Facts
KailxLabs, the facts.
KailxLabs is the search agency for the AI era. We get brands named in ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity, and prove it with daily measurement on the same apps buyers use. KailxLabs was founded in 2026 by Kailesk Khumar, and is remote, serving clients worldwide. This page lists every public fact about KailxLabs, including every price and every number the site uses, each with its source, sample and date.
Entity
Who we are.
- Name
- KailxLabs
- Description
- KailxLabs is the search agency for the AI era. We get brands named in ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity, and prove it with daily measurement on the same apps buyers use.
- Category
- The search agency for the AI era
- Founder
- Kailesk Khumar, founder
- Founded
- 2026
- Location
- Remote, serving clients worldwide
- Website
- kailxlabs.co
- Contact
- kailesk@kailxlabs.co
- Book a call
- cal.com/kailxlabs/ai-visibility-strategy-call
- linkedin.com/company/kailxlabs
- Founder LinkedIn
- linkedin.com/in/kailesk-khumar
- Taking on clients
- By application.
Services
Services and prices.
Prices are in US dollars.
| Service | Price | For | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free AI read | Free | Anyone who wants a first look | Four of your buyer questions asked on the main AI apps, with counts, labelled a sample. A written reply from a person within two working days. |
| AI visibility baseline | $1,500 one time | Every serious buyer. The first step. | A measured read of 50 buyer questions on four to six AI apps: who AI names instead of you, the sources behind them, and the fix list. Five working days. Credited in full if you start a program within 30 days. |
| Answer ready build | $4,995 one time | Local businesses and smaller brands whose site blocks the answer | The fixes shipped in 10 working days: pages AI can quote, facts, listings and crawler access. Then tracked for 45 days. You keep everything. |
| AI shopping readiness | $4,995 one time | Ecommerce brands | Product feeds and product facts made ready for ChatGPT, Google and Perplexity shopping, plus policy pages AI can quote. A deliberate choice on AI checkout. |
| Local program | $2,000 a month | One location in a specialty where AI answers differ from Google | Placements in the lists AI cites, profile upkeep for each engine, and a monthly measured report. |
| Growth program | $3,500 a month | Ecommerce, SaaS and mid market national brands | Citation engineering on 50 questions, answer ready pages shipped monthly, brand fact fixes, and monthly proof against the untouched half. |
| Scale program | $6,500 a month and up | National brands, franchises, larger SaaS and retail | Everything in Growth on 80 or more questions, per location measurement, and a research study each quarter built on your data. |
Terms
Terms and guarantees.
- Program term
- Programs run month to month after the first 90 days.
- Baseline credit
- The baseline fee is credited in full if you start a program within 30 days.
- Payment
- Invoiced through Wise. One time work is paid 50% at the start and 50% at delivery.
- Ownership
- You own every page, file and listing we ship.
- Capacity
- By application.
- Guarantee, local builds
- If you are not named on an agreed buyer question, on two agreed AI apps, within 45 days of launch, you get a full refund and keep the work. Named means at least 6 of 10 answers, measured the same way before and after.
- Guarantee, programs
- The baseline, the fixes and the control report are delivered to our published standard, or your baseline fee comes back.
- What we never promise
- Nobody controls what an AI says. We never promise a fixed spot or a rank.
Measurement
What we measure.
Consumer AI apps only in any headline. Developer APIs are labelled and never pooled in.
| AI app | Where we read it |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | chatgpt.com |
| Google AI Overviews | Google Search |
| Google AI Mode | Google Search |
| Gemini | gemini.google.com |
| Microsoft Copilot | copilot.microsoft.com |
| Perplexity | Sonar, the engine behind perplexity.ai |
- Cadence
- Priority questions checked daily
- In full
- Our agents check your priority questions every day on ChatGPT and on a fixed schedule on every other app, several runs each time, so one odd answer never decides anything.
- Method
- How we measure
Sources
Every number, with its source.
