the strategic product coach

Build what matters,and prove it

Skerpa is a strategic product coach that helps cross-functional teams move confidently from idea to growth in fast-changing markets. Build on proof, not guesses you have to defend.

Discover: find the pains and patterns hiding in your research

Build: see what's evidence-backed, and what's still a guess

Go to market: position and pitch with the proof already attached

Skerpa pilots open now for early AI product builders

Skerpa, the strategic product coach

The challenge

AI made building faster. It did not make product decisions easier.

Code generation, AI assistants, and agents have collapsed the build phase. The bottleneck didn't disappear. It moved upstream, to knowing what's actually worth building.

“What should we build, for whom, and why now?”

Skipping ideation: jumping from discover to launch without product clarity

What you get

What skerpa actually does.

Skerpa guides you across the full arc of a new product, from understanding the market to going to market, and does the reasoning alongside you at every step.

Supporting your product journey

Discover your market
  • Discover user and buyer personas, and their JTBD
  • Build and score customer segments
  • Discover and map the competition
Solve the problem
  • Cluster pains and gains
  • Clarify the problem you are solving
  • Design your value proposition
Go to market
  • Shape your solution vision
  • Sharpen your positioning
  • See how it fits your business model

And at every step

Coaching brain

A coach at every step

A conversational agent that clarifies your context, spots the gaps in your thinking, and proposes the next move.

Structured evidence

Any source, turned into structure

Bring in web pages and documents. Skerpa turns them into linked evidence: personas, pains, needs, and jobs, each traced back to its source.

Gap analysis

See where you are thin

Skerpa shows where the evidence is weak, what is still an assumption, and what needs validating before you commit.

How it works

It doesn't just store evidence.
It tells you what to do next.

Skerpa reads the conversation, links the evidence, then reasons over it, spotting the gap and coaching you toward the next step.

From conversation to coaching
coaching
Discovery call · live
skerpaWalk me through a typical Monday morning.
Ops leadI'm the ops lead. I keep delivery on track across teams. By lunch I still can't get a straight answer on cost per department.
skerpaAnd how often does that happen?
Ops leadEvery single week. What I actually need is one place that reconciles cost across the tools, automatically.
Detected from evidence
Detecting entities in the transcript…
Skerpa reasons
Waiting on the evidence…

And it compounds every cycle

01 · capture

Bring in the raw material

Interviews, notes, decks, and market signals, skerpa ingests them as they are.

02 · structure

Turn it into linked evidence

Skerpa detects the personas, pains, needs, and features, and links them together.

03 · sharpen

See what holds up

Every claim carries a confidence state, so you know what's validated and what's still a guess.

04 · compound

Get sharper each cycle

New evidence updates the picture, so your direction strengthens as you learn.

Who it's for

For people building new products
who need clarity at speed.

Whether you are starting from a blank idea or a pile of signals, skerpa gets you to a product decision you can defend. We are starting with founders and building toward product teams.

Skerpa for founders
FoundersPilots open now

Validate the idea. Build with conviction.

Start from a raw idea or a stack of interviews. Skerpa runs the discovery, gathers the evidence, and coaches you toward a clear view of what to build and who it's for.

Every decision stays linked to its evidence, so your direction holds up when you pitch investors, and gets sharper as you learn.

Best for: early-stage founders, solo builders, and founding teams shaping a new product.

Skerpa for product teams
Product teamsComing next

Close the loop on a shared truth.

Skerpa brings evidence, assumptions, specs, go-to-market context, and feedback into one shared source of product truth, so product, engineering, and marketing work from the same picture.

Best for: product-led SaaS, innovation teams, scale-ups.

Skerpa pilots now Product teams next

Why skerpa

For builders who need
more than speed.

AI helps you build faster. Skerpa helps you decide sharper. The real advantage isn't speed, it's knowing what's worth building, with the evidence to back it up.

Skerpa is the strategic product coach that augments your tool stack, connecting discovery, evidence, specs, feedback, and go-to-market context so you move faster without losing the thinking behind your product decisions.

01

Know what needs attention now.

Skerpa surfaces what to validate, where assumptions are weak, and which decisions need more evidence, without waiting for the next big review.

02

Coaching from idea to launch.

Step by step through discovery, validation, specs, launch, and feedback, skerpa shows what to do next, and why.

03

Evidence behind every insight.

Every claim links back to an interview, signal, note, or document, so you know what's solid and what still needs proof.

04

One aligned source of truth.

Product, engineering, and go-to-market work from the same picture, with less scattered docs and lost reasoning.

05

Sharper as you learn.

Every discovery session, validation round, and feedback loop makes your direction stronger, so decisions improve over time.

The team

Built by product, technology,
and growth operators.

Skerpa is created by a team with experience across product strategy, B2B SaaS, digital innovation, technology, and go-to-market execution.

We are currently working with early product builders and founders to shape the future of product coaching.

Dimitri Degraeve, Chief Executive Officer, skerpa

Dimitri Degraeve

Chief Executive Officer

Business, go-to-market and product strategy.

Co-founder, Sweetspot · CTO, MD at Salto Vintia · Global head of software & services, product at Elster.

Sébastien Berthier, Chief Technology Officer, skerpa

Sébastien Berthier

Chief Technology Officer

Technology, product and agentic engineering.

CTO, Siteflow · CTO & founder, Smartbuilder · VP Engineering, head of WebCloud at OVHcloud.

Ronny Dewaele, Chief Research & Innovation Officer, skerpa

Ronny Dewaele

Chief Research & Innovation Officer

Ontology, research, innovation, grants.

Co-founder, Sweetspot · Head of Product at e-BO · CEO Venture, VP Product, Director Tech Centre Barco.

Koen Bas, Chief Commercial Officer, skerpa

Koen Bas

Chief Commercial Officer

B2B sales and channel management.

Co-founder, Sweetspot · Business consultant · CSO Materialize · Head of solutions, Product at Elster.

skerpa pilot

Bring one decision.
Leave with clearer direction.

Join the skerpa pilot with a real product, feature, positioning, or market question. We'll help you gather the evidence, surface the gaps, and pin down the strongest next step.

  • Pressure-testing a new product or feature idea
  • Validating a new market or customer segment
  • Sharpening positioning after early feedback
  • Turning discovery into product direction
  • Deciding what to build next, with the evidence to back it

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Frequently asked

Questions we get.

What is skerpa?+

Skerpa is a strategic product coach that helps cross-functional teams move confidently from idea to growth in fast-changing markets. Build on proof, not guesses you have to defend.

Who is skerpa for?+

Builders of new products, whether you are starting from a raw idea or a stack of signals. We are starting with skerpa pilots and growing toward product teams as our long-term ideal customer.

What makes skerpa different?+

Skerpa is evidence-first. It does not just generate ideas. It shows which assumptions are validated, which features rest on weak evidence, and what to do next, with every claim linked back to its source.

Is skerpa available today?+

Skerpa is in development. We are running pilots with a small number of partners through the summer of 2026, and opening commercial access from September 2026. Contact hello@skerpa.ai for pilot collaboration or early access.