When Buyers Ask AI for Solutions,
Does It Recommend You?
Your customers now ask AI to solve their problems before they ever visit your website. QuadrantX measures whether leading AI models recommend you - or your competitors - when it matters most.
Your Customers Decide Before They Visit
A VP of Operations needs a new ERP system. A runner wants trail shoes for mountain terrain. A CFO is evaluating insurance brokers. A parent is choosing a family car. None of them start with web searches anymore - they ask AI.
The AI synthesizes reviews, analyst reports, social discussions, competitor content, and your website into a single confident recommendation. Whether it's a six-figure enterprise contract or a $150 pair of shoes, that AI answer becomes the brand's first impression.
Companies seeing AI-referred traffic report that those visitors convert faster than any other channel - shorter sales cycles in B2B, higher purchase intent in B2C. They arrive having already reached a decision point. The question is whether they decided on you.
- 1 Has a business problem or mandate
- 2 Asks AI to recommend solutions for their specific requirements
- 3 AI synthesizes analyst reports, reviews, and vendor content into a shortlist
- 4 Visits 1–2 vendor sites to validate, enters sales cycle pre-decided
- 1 Has a want, need, or lifestyle goal
- 2 Asks AI for recommendations matching their preferences and budget
- 3 AI synthesizes reviews, social media, and editorial content into top picks
- 4 Clicks through to purchase or visits a store already knowing what they want
In both cases, AI decides who makes the shortlist. If you're not on it, you never had a chance.
AI Is Driving Real Revenue
This isn't theoretical. AI-referred visitors are already showing up in web analytics, entering sales pipelines, and closing deals - faster than traditional channels.
AI Referral Traffic
Websites are seeing a rising share of inbound traffic from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity - visitors who arrived because AI recommended the brand as a solution to a specific problem.
Deal Velocity
AI-referred visitors move through sales cycles faster than organic or paid traffic. They arrive pre-informed, often pre-decided - shortening the path from first visit to closed deal.
The Blind Spot
Most brands have zero visibility into whether AI recommends them when buyers describe problems. They're optimizing for branded search while the real battleground shifted to problem-statement queries.
Not Another AEO Tool
AEO and AI visibility tools tell you if AI knows your name. QuadrantX tells you if AI recommends you when customers describe their problems.
Brand-Name Monitoring
Tracks whether AI mentions your brand when someone searches for you by name. Useful, but limited.
- Monitors your own brand mentions in AI
- Optimizes your website for AI crawlers
- Tracks branded query visibility
- Single-brand, single-perspective view
Problem-Statement Discovery
Measures which brands AI recommends when buyers describe the problems they're trying to solve. The upstream moment that drives revenue.
- Maps the entire competitive landscape of AI recommendations
- 7 models queried, each multiple times, for consensus
- Measures Narrative Dominance and Sentiment across your category
- Shows exactly where you stand vs. every competitor
What Do You Need?
Whether you need to act on competitive intelligence or validate the methodology behind it, QuadrantX has a path for you.
Win the AI Recommendation
See which vendors AI recommends in your market category today. Understand your Narrative Dominance and Sentiment scores, identify gaps, and get a strategic roadmap to improve your position.
- See exactly where you rank vs. competitors in AI recommendations
- Understand why some competitors get recommended and you don't
- Get a strategic action plan from Couch & Associates
- Track your discoverability improvement over time
Rigorous, Transparent Methodology
Every prompt, every model response, every scoring algorithm is documented. QuadrantX is built on multi-model consensus - not a single model's opinion. Validate the data before you present it.
- 7 LLMs queried with standardized prompts, each run multiple times
- Reproducible analysis with fully archived prompts and responses
- Statistical scoring for Narrative Dominance and Sentiment
- Transparent quadrant positioning logic with defined thresholds
Track Your Discoverability Over Time
Discoverability isn't static. As you execute your strategy, watch your Narrative Dominance and Sentiment scores shift across AI models. See which actions are working and where competitors are gaining ground.
- Trend Analysis Watch your positioning shift as AI models update their understanding of your market
- Competitive Intelligence Compare any vendor side-by-side across Narrative Dominance and Sentiment
- Model Consensus See which AI models recommend you and where there are gaps in your coverage
See Who AI Recommends - and How That Changes Over Time
This dashboard view shows the Electric Vehicle manufacturers category, featuring brands like Tesla, BYD, Rivian, and traditional automakers. The trend chart reveals how each vendor's Narrative Dominance score - their AI discoverability - shifts over time as market perceptions evolve.
- Vendor logos make it easy to identify companies at a glance
- Sparkline trends show movement across time with continuous updates
- Filter and sort by any metric - ND Score, Sentiment, or quadrant position
- Drill into individual vendors to see model-by-model scoring breakdown
- Export data for your own analysis or presentations
- Compare up to 5 vendors simultaneously on detailed charts
How QuadrantX Works
We don't guess what AI thinks. We ask. Seven leading AI models, standardized prompts, multiple runs per model, cross-model synthesis into actionable scores.
Multi-Model Query
The same structured prompt goes to Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok, and Copilot.
Multiple Runs
Each model is queried 3 times to reduce variance and build statistical confidence.
Cross-Model Synthesis
Responses are aggregated into Narrative Dominance (visibility) and Sentiment (favorability) scores.
Quadrant Positioning
Vendors are placed into Leaders, Challengers, Niche Players, or Laggards based on where they fall.
Claude
ChatGPT
Gemini
Perplexity
DeepSeek
Grok
Copilot
See Who AI Recommends in Your Market
Every report shows which vendors AI recommends when buyers describe problems in that category. Find your market and see where you stand.
CRM, ERP, marketing automation, HR, collaboration tools, and 30+ software categories.
Retail banking, insurance, health coverage - regional and national providers.
Management consulting, staffing agencies, marketing agencies.
Athletic footwear, apparel, electric vehicles, airlines, and other consumer products.
Restaurants, beverages, specialty food and drink categories.
Cloud providers, ISPs, waste management, utilities.
AI Is Already Recommending
Your Competitors
Every day, buyers ask AI to solve problems you can help with. Find out whether AI is sending them to you - or somewhere else.