Competitor Analysis AI System
Project Overview
Developed a sophisticated AI-driven competitor analysis system that leverages advanced technologies to gather, process, and analyze data from various sources. The system provides detailed competitor insights through a multi-agent approach, ensuring accurate, timely, and actionable information for strategic decision-making.
Key Technologies and Architecture
- Data Collection Layer
- Structured Data: AWS API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3
- Unstructured Data: Web scraping (Beautiful Soup, Scrapy, Selenium), AWS Lambda
- Manual File Uploads: Direct upload to Amazon S3
- Data Storage Layer
- Raw Data: Amazon S3
- Processed Structured Data: AWS DynamoDB
- Processed Unstructured Data: Amazon S3
- Data Preprocessing Layer
- AWS EMR for data cleaning, transformation, and feature extraction
- Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) System
- Custom Python scripts for semantic chunking
- OpenAI Embeddings API, BERT, or Sentence Transformers for vectorization
- Pinecone, Weaviate, or Faiss for vector database storage
- Knowledge Graph Creation
- AWS Neptune or Neo4j for graph database
- Custom entity and relationship extraction from structured and unstructured data
- LLM Integration
- OpenAI GPT API, Hugging Face Transformers, AWS SageMaker
- User Interface Layer
- Chat Interface: React, Botpress, or Rasa Webchat
- Dashboard: Tableau, Power BI, or Grafana
- Workflow Designer: Node-RED, AWS Step Functions, or Apache Nifi
- Continuous Improvement Layer
- Feedback Collection: Custom forms, Google Forms, or Typeform
- Performance Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch
Multi-Agent System
- Researcher Agent
- Collects and updates data from various sources
- Operates on a scheduled basis or on-demand
- Analyst Agent
- Performs comparative analysis of competitors
- Generates insights on market positions, strengths, and weaknesses
- Writer Agent
- Synthesizes data and insights to create comprehensive reports
- Tailors content based on user queries
- Fact-Checker Agent
- Ensures accuracy and reliability of generated information
- Cross-references data from multiple sources
Key Features
- Multi-source data integration (APIs, web scraping, manual uploads)
- Advanced data preprocessing and cleaning
- Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for enhanced information retrieval
- Knowledge graph creation for complex relationship analysis
- Integration with state-of-the-art LLMs for natural language processing
- Interactive user interface with chat and dashboard functionalities
- Continuous improvement through user feedback and performance monitoring
Technical Challenges Overcome
- Data Integration: Developed a robust system to handle diverse data types and sources.
- Scalability: Implemented serverless architecture using AWS Lambda for efficient scaling.
- Real-time Processing: Optimized RAG pipeline for quick response times.
- Data Accuracy: Incorporated a fact-checking agent to ensure reliability of information.
- Security: Implemented encryption, secure API usage, and access controls.
Impact and Significance
- Provides comprehensive competitor insights for informed decision-making
- Reduces manual effort in data gathering and analysis
- Offers real-time, up-to-date competitor information
- Enhances strategic planning capabilities for businesses
- Demonstrates advanced AI application in business intelligence
Future Developments
- Fine-tuning a custom LLM (e.g., LLAMA 3) for enhanced accuracy and domain-specific insights
- Expanding the system to cover more data sources and competitor metrics
- Implementing advanced RAG techniques for improved response quality
- Enhancing the knowledge graph with more complex relationship modeling
This Competitor Analysis AI System represents a significant advancement in applying AI and machine learning to business intelligence. By combining cutting-edge technologies like RAG, knowledge graphs, and multi-agent systems, it provides a powerful tool for companies to gain deep insights into their competitive landscape, driving strategic decision-making and maintaining a competitive edge in the market.