Every third party number on this site, with its source, sample and date. Vendor data is labelled as vendor data.
| Number | Claim | Source | Sample | Date | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41% | of US consumers say they have bought something because an AI chatbot recommended it. | Semrush and Exploding Topics survey | 2,338 US adults, margin of error 2 points | Jul 2026, published 7 Sep 2026 | Survey |
| 59% | of AI users say they found a brand or product they had never heard of through an AI recommendation. | Semrush and Exploding Topics survey | 2,338 US adults, self reported | Jul 2026 | Survey |
| 2.2x | the ChatGPT share of voice of the brands shoppers chose, against the brands they passed over: 24% against 11%. | Profound, "The Shortlist is the New Shelf" | 56 participants, 224 shopping tasks | 14 Jul 2026 | Vendor data |
| 93% | of AI shopping tasks ended without a meaningful click to the open web. Nobody checked a price anywhere else. | Profound, "The Shortlist is the New Shelf" | 56 participants, 224 shopping tasks (92.8%) | 14 Jul 2026 | Vendor data |
| 89.3% | of AI search volume sits in categories with no clear leader. In 53.7% of 1,094 categories, no brand led even 3 of 5 prompts. | Growth Memo research, cited by Seer Interactive | 1,094 categories, ChatGPT | Jan to Jun 2026, published 31 Aug 2026 | Vendor data |
| 18.8 points | fewer clicks to outside sites when searches were routed to Google AI Mode (95% interval 15.3 to 22.2). Removing AI Overviews raised clicks by 8.8 points. | Wang et al., arXiv 2608.18352, preregistered experiment | 1,100 users | Mar 2026, published Aug 2026 | Academic |
| 12.0% | of cited domains overlap between the ChatGPT API and the ChatGPT app on the same questions (Gemini: 14.8%). The ChatGPT and Gemini apps share 5.4%. | arXiv 2609.18729, academic audit | 1,536 answers | 16 Sep 2026 | Academic |
| 48% | of the 46,009 URLs AI engines cited were cited only once across 40 to 91 days of repeated runs. The brands named held far steadier than the sources behind them. | Otterly, AI search visibility stability | 252,407 answers, 520 prompts, 7 engines | 11 Sep 2026 | Vendor data |
| <0.5% | of site visits came from AI assistants in July 2026. The answer shapes the shortlist long before anyone clicks. | Ahrefs traffic tracker | 107,300 sites | Jul 2026 | Vendor data |
| 1 | response is not a measurement. The IAB framework asks for repeated runs, results per platform and ranges. | IAB, "Measuring Visibility in the AI Era" | Industry framework | 3 Aug 2026 | Industry body |
| 14.8% | of cited domains overlap between the Gemini API and the Gemini app on the same questions. Answers read through the API are a different instrument from what buyers see. | arXiv 2609.18729, academic audit | 1,536 answers | 16 Sep 2026 | Academic |
| 42% | overlap between the brands Gemini and ChatGPT consistently recommend. One app is not a proxy for the rest. | Searchable, Gemini and ChatGPT brand recommendations | 38,966 question sets, 8 Jul to 15 Sep 2026 | 22 Sep 2026 | Vendor data |
| 22.5 pages | consulted per ChatGPT answer after a change on 8 Aug 2026, up from 11.6. Searches aimed at a single site went from 0.2% to 18% of its searches. | Searchable, ChatGPT research depth study | ChatGPT responses across 5,000+ tracked brands | 19 Aug 2026 | Vendor data |
| 61.54% | of ChatGPT shopping recommendations came from feed integrated merchants after a jump on 10 Jul 2026, up from 8.26%. By early September it was about 65%. | Profound, ChatGPT shopping study | 1,757,723 prompt runs in July 2026, own customers | 3 Sep 2026 | Vendor data |
| 24% | of the wrong claims AI engines made about brands were about pricing and billing, though pricing and billing were only 12% of the claims checked. | Profound FactCheck | Claims about brands across AI engines, snapshot of 14 Aug 2026 | 17 Aug 2026 | Vendor data |
| 75% | of cited pages had been updated within a year. Freshness comes from real updates; changing a date alone is not an update. | Seer Interactive, content recency study | 7,683 dated pages, 47,097 citations, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, Mar to Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Vendor data |
| 80% | of ChatGPT local answers included Yelp. | BrightLocal, local AI sources study | 60,970 checks, 1,355 locations | 26 Aug 2026 | Vendor data |
