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Chris Pisarski shares how YC founders are tackling AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) — building self-hosted trackers with the open-source Elmo tool to monitor how AI chatbots answer prompts, and reverse-engineering AI-referred demo funnels to decide which channels to optimize. The post recommends self-hosting, consistent messaging across channels, and gathering your own data rather than trusting contradicting AEO agencies.
Meta has launched a free AI search product that uses deep research for regular search, making it difficult for other companies to compete.
This article discusses a strategy used by B2B SaaS companies to enhance visibility in AI-powered searches like ChatGPT by leveraging mentions on trusted pages. CrowdReply reportedly improved a CRM software's AI search rankings significantly with this method.
The user questions whether people will still create quality content if AI-driven search reduces traffic and benefits for writers, potentially leading to a decline in content quality.
Profound, an AEO startup that helps brands appear in AI search results, has raised $180 million in Series D funding at a $1.8 billion valuation, just seven months after its previous round. The company's revenue has tripled in six months, with over 1,000 enterprise customers.
GEO Blog Writer is an AI agent that creates research-backed blog articles optimized for citation by AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity, focusing on visibility in generated answers rather than traditional search rankings.
Lev8's Open Search is an AI tool that integrates with Claude to enable simultaneous searching across multiple domestic and international platforms using natural language, offering business applications like competitor analysis and client discovery.
Glean's annual recurring revenue surged from $100M to $300M in about fifteen months, raising questions about whether the growth stems from product excellence or market hype.
Visiby is a tool for brands to track and enhance their visibility in AI search platforms like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, by monitoring mentions, citations, and competitor performance.
An audit of Perplexity's AI search models found that over a third of citations for specific figures do not contain those numbers on the linked pages, with failures including inaccessible or irrelevant sources.
Perplexity Search debuts at the top of the Artificial Analysis Search Index, with the medium context variant scoring 80 and offering lower costs per task compared to competitors.
ChatGPT is changing its search logic, reducing references to small websites like Reddit, and instead favoring more credible sources such as help centers, documentation, and app marketplaces.
ChatGPT's citation share of Reddit dropped sharply from 3.8% to under 1% in August 2026, while Google AI showed a gradual decline, indicating a potential shift in source selection.
Mistral introduces Agentic Search, a multi-step retrieval loop that enhances AI system accuracy and efficiency in navigating complex documents, reducing latency and token use compared to traditional RAG methods.
The user inquires about methods to get their website indexed by AI search engines to enhance SEO.
A tweet claiming that Gemini search remains undefeated, likely referencing its superior performance in AI-powered search comparisons or benchmarks.
AIO.GEO Protocol is listed on Product Hunt, focusing on auditing AI search structures and dry run fixes.
A commentary on the decline of Google Search and the potentially worse future of AI-driven search, raising concerns about the direction of online information discovery.
Disney is testing an AI-powered natural language search for Disney Plus that generates personalized recommendations, plus an AI-assisted ESPN Search chatbot for sports queries, as part of a broader streaming-industry push toward conversational discovery.
Airbnb says AI is helping it build features 60% faster and is testing a new AI-powered search that lets users toggle to natural language queries.