This is an illustrative sample with fictional competitors, so you can see the exact format and depth of a Zelos brief. Your real brief is built nightly from signals detected across 18 sources for the competitors you track — and every claim links to its evidence.

Sample Weekly Brief

Week of June 8

42 signals detected · 3 competitors · delivered Monday 8:00am

Strategic Summary

The week's defining move is Northwind's shift to usage-based pricing — a direct play for your self-serve segment, arriving while their own support reputation is eroding. BoltBase's free-tier removal hands you a rare inbound window. Acme's hiring pattern says their AI announcement is a when, not an if: prepare your counter-positioning now, not after their launch post.

Top Threats

  • 5/5Northwind CRM launched usage-based pricing across all tiers — undercuts your Pro plan by ~30% for small teams.
  • 4/5Acme Analytics posted 6 senior AI-engineer roles in 3 weeks; job specs mention "conversational reporting" — a feature adjacent to your roadmap.
  • 4/5BoltBase signed a distribution partnership with a major cloud marketplace, opening a channel you do not currently have.

Top Opportunities

  • 4/5Northwind's G2 rating slid 4.4 → 4.1 in six weeks; 9 of the last 12 reviews cite support wait times.
  • 5/5BoltBase quietly discontinued its free tier — churning self-serve users are searching for alternatives right now.
  • 3/5Acme's VP of Customer Success departed; onboarding complaints already appearing on Reddit.

This Week's Playbook

Concrete counter-moves, ranked — not generic advice

high

Launch a "switch from BoltBase" landing page + promo before Friday

Their free-tier removal (detected Tuesday) creates a 2–3 week acquisition window.

high

Brief sales on Northwind pricing objection handling

Their usage-based pricing will surface in every competitive deal this quarter.

medium

Fast-track the support SLA page and add response-time proof to comparison pages

Northwind's support complaints are your sharpest differentiator this month.

What's Coming Next

Forward-looking calls, each grounded in named signals — and tracked to resolution on your Prediction Scoreboard

Acme Analytics: Will announce an AI reporting assistant within ~2 months

Basis: 6 AI-engineer hires + "conversational reporting" in job specs + CEO teased "big AI news" on a podcast · high confidence

Northwind CRM: Enterprise push: SOC 2 badge + security page rewrite suggest upmarket motion in Q3

Basis: New compliance hires + website diff on security page · medium confidence

Competitive Reality

Where rivals are genuinely ahead of you — no spin. This section is why founders trust the rest of the brief.

  • Northwind ships mobile releases ~2× faster than you — 9 App Store updates in 90 days vs your 4.
  • Acme's integration catalog (74 listed) is materially ahead of yours (31); it appears in 3 of your last 5 lost-deal notes.

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