configured monitoring for Mixpanel, Figma, Asana, and more
Impact: Reduces competitive intelligence gathering from 3+ hours per week to under
60 seconds, achieving 80%+ classification precision on real-world competitor announcements.
Technologies Used: Python, Streamlit, OpenAI GPT-4-mini, SQLite, Plotly, Newspaper3k, Feedparser