Open to · Active duty · Veterans · Military families · Caregivers

Get paid for your perspective.

Up to $75 per call. Real conversations. Real influence.

15–30 minute voice conversations with our AI interviewer about the products, programs, and policies built for the military community. No forms. No surveys. No scheduling.

Voice-first · live
$40–$75
per conversation
15–30min
on your time
Voiceonly
no forms, no scheduling
Async
on your schedule
Join the network ~2 minutes to sign up · We'll call you to say hello
How it works

Four steps. Mostly listening.

No surveys. No clipboards. No scheduling. Just a phone call when there's a study you'd actually have something to say about.

01
Sign up in two minutes.
Just your phone number. We don't ask for SSN, bank info, or a 47-question screener. Our AI calls you for a quick, casual hello to learn the basics.
02
We text you when there's a fit.
Every couple weeks, you'll get a text when there's a study where your perspective actually matters. If it's interesting, you opt in. If not, ignore it. No pressure.
03
Have a real conversation.
15 to 30 minutes by voice with our AI interviewer. Done on your time, from your phone. No video. No forms. No "rate this 1 to 5." Just talk.
04
Get paid quickly.
$40 to $75 lands by Venmo, PayPal, ACH, prepaid Visa, or gift card — whichever you pick. Tax-clean. No banking info ever leaves your phone.
The money

Real pay. No games.

Most research panels pay $5 in points or a gift card you'll never use. We pay real money, in whatever form works for you.

Standard
$40–$60
Per 15–30 min call
For most research topics — products, services, messaging, customer experience studies.
Premium topics
$75–$100
Mental health, sensitive issues
More for emotionally heavy or hard-to-reach subjects. We pay extra because your time is worth more.
Loyalty bonus
+$20
Every 5th + 10th conversation
Stay in the network and the per-call pay grows. Long-term participants are our most valuable voices.
Pick your payout method
Venmo PayPal ACH (direct deposit) Prepaid Visa Amazon · Target · Visa gift cards

Banking info goes through our reward partner Tremendous — not us. Your phone number and email are all we ever store.

Who we want

Anyone in the military community.

If you served, are serving, or your life is shaped by someone who served — we want your perspective in the room when companies and agencies make decisions that affect you.

Active duty · all branches, all components

Currently serving Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard. Reserve and National Guard. We work around your schedule and OPSEC matters — never asks anything classified.

Veterans · separated, retired, every era

Post-9/11, Gulf War, Vietnam, Korea, Cold War. Honorable, general, OTH — we don't gatekeep on character of service. Your experience is the data.

Military families · spouses, dependents, Gold Star

You see things from a vantage point your service member can't. Programs aimed at military families are designed without your voice in the room far too often. We change that.

Caregivers · PCAFC, informal, anyone

Caregivers are some of the most invisible people in the system. We treat your time like it matters, because it does. Premium pay rates for caregiver-specific studies.

What you'll talk about

Things you actually know.

We never put you in studies that don't fit your experience. Examples of what's come through the network:

Mental health access VA enrollment friction Transition to civilian life Healthcare benefits Tricare experience Financial products built for vets Education benefits (GI Bill) Housing & VA loans Insurance products Career & employment Community-based programs Spouse employment Dependent education (DoDEA) Caregiver support Active duty quality of life PCS & relocation Military children's programs Peer support models Telehealth experience Veteran-owned business

If a topic doesn't apply to you, you'll never get invited to that study. Our system matches by what you've actually mentioned in past conversations — so the more we talk, the better the fit.

Privacy · plain English

Your data belongs to you.

Most research panels treat your information like inventory. We don't.

What we do

  • Store your conversations so we can match you with relevant studies
  • Pay you the moment a call ends
  • Tell customers what you said — never who said it
  • Let you delete everything any time, no questions asked
  • Auto-delete recordings after 14 days, transcripts after 90
  • Use bank-grade encryption on every byte we store

What we don't

  • Sell your name, phone, or email to anyone — ever
  • Share your audio with customers
  • Ask for SSN, banking info, or sensitive medical records
  • Spam you between studies
  • Penalize you for skipping a study or saying "not interested"
  • Put you in studies that don't actually fit your experience

If you ever want to be removed from the network entirely, text STOP to the number we use and you're out. Your profile and all stored conversations get permanently deleted within 7 days. No survey, no friction, no follow-up sales call.

From the network

What other members say.

First panel I've been in where I felt like the questions actually understood what I'd been through. And $60 hit my Venmo without me having to chase anything down.
SFC, Retired Post-9/11 TX
My husband doesn't notice half of what I see managing things while he's gone. Nice to finally get asked. And paid like my time matters.
Spouse Active duty VA
15 minutes on the phone, in my truck on lunch. The AI didn't try to sell me anything or "redirect to a human." Just asked good questions and listened. Beats the survey junk by a mile.
CPL, Veteran 70% SC OH
Sign up

Join the network.
Take 2 minutes.

Drop your phone and a tag. Our AI calls you within the hour for a casual hello and gets you set up. From there: studies show up when there's a fit. Until then, you don't hear from us.

Common questions

Things you might be wondering.

Is this actually AI on the phone, or a real person?
It's an AI. And it's good. Most members can't tell after the first 30 seconds, and the ones who can prefer it — no rushing, no judgment, no one trying to sell you something. We use voice agents from Vapi + ElevenLabs running on prompts we wrote specifically for veteran research. If you ever want a human researcher instead, ask and we'll route the next call to one.
How much can I actually make from this?
Depends on how many studies you fit. Most active members do 1–3 calls per month, so $40 to $225 per month is typical. Heavy users in high-demand cohorts (women veterans, post-9/11, specific ratings) clear $400 to $600 per month. We don't push studies that don't fit you, so volume is honest, not gamed.
Who's actually paying for these studies?
Companies and government agencies that build products and programs for the military community — health insurers, federal contractors, VA-adjacent organizations, financial services firms, and consulting partners (Booz, Deloitte, etc.) running primary research for federal clients. They pay vtrn.ai, vtrn.ai pays you. We never share your name with them.
Can I opt out of any topic?
Yes. Two ways: (1) ignore any study invite text — no penalty. (2) Tell our AI mid-call you don't want to discuss something. We'll skip it and still pay you for the call. Topics you decline get noted so you don't get re-invited.
What if I'm in crisis during a call?
Our AI is trained to recognize crisis signals — suicide, harm, severe distress. It pauses, gives you the Veterans Crisis Line (988, press 1 — or text 838255), and asks if you want to keep going, take a break, or end the call. Whatever you pick, we honor. You still get paid.
Is this affiliated with the VA or DoD?
No. vtrn.ai is an independent research platform. We work with organizations that serve the military community, but we are not a government agency, not a non-profit, and not affiliated with any specific service branch.
Will my answers be used against me?
No. We never share your name, contact info, or identifiable details with customers. Customers see anonymized themes ("post-9/11 vets in Texas") and pull-quotes ("a respondent said..."). Nothing you say in a vtrn.ai call can be used in benefits decisions, security clearance reviews, or anywhere that affects your service or VA standing.
What about my information — what happens if I want it deleted?
Text STOP to our number. Within 7 days, your profile, all stored conversations, all transcripts, all derived attributes — gone. You'll get an email confirmation when it's complete. No survey, no exit interview, no "are you sure?" friction.