Abstract

Account research and targeting remain critical but time-consuming tasks for go-to-market teams. While recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated strong reasoning capabilities, their application to sales intelligence requires careful consideration of data quality, domain expertise, and computational efficiency. We present Deep Search, a novel approach that combines supervised fine-tuning of the R1 model architecture with efficient search algorithms to provide accurate and actionable account intelligence. Through careful curation of a 10K dataset of high-quality sales research examples and development of sales-specific prompt engineering techniques, we achieve significant improvements in research accuracy (87%) and relevance compared to generic LLM approaches while maintaining computational efficiency. Our model demonstrates robust performance across multiple sales use cases and introduces novel techniques for real-time market signal processing.

1. Introduction

The success of go-to-market teams heavily depends on their ability to identify and understand potential customer accounts. Traditional approaches to account research rely heavily on manual effort, requiring sales professionals to aggregate and analyze information from multiple sources. While large language models have shown impressive capabilities in general research tasks, their direct application to sales intelligence often results in outputs that lack the specific context and actionability required by sales teams.

Recent work has explored using LLMs for business intelligence (Wang et al., 2024; Chen et al., 2023), but these approaches often focus on general information extraction rather than the specific needs of sales teams. Notably, DeepSeek's R1 model (DeepSeek-AI et al., 2025) has demonstrated strong reasoning capabilities that we leverage as a foundation for sales-specific applications.

1.1 Key Challenges in Sales Research

1. Real-time signal processing: Market conditions and company situations change rapidly
2. Multi-source verification: Information must be cross-referenced across multiple sources
3. Sales-specific context: Generic business information must be translated into actionable sales insights
4. Computational efficiency: Research must be performed at scale for large prospect databases

1.2 Our Contributions

1. A novel approach to fine-tuning R1 for sales-specific research using a carefully curated dataset
2. Introduction of sales-oriented prompt engineering techniques
3. Development of efficient real-time market signal processing algorithms
4. Open-source release of our evaluation framework and benchmark datasets

2. Methodology: Deep Learning Architecture and Training Framework

2.1 Data Collection and Research Dataset Construction

Initial Dataset Collection

We collected an initial pool of 100K sales research examples from three primary sources:

1. Expert-curated sales intelligence reports (45K samples)
2. Historical win/loss analyses (35K samples)
3. Domain expert annotations (20K samples)

2.1.2 Multi-Stage Quality Filtering System

Our multi-stage approach ensures data quality and relevance. Each stage applies increasingly stringent criteria, refining the dataset.

Stage 1: Basic Quality Filters

class QualityFilter:
    def __init__(self):
        self.verifier = InformationVerifier()
        self.temporal_analyzer = TemporalAnalyzer(
            max_age_months=24,
            freshness_weight=0.7
        )
        self.action_scorer = ActionableInsightScorer()

    def apply_filters(self, data_point):
        scores = {
            'verification': self.verifier.check(data_point),
            'temporal': self.temporal_analyzer.score(data_point),
            'actionability': self.action_scorer.evaluate(data_point)
        }
        return all(score > 0.8 for score in scores.values())

• Signal Quality Assessment
• Temporal Relevance Analysis
• Action Orientation Evaluation

Stage 2: Advanced Filtering

class AdvancedFilter:
    def __init__(self, config):
        self.market_analyzer = MarketContextAnalyzer()
        self.signal_processor = BusinessSignalProcessor()
        self.relevance_scorer = SalesRelevanceScorer()
        
    def process_sample(self, sample):
        market_context = self.market_analyzer.analyze(sample)
        processed_signals = self.signal_processor.process(
            sample,
            market_context
        )
        
        relevance_score = self.relevance_scorer.score(
            processed_signals,
            threshold=config.relevance_threshold
        )
        
        return {
            'sample': sample,
            'context': market_context,
            'signals': processed_signals,
            'score': relevance_score
        }

This reduced our dataset to 25K high-quality examples for final selection.

2.1.3 Final Selection Methodology and S10K Dataset Construction

Following Zhou et al. (2023), we curated 10K examples (S10K) scoring each sample by sales impact, information density, and verification.

Scoring System Implementation

class SalesDataScorer:
    def __init__(self, config):
        self.impact_scorer = SalesImpactScorer(...)
        self.density_analyzer = InformationDensityAnalyzer(...)
        self.verification_engine = CrossReferenceEngine(...)

    def compute_scores(self, sample):
        impact_score = self.impact_scorer.evaluate(sample)
        density_score = self.density_analyzer.analyze(sample)
        verification_score = self.verification_engine.verify(sample)
        
        return {
            'sis': impact_score,
            'ids': density_score,
            'vs': verification_score,
            'composite': (impact_score * 0.4 + density_score * 0.3 + verification_score * 0.3)
        }

• Sales Impact Score (SIS)
• Information Density Score (IDS)
• Verification Score (VS)

The final dataset (S10K) achieved an average research accuracy of 94%, expert agreement at 89%, and strong temporal relevance.

2.2 Deep Search Model Architecture

Built on the R1 foundation, introducing domain-specific modules for sales intelligence.

2.2.1 Base Model Adaptation

class DeepSearchModel(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, config):
        super().__init__()
        self.r1_base = R1BaseModel.from_pretrained(
            'deepseek-ai/r1-32b-instruct',
            revision='v2.0'
        )
        ...

Key modifications include token embedding expansion, attention optimization, and adaptive context windows.

2.3 Training Methodology

Multi-stage approach: pre-training continuation, supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, and online learning.

3. Evaluation Methodology and Results

We used specialized benchmark datasets (SalesAccuracy-1K, MarketSignals-500, ActionRecommendation-2K) to measure performance.

benchmark_results = {
  'research_quality': {
    'information_accuracy': 0.87,
    'source_verification': 0.92,
    'temporal_relevance': 0.95,
    'insight_depth': 0.84
  },
  'signal_detection': {
    'precision': 0.89,
    'recall': 0.86,
    'f1_score': 0.875,
    'latency_ms': 45
  },
  'recommendation_quality': {
    'relevance': 0.83,
    'actionability': 0.85,
    'success_rate': 0.79
  }
}

Computation remains efficient, achieving ~1.2s average research generation time.

4. Applications

4.1 Account Prioritization

Deep Search scores accounts by combining real-time signals (growth, intent, fit) to rank leads effectively.

4.2 Personalized Outreach

The model automates content generation, factoring in context from the prospect’s industry, pain points, and buying signals.

5. Discussion

5.1 Limitations

1. Data constraints and privacy considerations
2. Technical limitations like context window size
3. Industry-specific nuances

5.2 Future Work

• Extended context windows
• Real-time data integration
• Enhanced multi-modal processing

6. Conclusion

Deep Search demonstrates substantial improvements in research accuracy and relevance for sales teams. By integrating domain-specific fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and efficient real-time signal processing, our approach sets a new benchmark in AI-powered sales research.

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