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Is AI putting you on the vendor shortlist?

In our Q3 2026 report on 110 B2B SaaS brands, Google rank and AI recommendation told different stories. Twenty-three brands with real Google presence were recommended by AI at a materially lower rate.

01The shortlist problem

A strong Google rank does not mean AI picks you.

We ran the same 50 buyer questions through four AI models and Google search for 110 B2B SaaS brands across two categories.

Twenty-two brands were recommended by AI more than their Google presence predicts. Twenty-three were recommended less.

Your search reporting shows only one of those two stories.

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03Q3 2026 report · real data

Same market, same buyer questions, different verdicts.

110B2B SaaS brands measured
50Buyer questions, run the same way
22Recommended by AI more than Google predicts
23Real Google presence, recommended less by AI

The State of AI Search, Q3 2026: four AI models and Google search.

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