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. 10,512 of 20,502 tracked companies have a score.
46
average score
47
median score
10,512
companies scored
51%
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=319 · 8% below 40
B2B SaaS
49n=1264 · 16% below 40
Data for AI
48n=286 · 21% below 40
Agent infrastructure
48n=289 · 19% below 40
Developer tools
47n=514 · 20% below 40
Vertical AI agents
47n=954 · 22% below 40
Fintech
46n=1146 · 21% below 40
AI infra and compute
46n=177 · 24% below 40
Healthcare and bio
46n=954 · 19% below 40
Commerce and marketplaces
45n=863 · 26% below 40
Climate and energy
45n=591 · 21% below 40
Robotics and physical world
45n=749 · 23% below 40
Horizontal AI assistants
45n=185 · 29% below 40
Consumer
44n=1251 · 31% below 40
Other
43n=328 · 31% below 40
Defense and space
43n=155 · 27% 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
Blaxel · X25 · Agent infrastructure68
Lapis · F25 · Vertical AI agents68
Menza · W26 · Vertical AI agents68
AirCaps · F25 · Horizontal AI assistants67
EffiGov · S25 · Vertical AI agents67
Least AI-visible
2025+ cohorts, lowest scores - invisible to assistants despite being funded.
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
Nessie · F25 · Agent infrastructure23
Alethica · TS 2025 · Security and compliance24
Alt-X · W26 · Fintech24
Arbia · TS 2025 · Commerce and marketplaces24
Besimple AI · X25 · Data for AI24
Cargon Tech B.V. · Commerce and marketplaces24
By accelerator
Y Combinator46 · n=4018
Techstars46 · n=2817
Plug and Play47 · n=1700
500 Global46 · n=1460
SOSV44 · n=509
a16z speedrun49 · n=8
scores: published AEO audits, matched by domain · synced daily