How visible are these startups to AI?
Every company is matched by domain against published AEO audits - a 0-100 measure of how well a site can be read, understood and cited by AI assistants. 10,739 of 23,934 tracked companies have a score.
46
average score
47
median score
10,739
companies scored
45%
coverage of the base
By cluster
Average score, and the share of companies below 40 - the band where assistants struggle to use a site at all.
Security and compliance
51n=329 · 8% below 40
B2B SaaS
49n=1297 · 17% below 40
Agent infrastructure
49n=293 · 19% below 40
Data for AI
48n=291 · 21% below 40
Developer tools
47n=529 · 20% below 40
Vertical AI agents
47n=986 · 22% below 40
Fintech
46n=1167 · 21% below 40
AI infra and compute
46n=183 · 24% below 40
Healthcare and bio
46n=992 · 19% below 40
Horizontal AI assistants
46n=197 · 28% below 40
Climate and energy
45n=613 · 21% below 40
Robotics and physical world
45n=767 · 23% below 40
Commerce and marketplaces
45n=877 · 26% below 40
Consumer
44n=1278 · 30% below 40
Other
43n=338 · 31% below 40
Defense and space
43n=159 · 28% below 40
By YC batch
Average score per cohort since 2015. Batches with at least 15 scored companies.
46W15
50S15
46W16
48S16
45W17
48S17
45W18
47S18
48W19
47S19
45W20
49S20
48W21
48S21
47W22
47S22
47W23
48S23
46W24
46S24
46F24
44W25
47X25
45S25
42F25
44W26
Most AI-visible
2025+ cohorts, highest scores.
Knowlify · S25 · B2B SaaS71
Char · S25 · Horizontal AI assistants70
Confident AI · W25 · Agent infrastructure70
Kaelio · X25 · Agent infrastructure70
Nexus · F25 · Agent infrastructure70
Signals · W26 · Commerce and marketplaces70
Chamber · W26 · Agent infrastructure69
SquadTrip · PnP 2025 · Commerce and marketplaces69
Blaxel · X25 · Agent infrastructure68
Lapis · F25 · Vertical AI agents68
Menza · W26 · Vertical AI agents68
AirCaps · F25 · Horizontal AI assistants67
Least AI-visible
2025+ cohorts, lowest scores - invisible to assistants despite being funded.
Curacel · PnP 2025 · Fintech21
Quino Energy · PnP 2025 · Climate and energy21
AutoPCB · PnP 2025 · Developer tools22
iOrgan Bio · SOSV IndieBio NY 2025 H2 · Healthcare and bio22
Leeroo · X25 · Vertical AI agents22
Cofia · W26 · Vertical AI agents23
Forum · W26 · Fintech23
Kanava AI · X25 · Vertical AI agents23
Liva AI · S25 · Data for AI23
MangoDesk · S25 · Agent infrastructure23
Measurement Labs · PnP 2025 · Data for AI23
Nessie · F25 · Agent infrastructure23
By accelerator
Y Combinator46 · n=4025
Techstars46 · n=2817
Plug and Play47 · n=1700
500 Global46 · n=1460
SOSV44 · n=509
ef46 · n=69
antler45 · n=36
skydeck44 · n=28
pear49 · n=28
seedcamp47 · n=24
aigrant51 · n=19
spc50 · n=14
a16z speedrun49 · n=8
sequoia_arc45 · n=2
scores: published AEO audits, matched by domain · synced daily