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GEO · Generative Engine Optimization

Your buyers ask AI first. Does it recommend you?

Prisma shows how AI assistants find, understand and recommend your business, and is built to prove what changes their answer.

Same question. Five assistants. Different answers, and they change every day.

RecommendedCited, not recommendedMentionedNot found Illustrative simulation
The front door moved

Discovery now happens inside the answer.

The shortlist is written before anyone visits your site. If the AI leaves you out, the buyer may never know you exist.

8% vs 15%

of Google visits include a click on a traditional result with an AI summary, versus without one (US).

Pew Research, 2025
900M+

weekly active ChatGPT users.

OpenAI, Feb 2026
51%

of B2B software buyers now begin their purchasing research in an AI chatbot.

G2, Apr 2026
+138%

AI-referred visits to US retail sites, May 2026 versus May 2025.

Adobe, Jun 2026
32%

of Brazilian internet users already use generative AI, about 50 million people.

Cetic.br, 2025
Seen is not chosen

Being found is only the first step.

An AI can know your brand, cite your website and still recommend a competitor. Visibility dashboards count mentions. The sale is decided one step later.

0 / 48

buyer conversations advised buying the product we tracked right away. It was named in only 3.

Prisma lab, 10 Sep 2026 · four AI setups · exploratory study
6 → 0

products named for the same question in one run, then in the next. Same account, same mode, same day.

Prisma lab, 11 Sep 2026 · exploratory study
Did you know?

Inside the black box of AI recommendations.

How an AI decides who to recommend is not a total mystery. We map what the research we read and check, and the answers we capture, show.

Illustration · sources
How an AI assistant builds a recommendationNine kinds of sources on the left feed an AI model, drawn as a prism: press, Wikipedia, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn, review sites, government sites, web mentions and your own site. The model writes an answer that ranks brands. Each engine weighs the sources differently, and the ranking changes from day to day.Press & mediaWikipediaReddit & forumsYouTubeLinkedInReview sitesGovernment sitesWeb mentionsYour own site?AI MODELAI ANSWERDAY 1“Which one should I choose?”1Brand A2You3Brand BSchema markup ✕Keyword tricks ✕PRISMA LENS

01 · SOURCES / 04

It reads the whole web, not just your site.

Press, encyclopedias, forums, video, reviews and government sites. Your website is one voice among many.

84%

of links cited by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini come from earned media.

Muck Rack, May 2026 · 25M+ links
25 / 30

monitored Brazilian brands had AI answers citing Reclame Aqui.

Promptado, Jan 2026 · vendor data
02 · ENGINES / 04

Every engine listens to different voices.

Each assistant leans on different sources. Watch the map switch engine, or pick one yourself.

11%

of cited domains are shared by ChatGPT and Perplexity.

Profound, Jul 2025 · 100,000 prompts
47.9%

of citations to ChatGPT's ten most-cited sites go to Wikipedia. On Perplexity, Reddit gets 46.7%.

Profound, 2025 · 680M citations
03 · VOLATILITY / 04

It changes its mind every day, and for every buyer.

Ask twice and the shortlist moves. Ask as someone else and it moves again. One check tells you very little.

< 1 in 100

chance of getting the same list of brands twice from ChatGPT or Google AI.

SparkToro, Jan 2026 · 2,961 runs
2 in 5 vs 1 in 4

brands shared by answers for the same buyer profile, versus different profiles.

Profound, Sep 2026 · 71,147 answers
04 · SIGNALS / 04

Shortcuts rarely work. Signals matter more.

Technical tricks barely move the answer. Being talked about, credibly and in the right places, is far more closely linked to it. Prisma maps where.

3 of 54

tested optimisation cases significantly improved ranking in a controlled AI-search benchmark.

C-SEO Bench, NeurIPS 2025
ρ 0.66 vs 0.22

web mentions versus backlinks, correlated with AI Overview visibility.

Ahrefs, 2025 · 75,000 brands
How Prisma helps

We map the black box, so you don't have to guess.

  • Research, read and checked. Every study behind your strategy is traced to its source and date.
  • Every engine, on its own. Each assistant is measured separately, with its model and settings recorded.
  • Shifts, watched. When an engine changes what it reads, it shows up in your next cycle.
  • Positioning, guided. Which voices to earn, which true facts to publish, and where.
Prisma

A snapshot of today. A system for what comes next.

