Commercial answers in minutes, not at month-end

Futurelab builds commercial insight AI for consumer goods teams: shelf gaps ranked by outlet and pack, distributor and key account views, a sales intelligence dashboard, and InsightEasy for consumer and influencer intelligence, all configured around your KPIs and data.

Commercial insights for CPG and FMCG

AI that brings sales, distributor, shelf and consumer data into one place and answers commercial questions in plain language, so trade marketing, key account and brand teams act this week.

Futurelab Studios: OpenAI Select Partner · Claude Partner Network

Trusted by teams at Coca-Cola · PepsiCo · ITC · Xiaomi · Patanjali

Trusted by teams at

  • Coca-Cola
  • PepsiCo
  • ITC
  • Xiaomi
  • Patanjali Foods
  • Syngenta
  • Quantum Consumer Solutions
  • Love in Store Technologies

Ask the question, get the next step.

Fragmented enterprise data becomes searchable insight. Pick a question to see the kind of answer a commercial team gets back.

Availability: Where are we out of stock?

Gaps from shelf photos and stock data are matched to outlets and packs, so the team knows where to act first.

Distributors: Which distributors are slipping?

Distributor performance against plan, with the reasons behind the gap and the outlets most affected.

Modern trade: How are our key accounts doing?

Account-level views of availability, visibility and execution, ready for the next account review.

Consumers: What are consumers saying?

Creator videos and audience responses summarised into sentiment, common opinions and the themes that keep coming up.

Insight tools we have built.

Each is configured around your KPIs, data sources and reporting. Status is shown as it stands today.

InsightEasy: AI Social Listening and Audience Intelligence

Consumer and influencer intelligence: transcripts of selected creator videos analysed, audience sentiment summarised, and content compared by pillar, style and cultural cues.

SalesEasy: AI-Powered Field Sales Assistant

The field copilot that feeds shelf scores, competitor sightings and retailer feedback into the commercial view.

ChatEasy: AI-Powered RAG-Indexed Chatbot for Orgs

Plain-language answers from trusted company knowledge, with guardrails.

Built into your systems, under your rules.

AI only earns its place in a CPG business if IT, legal and the sales head can all sign off on it. This is how we build so they can.

Your data stays yours

We deploy inside your cloud tenancy or on infrastructure you control, and use enterprise AI tools with no-training guarantees.

Rules agreed first

Data, access and hosting constraints are agreed in writing before anything is built.

People stay in charge

Agents work within set permissions and limits, and people approve the decisions that matter.

Your system of record stays the source

Copilots read from and write back to the systems your teams already use, so there is no second version of the truth.

  • ERP: SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally
  • Sales and CRM: Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Your DMS
  • Data and BI: BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Power BI, Tableau
  • Channels: WhatsApp Business Platform, POS, Loyalty platforms

Gaps caught early, reviews that move faster.

Commercial AI is worth building when it shortens the time between a problem in the market and someone fixing it.

One commercial view

Outlet, distributor and regional KPIs come together in one place, configured around your definitions.

Exception-led action

Availability and execution gaps are surfaced early, so teams spend time on what needs attention.

Faster commercial reviews

Comparisons and follow-ups are ready without manual reports, so reviews are about decisions.

One commercial view Commercial reviews should start from the exceptions, not from a week of stitching reports together.

Four commercial views teams ask us for.

Each connects to the data you already collect and is configured around your company KPIs, data sources and workflows.

On-shelf availability

See every shelf, not just the ones a manager visits.

  • Shelf photos read for gaps, share of shelf and planogram
  • Price and offer tags checked
  • Competitor activity spotted
  • Gaps ranked by outlet and pack

Modern trade and key accounts

Account-level views ready for every review.

  • Availability and visibility by account
  • Execution compared across stores
  • Account review packs prepared
  • Follow-ups listed by owner

Sales intelligence dashboard

One live view for outlet, distributor and regional execution.

  • Outlet, distributor and regional KPIs
  • Availability and execution gaps flagged early
  • Comparisons without manual reports
  • Configured around your KPIs and data

Consumer and influencer intelligence

Creator content and audience responses as structured consumer signals.

  • Selected creator videos analysed
  • Audience sentiment and common opinions
  • Content pillars and styles compared
  • Set up by creator set, language and taxonomy

One category first, then the portfolio.

Start where the data is ready and the question matters, then widen.

  1. Agree the questions

    Work with commercial and brand teams to list the questions they ask every week and the definitions behind them.

    You get: A question list and KPI definitions

  2. Connect the data

    Bring together the sales, distributor, shelf and consumer data you already collect, with your access rules.

    You get: One connected view on your data

  3. Pilot with one team

    One category or region uses it for real reviews while we check answers against the numbers they trust.

    You get: Answers your team has checked

  4. Widen and improve

    Add categories, regions and questions, with owners and reporting in place.

    You get: A live commercial view

  • 50+ AI deployments delivered
  • 75+ organisations, from FMCG to finance
  • 20,000+ professionals trained by Futurelab

Built by people from Indian FMCG.

Kuntal Sharma, Co-Founder

13+ years in marketing and growth leadership at Google, Paytm, Airtel and Amul.

Shabbir Haider, Co-Founder

13+ years across business strategy and technology transformation at Amul, Wipro, PepsiCo and Mondelez.

Frequently asked questions

What is commercial insight AI for CPG?

AI that brings sales, distributor, shelf and consumer data together and answers commercial questions in plain language, so trade marketing, key account and brand teams see gaps early and act on them.

Can AI help with on-shelf availability?

Yes. Shelf photos are read for gaps, share of shelf, planogram, price tags and competitor activity, and gaps are ranked by outlet and pack so teams know where to act first.

What is consumer and influencer intelligence?

Our InsightEasy analyses selected creator videos and audience responses, summarises sentiment and common opinions, and compares content pillars, communication styles and cultural cues. It is configured by creator set, language and taxonomy.

Do we need a new data platform first?

No. We start from the data you already collect and the warehouses and BI tools you already use, such as BigQuery, Snowflake, Power BI or Tableau, with your access rules.

How do we know the answers are right?

We agree KPI definitions with your team first, and during the pilot answers are checked against the numbers your commercial team already trusts.

How do we start?

Pick one category or region and the questions your reviews ask every week. We connect the data, pilot with one team, then widen.

Bring one category, leave with answers.

Tell us the questions your commercial reviews keep asking. We will show you what your data can answer and how fast.