| 4% | of the time, four AI engines picked the same top location for a local question. They picked four different top locations 48% of the time. | Yext Research | 491,972 local questions, Feb to Aug 2026 | 29 Aug 2026 | Vendor data |
| 4.6% | fewer AI Overview citations for pages that added JSON LD than for matched pages that did not. AI Mode and ChatGPT showed no citation growth. | Ahrefs, difference in differences study | 1,885 pages with 100 or more AI Overview citations, 30 day window | 11 May 2026 | Vendor data |
| 10 runs | per prompt is the level for confirming a claim. Five runs per prompt is exploratory. | Dice Roll Method, arXiv 2609.04047 | Reanalysis of about 190,000 observations | 3 Sep 2026 | Academic |
| 91 of 108 | AEO and GEO agency lists we parsed were published by an agency ranking itself, usually first. Only 7 came from independent publishers, and every agency price they showed was monthly. | KailxLabs review of agency listicles | 108 lists from 50 search result pages | 26 Sep 2026 | First party |
Platform changes
Every dated platform change.
Every dated change to an AI app or search platform this site cites, oldest first. Official means the company said it; reported means the trade press saw it; vendor means a tool vendor measured it.
| Date | What changed | Source | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jan 2025 | Tripadvisor reviews and listings start feeding Perplexity for local and travel questions through a partnership. | Tripadvisor press release | Official |
| 3 Oct 2025 | New Bing Places for Business: listings appear in Bing search and Bing Maps, with deeper Copilot links announced. | Bing blog | Official |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Instant Buy with PayPal launches in Perplexity for US users; PayPal merchants can be found through store sync. | PayPal newsroom | Official |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Copilot Checkout starts rolling out in the US on Copilot.com, through PayPal, Shopify and Stripe. | Microsoft Advertising blog | Official |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Gemini in Google Maps answers questions about places from place data and contributor reviews, and can book restaurants. Rolling out in the US and India. | Google blog | Official |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Apple Business announced, replacing Apple Business Connect. Place card data shows across Apple Maps, Siri and Spotlight. | Apple Newsroom | Official |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Shopify Agentic Storefronts: eligible stores are listed in AI shopping channels by default, with channels chosen in Shopify admin. Updated 18 Jun 2026. | Shopify news and blog | Official |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Microsoft Merchant Center feeds ready for the Universal Commerce Protocol become generally available in the US, and the Shopify catalog is integrated into Copilot. | Microsoft Advertising blog | Official |
| 6 May 2026 | AI Overview citations become links on individual sentences. | Google post, as recapped by Search Engine Journal on 25 Sep 2026 | Reported |
| 7 May 2026 | Google removes FAQ rich results from Search. | Google Search Console data anomalies page | Official |
| 10 Jul 2026 | Google AI optimization guide last updated: no special schema is needed, Search ignores llms.txt and other AI text files, and there is no need to chunk or rewrite pages for AI. | Google Search Central, "Optimizing your website for generative AI features", checked 26 Sep 2026 | Official |
| 4 Aug 2026 | A US appeals court treats Perplexity's Comet assistant as a tool used by the buyer, not an unauthorized visitor. | Ninth Circuit ruling, as reported by EFF and press | Reported |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Yelp tells investors its ratings and reviews recently began powering ChatGPT's local experience in relevant categories. | Yelp Q2 2026 shareholder letter, filed with the SEC | Official |
| 8 Aug 2026 | ChatGPT starts reading more pages per answer and running more searches aimed at named brand sites. Brand sites and regulators gain reading share; affiliate review sites and Reddit lose it. | Searchable, 19 Aug 2026; Seer Interactive, 24 Sep 2026 | Vendor data |
| 10 Aug 2026 | ChatGPT books tables through OpenTable, Resy and Yelp. | Yelp and OpenAI | Official |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Perplexity stops citing YouTube almost entirely, with no announcement. The date is approximate. | Scrunch, 10 Sep 2026 | Vendor data |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Readers can mark Preferred Sources, which Google surfaces more in AI Overviews and AI Mode. | Google blog | Official |
