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How to use AKCELI: A step-by-step Tutorial with Real-Life Scenario

AKCELI is NineSigma’s AI-powered platform that helps innovation leaders uncover new market applications for their technologies, identify key players in the supply chain, and accelerate commercialization. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to use AKCELI, with a real-world-inspired scenario to bring it to life.
Scenario: A Chemical Company Seeking New Applications for Its Sustainable Coating
The R&D team at a global company has developed a bio-based coating that is heat-resistant and biodegradable. They want to discover new applications outside of packaging and identify potential partners to commercialize it.
How to use AKCELI:
Step 1: Log into the AKCELI platform
Ensure you are registered as a user and access the dashboard

Step 2: Create a new theme
Click ‘Create New Theme.’ Upload your technical documentation (e.g., a product brochure or spec sheet in PDF format) or paste a URL/text describing the coating.

Step 3: Adjust feature & value weights
Highlight important properties, e.g., biodegradability, heat resistance, and sustainability. Assign higher weight to the primary features you want AKCELI to focus on.

Step 4: Set search criteria
Narrow or expand regions, exclude irrelevant domains, and define custom filters as needed.

Step 5: Review Application ideas
Within 15-30 minutes. AKELI will generate a list of application ideas with scores, related technologies, and market challenges. You might find suggestions like
- Use in electronics for biodegradable circuit loads.
- Application in sustainable textiles.
- Potential in medical bandages or sensors.


Step 6: Generate Company List
Click ‘Generate Company List’ for a chosen idea (e.g., sustainable textiles). AKCELI maps the value chain and outputs companies across supply chain segments, from raw material suppliers to end-product manufacturers, filtered to your input criteria.


Bonus Tip: Ask for Human Validation
By asking for human validation, you can:
– Have application ideas reviewed and scored by NineSigma’s domain experts.
– Conduct text-based or live interviews with industry professionals
– Gain insight into real customer needs, use barriers, or adoption readiness.
With AKCELI, what once took weeks of research can be done in minutes. But its power multiplies when combined with human decision-making prioritzing insights, aligning with business goals, and acting on real opportunities.
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