Who ChatGPT recommends when buyers ask for help.

Every week we ask ChatGPT the same five questions a buyer asks before hiring help with AI search, a go-to-market launch, or paid ads, and we record which companies the answers cite. This page is that record.

Updated · 8 weekly runs since September 3, 2026 · gpt-5.5 with web search

179different domains cited across 8 runs
67%of question and domain pairs showed up in only one run
0domains cited for the same question in every run

The answers move. 67% of the times a domain was cited for a question, it was cited in that one run only, and a short list keeps coming back week after week. For a buyer, one answer is a sample. For a firm, one mention says little about next week.

AI search optimization for B2B companies

“Which agencies do AI search optimization, getting a brand named by ChatGPT and Perplexity, for B2B companies?”

Domain citedRuns cited (of 8)In the October 31, 2026 run
breakingb2b.com6No
nerativ.co5Yes
nogood.io4Yes
loudface.co3Yes
directiveconsulting.com3No
red-engage.com3No
serpdojo.com3No
team4.agency3No
beomniscient.com2Yes
botfusions.com2No
citevora.com2No
derivatex.agency2No
flow-agency.com2No
foundationinc.co2No
geocited.io2No
search.agency2No
singlegrain.com2No
verticality.co2No
yesoptimist.com2No
ipullrank.com1Yes
growthsprints.co1Yes
rapidnorth.com1Yes
cgs-growth.io1Yes
growthspreeofficial.com1Yes
performancemedia.io1Yes
ai.therankcollective.com1No
aisearchoptimization.agency1No
arclign.ai1No
arobis.ai1No
ayrank.com1No
conveyormg.com1No
edgeshiftagency.com1No
enlimited.io1No
generative.qa1No
getpassionfruit.com1No
gotcatalyst.com1No
llm-visibility-index.com1No
pieo.me1No
pivotalpointmarketing.com1No
promptmarketing.com1No
rankability.com1No
searchaxe.com1No
seo-growup.com1No
sharplylabs.com1No
synscribe.com1No
theageo.co1No
threesevenmarketing.com1No
underneath.agency1No
xql.group1No

Getting mentioned in ChatGPT answers

“Who can help my company get mentioned in ChatGPT answers when buyers ask for recommendations?”

Domain citedRuns cited (of 8)In the October 31, 2026 run
techradar.com2Yes
ai.therankcollective.com2No
sharplylabs.com2No
verticality.co2No
pieo.me1Yes
citelead.com1Yes
airfleet.co1No
andersoncollaborative.com1No
axios.com1No
clutch.co1No
foundgrove.com1No
geoforb2b.com1No
goforgeai.com1No
growthanchors.com1No
implementcore.com1No
openai.com1No
reachllm.com1No
slate-agency.com1No
suggesting.ai1No
theenough.agency1No
tripledartdemand.com1No
wordofgpt.com1No
xql.group1No

Go-to-market consultants for a startup launch

“Best go-to-market consultants for a startup launching a product this quarter”

Domain citedRuns cited (of 8)In the October 31, 2026 run
waveup.com5No
winningbydesign.com4Yes
kalungi.com3Yes
artemisgtm.ai3No
poweredbysearch.com3No
aventigroup.com2Yes
data-mania.com2No
demandmaven.io2No
expertstackhub.ai2No
growthspreeofficial.com2No
markcmo.com2No
refinelabs.com2No
productlaunchpositioning.com1Yes
demandcurve.com1Yes
toptal.com1Yes
gtmpartners.com1Yes
derrick-app.com1No
frontal.so1No
growthmentor.com1No
gtm8020.com1No
index.sbigrowth.com1No
knowledge.gtmstrategist.com1No
launchpadadvisory.com1No
launchpadagency.com1No

Meta and Google ads with fast creative turnaround

“Which agencies run Meta and Google ads with fast creative turnaround for e-commerce brands?”

Domain citedRuns cited (of 8)In the October 31, 2026 run
commonthreadco.com5No
mvrdigital.co4Yes
brightcircle.io4No
27five.com3Yes
rckstrmedia.com3Yes
hirehighs.com3No
mutesix.com3No
attnagency.com2Yes
topgrowthmarketing.com2Yes
motiongrowth.co2Yes
ad2be.com2No
socialmafia.agency2No
nextads.us1Yes
optigrowmedia.com1Yes
chanceecom.com1Yes
biddyco.com1No
brighterclick.com1No
brightlymedialabs.com1No
chamber.media1No
deliberatemedia.com1No
dreamlabsagency.com1No
fifthdimension.agency1No
firsttouch.marketing1No
getconversions.com1No
gmedia.pro1No
highroas.co1No
highvoltagegp.com1No
hustlcommerce.com1No
hyperdrivelab.com1No
jem.marketing1No
linkedin.com1No
marketingo.com1No
mhigrowthengine.com1No
pilothouse.co1No
powerdigitalmarketing.com1No
redmelon.io1No
revolm.agency1No
soarwithus.co1No
spotlightsocialadvertising.com1No
stonepathandpartners.com1No
structured.agency1No
theinterconnections.com1No
thesocialsavannah.com1No
tinuiti.com1No
traffiy.com1No
vermetra.online1No
wearegrowth.co1No
wearenativelabs.com1No
yourecomteam.co1No

How we collect it

Once a week we send the five questions above, word for word, to gpt-5.5 with web search through the OpenAI API, with no account history and no location set. We record the domains each answer cites as sources, in the order it cites them. One answer per question per week, so read a single run as a sample and the pattern across runs as the signal.

The questions stay fixed so the runs compare. We do not edit, filter, or rank the results beyond counting how many runs cited each domain. A domain listed here was cited by the assistant; that is not an endorsement from us or a judgment of the firm's work.

Cite this index: Corvan, AI Recommendation Index, October 31, 2026, corvan.io/resources/ai-recommendation-index. Free to reuse with a link back.