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Latest release · State of AI Visibility, Vol. 1

The Authority Gap

AI cites thousands of brands across the buyer journey. It recommends almost none of them. Fewer than 1% earn both, in every category we measured.

April 202622 min read10 categories analyzed
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State of AI Visibility · Vol. 1

The Authority Gap

How AI separates trust from recommendation across the buyer journey, and why the overlap between them is far smaller than the market assumes.

April 2026Read →
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State of AI Visibility · Vol. 2

The Search vs Learned Divergence

Quantifying the gap between brands AI surfaces from real-time search and brands embedded in foundational training data.

May 2026Read →
Market Report
Market Structure Report · Edition 1

Health & Wellness, 2026

Five health and wellness categories, five structurally distinct AI recommendation marketplaces, and why AI defers to institutional authority over commercial brands.

June 2026Read →
Coming Q3 2026
Category Report

CPG Brand Authority in the AI Era

How consumer packaged goods brands are being cited as authority sources versus recommended directly to consumers across AI models.

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Coming Q4 2026 UACR
Methodology Brief

Inside ARDI™: How We Measure What AI Trusts

A technical overview of the ARDI™ observation platform, including the dual-path methodology, prompt taxonomy, and entity resolution framework.

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Coming Q4 2026
State of AI Visibility · Vol. 3

Model Variance: How AI Choices Differ Across Platforms

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Microsoft Copilot, and Google AI Overviews do not recommend the same brands. The variance between them reveals how each model forms its judgments.

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