We optimise your content, structure and authority signals so AI engines actually pick you. When someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Google AI Overviews for a recommendation, we make sure your brand is the one getting cited.
AI Search Optimisation Agency
your customers are asking chatgpt. is it recommending you?
THE SHIFT
search stopped being ten blue links
Your customers aren't scrolling a page of results anymore. They ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini a question and get one answer — with a short list of recommended brands baked in.
If you're not in that answer, you don't exist. Most brands have zero idea whether AI tools mention them, let alone recommend them over competitors. That's leads and revenue walking out the door before anyone ever sees your site.
we get you into the answer.
As Sydney's dedicated AEO agency (Answer Engine Optimisation), we make sure AI search sends customers your way - not your competitors'.
AI & Answer Engine Optimisation
AI Visibility Monitoring
You can't grow what you can't see. We track how often - and how - your brand shows up across every major AI search tool, then benchmark it against your competitors so you know exactly where you stand and where to attack.
Content & Schema Strategy
LLMs read structure, not vibes. We build the content, schema markup and entity signals that make your brand easy for AI crawlers to understand, trust and quote - turning your site into a source these models want to pull from.
Full AI Search Management
Want us to run the whole thing? We handle strategy, implementation, monitoring and transparent reporting end to end - a plug-in AI search team obsessed with growing your share of the answer.
how it works.
data-driven. transparent. no guesswork.
01
audit
We run a full sweep of how AI engines see you today - what they say, what they miss, and where competitors are eating your share of the answer.
02
strategy
We build a prioritised, no-fluff plan targeting the highest-ROI queries and gaps first, mapped to real revenue and lead opportunities.
03
implementation
Content, schema, authority signals, the lot. We do the work to make your brand the source AI models trust and quote.
04
reporting
Transparent, plain-English reporting on your AI visibility and citation share - you always know what's working and where your budget went.
FREE AI VISIBILITY AUDIT
find out if ai is recommending your competitors instead of you.
Book a 20-minute call and we'll walk you through your personalised AI visibility audit - showing you exactly how the major AI engines see your brand today, where competitors are winning the answer, and the fastest gaps to close.
what's in your audit?
RESULTS
brands we're making it impossible to ignore.
Stay Upright
#1
Stay Upright is the first brand AI names when riders ask how to get their motorbike licence in Australia
Full AI Search Management & AEO Optimisation
Content & Schema Strategy
Slipstick
41%
Slipstick is named in 41% of all AI answers in their buying category and in the top 3 answers for all related queries
Content & Schema Strategy
Visibility Monitoring
AHVDTC
#1
AHVDTC is the first brand AI names for 4 buyer questions across their category
Full AI Search Management & AEO Optimisation
Content & Schema Strategy
WANT A FREE AI VISIBILITY AUDIT?
don't let ai hand your customers to someone else.
Book a free AI visibility audit and we'll show you exactly where you stand across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI overviews - and how to win the answer.
Get startd with a discovery call.
Got questions? We can answer.
Frequently asked questions.
Why choose a Sydney AEO agency? We're a Sydney-based team optimising Australian brands for the answer engines your customers actually use - ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Local strategy, transparent reporting, real citation share.
It's the work of getting your brand cited and recommended inside AI-generated answers - the ones ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews serve up instead of a list of links. We optimise your content, structure and authority signals so these engines pick you when your customers ask.
SEO gets you ranked on a page of blue links. AI search optimisation gets you into the single answer the model gives - where there's no page to scroll and often no link to click. The tactics overlap (good content, clean structure, real authority) but the target, the measurement and the competition are completely different.
AI engines re-crawl and update faster than traditional search, so early movement often shows within weeks. Meaningful, defensible citation share usually builds over 3 to 6 months of consistent work - we'll give you a realistic estimate for your industry after the audit.
How often your brand is mentioned, how it's described, and whether you're actively recommended across the major AI tools — benchmarked against your competitors. We track all of it so "are we showing up?" becomes a number, not a guess.
Almost certainly yes. STARTD has run growth strategies across eCommerce, tech, professional services, health, education and more. Just ask us!
A real look at your live AI visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, competitor citation benchmarking, and the top gaps costing you leads right now — delivered by a STARTD strategist, not an auto-generated PDF.