Start with a Diagnosis to see where you stand. Keep improving with Prisma Studio, which measures every change you make against a baseline.

Prisma Diagnosis · the snapshot

Prisma Diagnosis

A decision brief on how AI assistants see your business today, for your buyers' real question.

  • Where you stand: found, cited or recommended
  • Who the AI recommends instead, and why
  • The gap that decides the sale, and the next test
Prisma Studio · the loop

Prisma Studio

Your Diagnosis becomes the baseline. Studio keeps watching, tests one true change at a time and shows you what most likely moved the answer.

  • Baselines on fixed dates, with every original answer kept
  • One verifiable change to your public information at a time
  • A receipt for every cycle, and a library of what works
Prisma Diagnosis

Your business, through four lenses.

Scroll the sample brief. Each lens reads the AI's answer from a different angle, so you know what to fix first.

Prisma Diagnosis · decision briefSample · fictional brand

Casa Aurora · sofas in São Paulo

Buyer question: “What's the best sofa for a small apartment in São Paulo, delivered fast?”

Where you stand

✓ Found✓ Cited✕ Not recommended

Casa Aurora is named and its site is cited, but the answer recommends two competitors first. They publish sofa sizes by room area; Casa Aurora does not.

Who wins instead

Brands in the answer
Competitor A · “fits rooms from 12 m²”Recommended
Competitor B · “compact line, 1.60 m”Recommended
Casa Aurora · “free 48-hour delivery”Cited only

Claims and sources

Claims about Casa Aurora and review status
Free delivery within 48 hours in São PauloSupported
Its sofas fit most small apartmentsPartial
Customers praise its serviceUnverified
It does not offer assemblyUnverified

The gap that decides · next test

Publish a sofa-size guide by room area, a page anyone can verify. Then ask the same question again with Prisma Studio and compare against today.

Lens 1 · Position

Found. Cited. Not recommended.

See exactly where the AI leaves you on the ladder, for the question your buyers really ask.

Casa Aurora is named and cited, but two competitors are recommended first.
Lens 2 · Competitors

Who wins instead, and why.

The brands in the answer and the reasons the AI gives for choosing them.

Competitors publish sizes by room area. That is what the AI repeats.
Lens 3 · Evidence

What the AI got right, and wrong.

Every claim checked against the sources it rests on: supported, partial or unverified.

1 supported · 1 partial · 2 unverified.
Lens 4 · Next move

The one change worth testing.

The gap most likely to decide the sale, turned into a concrete, verifiable change.

Publish a sofa-size guide by room area, then measure again.
Get your Prisma Diagnosis Casa Aurora is a fictional brand used to show the format.
Prisma Studio

Keep watching. Keep improving.

The answer will change whether you act or not. Studio turns that into a cycle you control, with a receipt at every turn.

  1. 01

    Baseline

    The same buyer questions on fixed dates, every original answer kept.

  2. 02

    One true fact

    One verifiable change to your site, fingerprinted before and after.

  3. 03

    Probes

    Checks at +7, +14 and +21 days: is the new fact being picked up?

  4. 04

    Measure

    At +28 days, the same design as the baseline, next to your competitors.

  5. 05

    Learn

    A receipt for the cycle, and the next fact to test.

Evidence, not scores

Every number links to the original answer it came from. You can check it without trusting us.

Checked three times

Two AI readers from different providers and one blind human read each answer. Disagreements stay open until settled.

Built to test cause

One change at a time, always against a baseline, so you can see what most likely moved the answer, not just that it moved.

US$ 1.8BProfound valuation, Sep 2026
US$ 1.9BAdobe–Semrush deal, announced Nov 2025

The money is pouring into GEO. Public proof of what actually changes an AI's answer is still scarce. That is where Prisma competes.

Get your Prisma Diagnosis

See your business through the lenses.

Tell us what you sell and who you compete with. We come back with how to start your Diagnosis.

  • Your position for your buyers' real questions
  • The competitors AIs recommend instead
  • The sources and claims that shape the answer
  • The first change worth testing
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