AI Assistants Are Already Sending Founders Real Customers (2026) just shipped.
Founders running real businesses can now point to specific customers who arrived because an AI assistant recommended them by name. This report collects first-hand accounts from operators who traced revenue back to citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini: the deals they closed, how fast those buyers converted, and what earned the citation in the first place.
Open brief: Getting cited by AI: what operators are doing to show up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews
What have you specifically done to get your company mentioned or cited by AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews), and what actually moved the needle versus what turned out to be snake oil?
Respond by 2026-06-25: https://prapi.dev/briefs/getting-cited-by-ai-aeo-2026/respond
Named citation in the published report. No mailing list, no sales follow-up.