AI Citation Audit
What AI systems know about your brand, and what they don't. Baseline citation presence across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
Note: This audit was conducted when Surface was named Geode and Signal for AEC was named AECai. The data reflects conditions at audit time.
Summary
| Metric | Geode | echology | AECai |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queries searched | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Queries with brand presence | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Best position achieved | N/A | #1 (GitHub, branded) | #4 (branded) |
| Brand name collision | Minimal | High (ecology, AV co.) | High (Spanish beer assoc.) |
| Competitive density | High (10+ agencies) | Very high (Azure, Google) | Moderate (5-6 startups) |
Audit date: March 14, 2026
Geode / geodelabs.io
Result: 0/6 queries show brand presence.
| Query | Found | Top Results |
|---|---|---|
| "what is generative engine optimization" | No | Search Engine Land, Wikipedia, Semrush, Neil Patel, a16z, HubSpot |
| "GEO services companies" | No | Singularity Digital, RightFirms, geospatial companies |
| "who does generative engine optimization" | No | Wikipedia, Seer Interactive, arXiv, Semrush |
| "AI citation optimization" | No | Respona (2x), Quolity AI, Frase.io |
| "how to get cited by AI" | No | Search Engine Land, Boral Agency, Conductor, Semrush |
| "generative engine optimization agency" | No | First Page Sage, Growth Marketing Pro, DEPT |
Key finding: First Page Sage claims to have "pioneered GEO in 2023." Frase.io brands as "Rank on Google. Get Cited by AI." 10+ agencies already have dedicated GEO service pages.
echology / echology.io
Result: 1/5 queries show brand presence.
| Query | Found | Top Results |
|---|---|---|
| "echology document intelligence" | Yes (#1) | decompose repo, then unrelated entities |
| "deterministic text classification python" | No | DataCamp, Real Python, Analytics Vidhya, TensorFlow |
| "decompose python text classification" | No | Tutorial sites (word interpreted as verb, not package) |
| "AI document processing pipeline" | No | Snowflake, NVIDIA, Microsoft Azure, Google, LlamaIndex |
| "document intelligence platform" | No | Azure Document Intelligence (4 results), Google Cloud |
Key finding: "Document intelligence" is owned by Microsoft Azure. "decompose" is interpreted as a generic verb. Brand name collision with ecology concepts and an AV company.
AECai / aecai.io
Result: 2/5 queries show brand presence.
| Query | Found | Top Results |
|---|---|---|
| "AI for AEC industry" | No | aiinaec.com, Trimble, OpenAsset, aec+tech |
| "construction document intelligence" | No | Autodesk, AWS, Document Crunch (2x), Mantis Builder |
| "AI for engineering documents" | No | Flowcase, Colab Software, generic listicles |
| "AEC document processing AI" | Yes (#10) | AWS, BuildPulse AI, Trimble, then aecai.io last |
| "aecai" | Yes (#4) | aecai.es (Spanish beer assoc.) holds #1-3 |
Key finding: Branded term contested by aecai.es. Direct competitors: Document Crunch, BuildPulse AI, Mantis Builder, Sonar Labs. AECai has strongest baseline of the three brands.
Cross-Brand Findings
Zero third-party mentions for any brand. AI systems cite content that other sites reference. Wikipedia, listicles, comparison articles drive AI citations. None of the three brands appear in these contexts.
Geode has the most open field. The GEO space is new. Competitors are positioning but no one dominates yet. First Page Sage is the loudest but has not locked the space.
echology faces the hardest positioning challenge. "Document intelligence" is Azure's term. Need to find different query targets that are not owned by hyperscalers.
AECai has the most tractable path. Niche market, moderate competition, already indexing for some queries. Targeted answer pages could move from #10 to top 3.
All three need answer pages, backlinks, and structured content. The sites exist but have zero external authority signals.
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