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.
Cube3.ai, Riseworks, Lumanu
Your category is newer than the model's training data
Launch posts and changelogs never say who the product is for
Listicles and "best AI tools" roundups name the players who got there first
Docs-heavy sites with no commercial pages a model can cite
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Want your AI product in those answers?
What I Do for AI Startup AEO
Built for fast-moving categoriesAI 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.
Use-case, comparison, and alternatives pages that define your category before someone else does
One consistent product description across your site, docs, directories, and founder profiles
Placements in the roundups, publications, and communities AI engines already quote
Crawler access, llms.txt, schema, and JS-rendering fixes so AI bots can actually read your pages
Weekly checks of the buyer prompts that matter across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini
One senior owner from $5,000/month, or fractional AEO leadership for your team
Documented Results, Not Promises.
From live case studies on this siteCube3.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.
5.13K ChatGPT referrals and 101 conversions in 60 days
Read the Lumanu case study →310.8% AI search growth and #1 citation share at 7.79%
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From The People Who Have Worked With Austin
ReferencesAustin always focuses on winning, brings radical ideas, and executes with speed — one of the best content specialists I have worked with.
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FAQ
6 answersWhat 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.
Ready to Be the AI Tool AI Recommends?
If buyers ask ChatGPT which AI tool to use and your product is not in the answer, someone else is getting that trial.
Want ChatGPT to name your AI product? Book a free 30-minute call with Austin. Engagements from $5,000/month.
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