About this video
Ethan shares his perspective on how AI is currently affecting search, presenting the latest research conducted by Graphite’s data science team that shows evidence that human generated content is still outperforming heavy AI content across many categories. While much of the discussion about AI and SEO today centers around genAI and LLMs, Ethan explains how Graphite is using AI for many other purposes that can drive SEO strategy and accelerate impact.
Ethan also weighs in on the future state of search and what companies may need to do to gain visibility on ChatGPT and other chatbots.
This episode aired on April 23, 2024.
Company
Amount Raised
SERies
Lead investor
founder

Profound
$24M
Series A
Kleiner Perkins
James Cadwallader

Brandlight
$5.8M
Seed
G20 Ventures
Imri Marcus

Evertune
$4M
Seed
Eniac Ventures
Poul Costinsky

Scrunch
$4M
Seed
Mayfield
Chris Andrew

Athena
$2.2M
Seed
Funders Club
Andrew Yan

Peec
$2.1M
Seed
20VC
Marius Meiners

Gumshoe
$2M
Pre-Seed
Pioneer Square Labs
Todd Sawicki

Hall
$2M
-
Blackbird Ventures
Kai Forsyth

Bluefish
–
Seed
Bloomberg Beta
Alex Sherman
Brand
Entry Level Pricing
AEO features
Models Tracked
Other Features


AEO Checker
Free
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity
Content and website structure quality


AI Brand Monitoring
Starts at $5.99. Price is for a report.
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Deepseek, Grok
-


AI Brand Rank
Free
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT
Reddit Sentiment Analysis, Data-backed Insights


AI Brand Tracking
-
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Query Tracking, Page performance, Source discovery


AISEOTracker
Starts at 49$/ one time payment
Brand Sentiment, AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Deepseek
AI Ranking Guide


AIVisibility
Starts at $19/mo
Brand Sentiment, AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Claude, Meta AI
Prompt generator, AI Visibility ROI calculator


ALLMO
Starts at $30, usage based.
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Mistral, Perplexity, Gemini, Meta AI, Claude
AI Page Index


Ahrefs
Starts at $129/mo
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
AI Overviews
Competitor Analysis, Keyword Research


Am I on AI?
-
Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Source Analysis, Track Growth, Sentiment Analysis, Recommendations, Weekly Reports, Actionable Insights


Ansehn
-
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude
Monitor AI Rankings worldwide


Anvil
-
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok
Content Gap Analysis


Brandlight AI
-
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
AI Content Optimization, A/B Testing, AI Feedback, Protecion & Control features


ChatRank
Starts at $249/mo
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude
AI Topic Creator, Search Volume Estimates, LLMs.txt Generation / Hosting


Cognizo
-
Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Meta AI
AI Visibility Analytics, Competitive Benchmark, Citation Analysis, Optimization Module
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Conductor
Free trial + usage based
Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking, AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, AI Overviews
AI writing assistant, technical website monitoring, competitive analysis, keyword research


EnGenius
$14.99/month
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Deepseek
Creating AEO/ GEO optimized article in a click


Essio
Starts at $75/mo
-
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude
Benchmarking, Link Tracking, Prompt Explorer


Evertune
-
Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Meta AI, Deepseek
Sentiment Analysis, Content Analysis, Content Roadmap


FirstAnswer
Free
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Bing Copilot
Insight Generation, Deep Analysis of competitors.


GPTrends
-
AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Gemini
Data-Driven Insights, Benchmarking Vs Competitors


Geostar
-
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude
Impressions Manager, Crawler Analytics,


Goodie
-
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Meta AI, Deepseek
Competitive Benchmark, Performance Dashboard, Global Monitoring, Visibility Analysis, Sentiment Analysis, Optimization Hub


Graphite
Free
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Competitor Benchmark, Citation Insights


Gumshoe
Free
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Competitive Rank, Persona Visibility, Topic Visibility


Hall
Free
Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing Copilot, Perplexity, Claude, Meta AI, AI Overviews, Deepseek
Generative Answer Insights, Website Citation Insights, Agent Analytics


LLMO Metrics
Starts at $80/mo
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Deepseek, Gemini
Answer Validation, Ranking Of Competitors


Local Falcon
Starts at $24.99/mo
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, AI Overviews
Reviews Analysis Report


Maxeo
Starts at $100/mo
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Bing Copilot, AI Overviews, Claude
Free "AI Presence" Report


Model Monitor
Starts at $49/mo
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Mistral, Deepseek, Claude, Meta AI, Grok, Gemini
Prompt Vault, Sentiment Analysis, Competitor Detection


MorningScore
Starts at $49/mo
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT
Website Health tracker


NightWatch
Keyword based plans (Starts at $32/mo)
AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT
Keyword Research, Reporting, Site Audit


Open Forge
Starts at $199/mo
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, AI Overviews
JSON-LD generator, LLMs.txt creator


Otterly AI
Starts at $29/mo
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Country Monitoring, Sentiment Analysis, Link Analysis


Parse
Free
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Deepseek, Grok, Mistral, Llama
Prompt discovery, Response inspection


Profound
All usage based.
AI Search Visibility
Perplexity, Bing Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini
Conversation Explorer, Answer Engine Insights, Agent Analytics


Prompt Watch
Starts at $100/mo
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Claude, Deepseek, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok
AI Monitoring And Optimization


Promptization
Starts at $10/mo + 0.01$/query
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Meta AI, Mistral, Grok
Competitor Category Analysis, Standard Deviation Calculator, Performance Analysis, Ranking Suggestions


Quno
-
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Meta AI, Claude, Bing Copilot, Deepseek
AI Interviewer, Citation Track, Prompt Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Demographic Intelligence, Conversion Intelligence


RankScale
-
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Gemini, Mistral, Claude, Deepseek, Perplexity, Search GPT
Website GEO audit with gap Analysis, Visibility/Performance Monitoring, Competitor Benchmarking, Citation Analysis, Sentiment Analysis, Regions


Rankshift
Credit based price
Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking, AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Mistral, Claude
Performance Tracking, Citation Analysis


Relixir
-
Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking, AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Blindspot tool, Autonomous Intelligence Loop


SEranking
Starts at $59/mo
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini
Agency Success Kit, White Label Reporting


Scope
PRO $99/month
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity
Question Explorer


Scrunch AI
Starts at $300/mo
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Meta AI, Claude
Journey Mapping


Semrush
Starts at $99/mo
AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT
Business Landscape, Audience & Content, AI-Generated Tips


Share of Model
-
Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, Meta AI
Sentiment Analysis, Awareness Analysis


SurferSEO
Starts at $95/mo
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT
Prompt customization, Source transparency


Tesseract
Free
AI Search Visibility, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Bing Copilot
Specific insights per sector


Trackerly
Starts at $27/mo
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Bulk pompt creation


Waikay
Starts at $19.95/mo
Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
Sonar, Gemini, ChatGPT
Seo Report, Fact-Checking AI Knowledge, Model-Specific Insights, Competitor Benchmark


Xfunnel
Free
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Meta AI, Bing Copilot, Claude
Sentiment Analysis, Competitive Positioning, Buying Journeys Optimization, AI Engine Analytics


Xlr
-
AI Search Visibility, Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Competitor Analysis, Optimize content


ZipTie
Starts at $99/mo
Brand Sentiment, Competitive Benchmarking, AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews
In house query/prompt research.