
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.
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.

One question per team. One product per question.
When a buyer asks AI for the best tool in our category, are we on the list?
See how often you are AI's first pick on buyer-decision questions, which competitor wins instead, and what to change. Six AI surfaces, measured the same way every time.
See Modern Discovery →/0.3Modern FrictionWhich accounts are drifting toward a downgrade or a lost renewal?
See which accounts hit friction in billing, support, AI agents and renewal, Customer 1 to 1, ranked by revenue at risk. The DE partner anonymizes Customer 1 to 1 data inside the client environment and delivers it to Modern AI's Friction environment.
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Certified answers on the recurring metrics your board reviews, calculated from definitions your finance and revenue owners approved, with the sources shown.
See Modern Gravity →/0.4Modern FoundationIs our data ready for AI to answer these questions?
A Foundation Diagnostic finds the gaps in definitions, data and ownership underneath your AI, and leaves you with a plan your teams can operate.
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Win the shortlist. Keep the account.
Same market, same buyer questions, different verdicts.
The State of AI Search, Q3 2026: four AI models and Google search.
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