AI Decision-Stage Intelligence

The question isn't whether AI mentions your brand. It's whether AI recommends it.

The gap between the two is where revenue disappears.
AIVO Edge measures exactly where your brand drops out of the AI buying conversation — and quantifies what that's costing you.

Being mentioned is not the win. Surviving to the final recommendation is.
50,000+ pages of primary research
20,000+ prompt-response pairs
5,000+ four-turn sequences · 118 brands · 4 AI platforms
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AI should be sending
AI is actually sending
Decision-stage opportunity
Total AI Revenue Gap

Your brand appears in AI responses. Then it disappears.

Traditional AI monitoring tools tell you whether your brand is mentioned. AIVO Edge reveals what happens next.

In competitive categories, AI systems don't just list options — they compare, narrow, and resolve. By the third or fourth turn of a conversation, most brands have been eliminated. The consumer never sees them in the final recommendation.

We call this the Conversational Survival Rate — the percentage of AI conversations where your brand survives from first mention to final recommendation. For most brands we assess, it's between 0% and 10% survival rate.

If your survival rate is 5% — a common baseline we observe — you are effectively invisible in 95% of AI-mediated purchase decisions.
$10M Brand
$9.5M
competitive exposure
$25M Brand
$24M
competitive exposure
$50M Brand
$47M
competitive exposure
This isn't theoretical. It's measurable competitive displacement happening right now.

AIVO Edge assessments have been completed across competitive categories including premium consumer brands, CPG portfolios, mid-market category leaders, and Fortune 500 consumer divisions.

Sectors served: beauty, CPG, consumer electronics, retail, travel, financial services, B2B software.

Not another dashboard. Analyst-led research with diagnostic-grade evidence.

Most AI visibility tools are automated monitoring platforms — they poll AI systems at scale and report frequency metrics. They tell you how often your brand is mentioned. They can't tell you why you're being eliminated or what to do about it.

AIVO Edge is fundamentally different. We are analysts and researchers, not a software platform.

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Human-Led Research

We conduct 20 live four-turn conversations per brand — 5 runs across each of 4 AI platforms, distributed across different temporal windows to capture variation over time. Our analysts observe each conversation in real-time, classifying brand state, sentiment shifts, competitive substitution triggers, and behavioral patterns at every turn. This is not automated scraping. It's forensic, human-in-the-loop investigation.

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Diagnostic Console

Our findings are presented through an interactive diagnostic console — not a generic dashboard. Every metric traces back to specific, timestamped evidence. You don't just see a score; you see exactly which platforms eliminated you, at which conversational turn, and who replaced you. The console is the lens through which you interrogate the findings.

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Evidence Vault & Audit Trail

Every assessment produces a structured evidence pack: 20 raw conversation transcripts, 4 model-level mini reports, a cross-model comparison, and a detailed master analysis. All timestamped, all traceable, all stored in a secure evidence vault. This is audit-grade documentation — not a PDF summary.

Structured four-turn testing across four AI platforms

AI systems resolve purchase decisions through a consistent sequence. We test this systematically.
Turn 0
Awareness
The consumer asks a broad question. AI lists relevant brands. Most brands are present at this stage.
P — Primary
Turn 1
Comparison
The consumer asks a follow-up. AI begins comparing. Your brand starts to weaken — still mentioned, but deprioritized.
W — Weakened
Turn 2
Optimization
The consumer narrows further. AI weights attributes and selects. This is where most brands are eliminated — not criticised, just no longer optimal.
R — Replaced
Turn 3
Recommendation
The consumer asks for a final answer. AI presents one or two brands with confidence. If your brand isn't here, the consumer never sees you.
✕ — Not Selected
We classify your brand's state at each turn: Primary (P), Weakened (W), Omitted (O), or Replaced (R). This taxonomy is consistent across every assessment, enabling precise comparison over time.
20 Live Conversations
Per assessment
4 AI Platforms
ChatGPT · Gemini · Perplexity · Grok
5 Temporal Windows
Per platform
80 Turns Analysed
Per assessment cycle
Human Analyst Coding
Sentiment · Behavior · Patterns
100% Evidence-Linked
Every claim traceable

Explore a live diagnostic console

This is a real AIVO Edge diagnostic console for a leading anti-ageing skincare brand. Every data point is from live, structured testing across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok.

Click through the four tabs — Overview, Platform Detail, Competitor Analysis, and Remediation.

app.aivoedge.com/console/demo-brand/snapshot
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Every metric in this console traces back to timestamped raw data stored in a secure evidence vault. Nothing is inferred, estimated, or modeled. This is observed AI behavior, documented and reproducible.

See what ongoing intelligence looks like

A single assessment tells you where you stand. Ongoing monitoring tells you whether you're improving — and proves which interventions are working.

This console shows three months of assessment data, tracking CSR trajectory, platform response, competitor shifts, and remediation impact.

app.aivoedge.com/console/demo-brand/monitoring
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Ongoing monitoring clients receive updated assessments monthly or quarterly, with each cycle adding to the temporal record. Trend charts, platform tracking, and remediation impact measurement accumulate over time.

Audit-grade documentation. Not a PDF summary.

Every AIVO Edge assessment produces a structured evidence pack organized in five layers — from raw conversation transcripts through to the diagnostic console. Each layer builds on the one below it, creating a complete chain of custody from observed AI behavior to strategic recommendation.

This is the level of documentation typically associated with regulatory submissions and forensic audits. We believe competitive intelligence should meet the same standard.

app.aivoedge.com/vault/demo-brand/evidence

From 0% to 15% survival in 8 weeks

A global mass-premium brand was being systematically eliminated from AI recommendations across all four platforms. Their Conversational Survival Rate was 0%. Across 20 controlled runs, they were never the final recommendation. Not once.
The Challenge

100% presence at Turn 0 — but universally displaced at Turn 2. A single competitor captured 40% of all replacement decisions. The failure wasn't awareness — it was decision-stage positioning.

The Intervention

Two targeted narrative adjustments — repositioning key attributes and strengthening decision-stage claims. No engineering changes. No paid media. No website redesign. Structural narrative improvement.

+15pp
CSR improvement
-30pp
Replacement rate
60%
Best platform improvement
8 weeks
Time to measurable shift
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What AIVO Edge reveals that monitoring tools can't

Existing GEO Monitoring AIVO Edge
Prompt mention frequency Conversational Survival Rate — survival to final recommendation
Citation scoring State classification at every turn (P / W / O / R)
First Prompt visibility Elimination point mapping — which turn, which platform
First Prompt tracking Competitive substitution patterns — who replaces you and why
Scraped Data 20 live conversations with human analyst interpretation
Automated Dashboard Diagnostic console + evidence vault + temporal monitoring

Start with one brand. One category. One assessment.

Most clients begin with a single brand assessment to establish their competitive baseline. From there, we build a monitoring program that tracks trajectory and measures remediation impact over time.
Initial Assessment

7-Day Structured Survival Test

Single brand, single category
Full diagnostic console (4-tab interactive diagnostic console)
Competitive substitution analysis
Elimination point mapping across 4 AI platforms
Strategic remediation roadmap with prioritized recommendations
Complete evidence vault (20 raw transcripts + analysis reports)
Ongoing Intelligence

Temporal Monitoring

Track trajectory and measure remediation impact
Temporal monitoring console with trend charts
Platform-by-platform tracking
Competitive displacement shift analysis
Remediation impact measurement (linking interventions to outcomes)
Updated evidence vault per cycle

How clients use AIVO Edge

Competitive BriefingsQuarterly reports for leadership teams
Launch ValidationTest product positioning before market launch
Repositioning DiagnosticsValidate brand strategy changes in AI context
Agency EvaluationIs your agency's work improving AI outcomes?
Portfolio Health ReviewsMulti-brand competitive health assessment
M&A Due DiligenceCompetitive positioning intelligence for acquisitions

Get your brand's Survival Rate Assessment

Find out whether your brand survives to the final AI recommendation — or gets eliminated before the consumer ever sees you. We'll run a rapid diagnostic across two AI platforms and send you a summary within 48 hours.

What you'll receive
Your brand's Conversational Survival Rate across 2 AI platforms
Elimination point identification — which turn, which platform
Top 3 competitors capturing your displacement
Summary narrative gap analysis
30-minute strategy review call to walk through findings
No commitment required. Delivered within 48 hours.

Build the internal case for AI recommendation intelligence

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One-Page Executive Brief
The business case for AI recommendation intelligence in one page. Share with your CMO or leadership team.
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Sample Assessment Report
See the full output of an AIVO Edge assessment — diagnostic console, evidence, and remediation roadmap.
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Category Exposure Calculator
Estimate your brand's AI-mediated competitive exposure based on category size and typical survival rates.
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Tim de Rosen
Co-Founder, AIVO Standard™

Tim co-founded AIVO Standard following extensive work in competitive intelligence and brand strategy. His research focuses on how multi-turn AI decision mechanics reshape competitive positioning before traditional analytics capture buyer intent. Featured in Fortune, AdAge, and Business Insider.

Paul Sheals
Co-Founder, AIVO Standard™

Paul co-founded AIVO Standard with a focus on structured decision testing, cross-platform variance analysis, and reproducibility of AI-mediated competitive outcomes. He developed the methodology underpinning AIVO Edge's four-turn controlled substitution testing framework.

How is this different from SEO?+
SEO optimizes for search engine visibility and traffic. AIVO Edge measures whether your brand survives to the final recommendation inside conversational AI platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini. These are different channels requiring different strategies — but increasingly, AI recommendations happen before the consumer ever reaches a search engine.
How is this different from AI visibility tools like Profound or Peec?+
Automated monitoring platforms poll AI systems at scale and report mention frequency. AIVO Edge is analyst-led research — we conduct structured, multi-turn testing with human interpretation at every stage. We don't tell you how often you appear; we tell you why you're being eliminated and what to do about it. The diagnostic console, evidence vault, and temporal monitoring are how you interrogate and track our findings — they're not the product. The research is the product.
What resources are required to implement recommendations?+
Most strategic actions sit with Brand, Content, or Product Marketing teams. We're adjusting how your brand's story is told, not rebuilding your tech stack. Engineering involvement is typically minimal or zero.
How quickly can we see improvement?+
Most brands observe measurable survival improvement within 60–90 days following strategic adjustments. Our temporal monitoring captures these shifts precisely, linking specific interventions to observed metric changes.
How stable are AI recommendations?+
More stable than most people expect. Our structured testing reveals consistent elimination patterns across repeated runs. This is the core finding — displacement isn't random, it's systematic and reproducible. That's also what makes it fixable.

Your competitors may already be measuring.

AI recommendation positioning compounds. Brands that establish strong decision-stage positioning now will be harder to displace as AI systems reinforce their own patterns. Every quarter without measurement allows competitive gaps to widen.