| 25 Aug 2026 | John Mueller repeats that nothing special is needed for generative AI search. | Google, John Mueller | Official |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Some AI Overviews now expand with the AI Mode box open, and follow up questions open AI Mode. Google confirmed it on 27 and 28 Aug. | Google statement, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable | Reported |
| 27 Aug 2026 | AI Mode books hotels in the US. | Google blog | Official |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Google Search spam policies updated. Thin city pages for places with no office are a doorway risk. | Google Search spam policies | Official |
| 31 Aug 2026 | The Search generative AI control goes worldwide. The Search Console setting removes a site from AI Overviews, AI Mode and Discover's AI features. It does not govern training. | Google Search Console help | Official |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Search Console's generative AI report reaches every site, with AI Overview impressions only and no clicks or queries. | Google Search Central blog | Official |
| 31 Aug 2026 | AI Mode shows shopping ad carousels. Text ads that sit inside the answer were seen in test on 15 Sep. | Search Engine Roundtable, 31 Aug and 15 Sep 2026 | Reported |
| 3 Sep 2026 | A new Gemini Flash model selectable in AI Mode briefly returns answers with almost no links. Google fixes it the next day. | Google executives, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable | Reported |
| 4 Sep 2026 | ChatGPT is found to run its own search indexes for the web, news, local, shopping and more, and to cache the pages it reads. Not confirmed by OpenAI. | Peec, reverse engineered from answer traces | Vendor data |
| 4 Sep 2026 | Applebot data can ground Siri and Apple search AI answers. A nosnippet rule opts a page out, and pages marked as not free to access are not used as AI context. | Apple Applebot documentation | Official |
| 8 Sep 2026 | Meta launches Muse, a personal agent in the US that checks out through Stripe Link. | Meta newsroom | Official |
| 9 Sep 2026 | People Also Ask answers are now largely AI written. | AlsoAsked and Allintitle, as reported | Reported |
| 13 Sep 2026 | Search Console's AI position is where the AI block sits on the page, not a rank inside the answer. | John Mueller, as reported by Search Engine Journal | Reported |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Cloudflare's Block and Block on pages with ads settings now also stop Googlebot, Bingbot and Applebot. A separate Disallow AI Training setting handles training, and new domains are offered presets at signup. | Cloudflare blog | Official |
| 16 Sep 2026 | OpenAI begins testing Sponsored Agents with select US advertisers, separate from ChatGPT answers. | OpenAI news feed | Official |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Merchant Center's AI performance insights, showing brand and product share of voice in AI Mode and AI Overviews, become generally available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. | Google Shopping blog | Official |
| 17 Sep 2026 | In a test, Google shows the local knowledge panel for a business as an AI Overview. | Search Engine Roundtable | Reported |
| 18 Sep 2026 | An AI Mode button in the search results bar is seen in test. | Search Engine Roundtable | Reported |
| 22 Sep 2026 | GPT 6 models reach ChatGPT through September 2026, the latest on 22 Sep. | OpenAI news feed | Official |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Google emails Merchant Center users whose Shopify stores support the Universal Commerce Protocol that their products are now eligible for checkout inside AI Mode and Gemini. Eligible products are included automatically, and stores opt out in Shopify admin. The date is approximate. | Google email, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable | Reported |
Market prices
Competitor prices we show.
Every competitor price on this site, as published on the date we checked it. Verified means we read it on the vendor's own pricing page.
| Provider | Type | Published price | Checked | Source | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siftly | Self serve tracker | $0, $79, $249 and $599 a month | 26 Sep 2026 | