AI is nowthe shortlist.

Your buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity who to hire, what to buy, and where to stay. The answer names three or four companies. We make sure yours is one of them, and that AI describes you correctly.

Prompt

Best boutique hotel in London for a romantic weekend?

AI answer

  1. 1.Harbourline Hotels · heritage suites, rooftop bar
  2. 2.Kestrel House · quiet, walkable to Chinatown
  3. 3.The Arclight · design-led, larger rooms
source · travel guidesource · guest reviewssource · hotel site

Illustrative example · fictional brands

Before Be the Answer, our teams have worked with leading global brands

  • Mastercard
  • Traveloka
  • Hyatt
  • Novartis
  • The Economist
  • Sanofi
  • Pan Pacific
  • InsureMO
  • Star TV
  • Zee TV
  • HP
  • Dow Jones
  • HiMedia
  • Hard Rock
  • Pheno.ai
  • Times of India
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Coca-Cola

Search gave you ten links and a fair chance. AI gives your buyer one answer.

If you're not in it, you weren't considered, and nothing in your analytics will tell you. The enquiry simply never arrives.

45% of B2B buyers used generative AI during a recent purchase, and 69% then checked what it told them with a salesperson.

Gartner, May 2026 · See all statistics →

Sample report · illustrative data

See exactly what you'll get.

Answer Share is the share of AI answers to your buyers' real questions that name you, shown with its range.

Answer Share report · sample

Tidewell Insurance (fictional)
Singapore · October 2026

Found while buyers explore. Lost at the shortlist.

25 questions · ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity · 3 runs each · 300 answers

01 · Answer Share

31%

range 26% to 36%

named in 93 of 300 answers

You31%
Kestrel Group44%
Northgate Co.23%
Arclight Labs15%
0%25%50%

Behind Kestrel Group, and clearly: the ranges do not overlap.

02 · Where you drop out

45%
Exploring36% to 55%
30%
Comparing22% to 40%
18%
Deciding12% to 27%

Named in 45% of Exploring answers, 18% at Deciding, where shortlists are made.

03 · By assistant

ChatGPT39%28% to 50%
Gemini27%18% to 38%
Claude35%25% to 46%
Perplexity24%16% to 35%

75 answers each, so the ranges are wide. No assistant is clearly worse yet.

04 · Accuracy Check

“Tidewell also offers marine cargo cover for exporters.”
Major

Gemini · insurers for a growing export business

Fact registerMarine cargo cover withdrawn in March 2024.

Traced to A 2023 comparison article Correct

Major finding: check the approved facts before the next buyer sees this answer.

05 · What to do first

ranked by stage × reach × risk

  1. 01
    Correct

    comparison.example: correct what it says about you

    18
  2. 02
    Fix

    Your page on /sme-cover: answer the question first

    12
  3. 03
    Claim

    broker-directory.example profile: claim and complete it

    9

Wrong facts first, then your own pages, then the listings you can claim.

Start free: we write the questions your buyers ask AI, pick the 10 that matter most and test whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity name you.

How we get you into the answer.

Find the questions that decide deals.

We build a fixed set of the questions your buyers actually ask AI, drawn from your sales conversations and customer language, not keyword tools.

See who gets named instead, and why.

We trace each competitor mention back to the sources AI trusts: reviews, guides, publications, directories, and their own pages.

Give AI a reason to name you.

Structured pages, verifiable evidence, and third-party authority, prioritised by what moves Answer Share.

Hold the position.

AI answers shift month to month. We track yours continuously and adjust.

Three ways to work with us

Answer Share Audit

A fixed-scope diagnostic across four AI platforms, benchmarked against your competitors, with a prioritised plan. Two to three weeks.

Ongoing programme

Monthly optimisation and monitoring, with a written monthly brief. Six-month minimum.

Strategy sprint

A four-to-six-week engagement that delivers a complete AEO playbook for your in-house team to run.

See how we work

AEO works differently in every market.

Senior people who've sat on your side of the table.

Our team has led marketing, brand and digital work client-side, in consultancies and inside global advertising and media agency groups, for brands in technology, finance, travel, healthcare, food and media. We start from how your buyers actually decide, not from a keyword list. And because we take on a small number of engagements at a time, the people who design your strategy are the people who do the work.

B2B technology

Enterprise platforms, SaaS and complex B2B buying.

Financial services

Insurance, payments and financial brands.

Hospitality & travel

Hotel groups, travel platforms and experience-led journeys.

Healthcare & life sciences

Pharmaceutical, clinical and healthcare brands.

Food & beverage

Consumer food and drink brands.

Television & media

Broadcast networks and entertainment brands.

Web3

Digital-asset and emerging-technology ventures.

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The answer about your company is being written either way.

Make sure you're in it.