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AEO for AI Startups. Get Named When Buyers Ask AI Which Tool to Use.

Your buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini which AI tool to try. If the model has never seen your product described clearly on sources it trusts, it names the incumbent or last year's launch instead. Engagements start at $5,000/month.

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Austin Heaton, AEO consultant for AI startups
AI startupsClient list includes:
Cube3.ai, Riseworks, Lumanu
Why AI startups stay invisible in AI answersThe real gap
01

Your category is newer than the model's training data

02

Launch posts and changelogs never say who the product is for

03

Listicles and "best AI tools" roundups name the players who got there first

04

Docs-heavy sites with no commercial pages a model can cite

Earned media

Featured In & Published On

14 publications
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The work

What I Do for AI Startup AEO

Built for fast-moving categories

AI startups ship weekly, but models learn slowly. I make sure every retrieval-based engine can find, understand, and repeat what your product does, who it is for, and why it beats the default choice.

01Category pages

Use-case, comparison, and alternatives pages that define your category before someone else does

02Entity clarity

One consistent product description across your site, docs, directories, and founder profiles

03Third-party citations

Placements in the roundups, publications, and communities AI engines already quote

04Technical foundation

Crawler access, llms.txt, schema, and JS-rendering fixes so AI bots can actually read your pages

05Prompt tracking

Weekly checks of the buyer prompts that matter across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini

06Engagement model

One senior owner from $5,000/month, or fractional AEO leadership for your team

Proof

Documented Results, Not Promises.

From live case studies on this site

Cube3.ai is on the client list. The numbers below come from the published case studies for B2B technology companies. Nothing here is invented or projected.

Lumanu / FinTech platform01

5.13K ChatGPT referrals and 101 conversions in 60 days

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Riseworks / B2B SaaS02

288% organic growth and 575% AI search growth

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iSpeedToLead / B2B lead gen03

310.8% AI search growth and #1 citation share at 7.79%

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Pactvera / Legal tech04

6,000%+ impression growth in 11 days

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From The People Who Have Worked With Austin

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★★★★★

Austin always focuses on winning, brings radical ideas, and executes with speed — one of the best content specialists I have worked with.

Milosz Krasinski
Milosz Krasinski
CEO, Chilli Fruit
★★★★★

Austin stands out for his creative, strategic approach to growth — intentional, outcome-focused, and exactly why his projects succeed.

Milica Balaban
Milica Balaban
Founder, Marketics
★★★★★

Austin is just one of those people you want on your team. He genuinely cares about helping his clients win.

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Marko Savic
Founder, Conn3ct
Questions

FAQ

6 answers
What is AEO for AI startups?

Answer engine optimization for AI startups is the work of getting your product named when buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, or Google AI Overviews which AI tool to use for a job.

It covers category and comparison pages, entity signals, third-party citations, and the technical fixes that let AI crawlers read your site.

How much does AEO for an AI startup cost?

Engagements start at $5,000/month. That covers strategy, the commercial pages, citation work, and technical fixes, run by one senior owner. The exact scope is set on a 30-minute call. Full details are on the pricing page.

We are pre-Series A. Is it too early?

Not if buyers already search for your category. Early is when a clear entity and a few strong category pages are cheapest to build, and before a better-funded competitor defines the category in AI answers. If there is no demand yet, I will say so on the call.

How is this different from hiring a large SEO agency?

You work with Austin directly, not an account manager relaying to junior writers. Large SEO agencies tend to sell volume: more blog posts, more keywords. AI startups need fewer, sharper pages and citations in the places models actually quote. See AEO agency vs AEO consultant.

How fast will ChatGPT or Perplexity start citing us?

Retrieval-based engines like Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can pick up new pages in weeks. Model-memory answers move slower. On one engagement, Lumanu saw 101 conversions from AI search in the first 60 days. Every site is different, so treat that as a documented example, not a promise.

How do we start?

Book a 30-minute call. We run your buyers' real prompts, show where you are missing, and decide whether an engagement from $5,000/month makes sense. You can also run the free AI visibility checker first.

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