Google AIO
Zero-click summary engine.
Perplexity AI
Real-time citation index.
Anthropic Claude
Deep context synthesis.
OpenAI ChatGPT
Pre-trained market authority.
Why this is different from SEO
The math on traditional SEO doesn't work for new companies anymore
Legacy SEO gives you a brutal 1.74% chance of ranking. But AI engines prioritize Reddit, user reviews, and structured data over corporate sites meaning being smaller is no longer a structural disadvantage."
AI engines prioritize Reddit, reviews, and structured data over backlinks —allowing nimble startups to be cited directly alongside competitors who outspend them 50×.
of newly published pages reach Google's top 10 within a year — down from 5.7% in 2017
Ahrefs, 2M+ keyword study, 2024
Average age of the #1 ranking Google page. 72.9% of top-10 results are older than 3 years.
Ahrefs, 2024
Organic CTR drop on queries triggering AI Overviews, mid-2024 to Sep 2025
Seer Interactive via Search Engine Land
AI search visitors convert at 4.4× the rate of traditional organic search visitors
Search Engine Land, 2025
Service Packages & Pricing
Quick-Start Blueprint
$500 one-time
See exactly where you stand in AI search. Get a plan to fix it.
20-prompt visibility baseline
30-min readout call included
5–10 business day turnaround
$500 credits toward month one
Schema + llms.txt gap audit
Start Blueprint
No retainer required. The Blueprint is a complete deliverable you can execute on your own or with any partner.
Who we work with
B2B companies where buyers research via AI before they ever hit a vendor site
Series A & B US SaaS, bootstrapped founders, SMBs with $1M–$10M revenue, and marketing teams that have been quoted $10k+/month for AEO and need a productized middle option.
Pre-retainer diagnostics
Marketing teams w/ plateauing SEO
Series A & B SaaS
$1M–$10M revenue
US SMBs (10–150 employees)
LatAm brands entering US market
B2B tech companies
Bootstrapped founders
FAQ
Common questions about AEO
Everything you need to know before deciding whether AEO is the right investment for your company right now.
What is answer engine optimization?
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is the practice of making your business cited by AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews when buyers ask category questions. It overlaps with SEO but rewards different signals: structured data, user-generated content on Reddit and review platforms, and consistent entity information across the web.
How is AEO different from SEO?
SEO optimizes for ranking links in Google's blue-link results. AEO optimizes for being cited inside an AI-generated answer. The technical foundation overlaps — schema, content quality, site speed. The off-site signals do not. SEO rewards backlinks and domain authority. AEO rewards Reddit threads, review sites, structured first-party data, and YouTube transcripts.
Do I need AEO if my SEO is working?
Probably yes. Searches that show an AI Overview have an 83% zero-click rate, compared to roughly 60% for traditional queries. AI referrals to top sites grew 357% year over year in June 2025. If you are not visible in AI answers, you are losing share of an increasingly large slice of your buyers' research.
How long does AEO take to show results?
First citations typically appear in 30 to 60 days after the technical foundation is in place. Compounding visibility across multiple engines takes 90 to 180 days. We provide month-one deliverables so you see motion quickly even though the citation lift compounds over quarters.
Is this just SEO with a new label?
First citations typically appear in 30 to 60 days after the technical foundation is in place. Compounding visibility across multiple engines takes 90 to 180 days. We provide month-one deliverables so you see motion quickly even though the citation lift compounds over quarters.
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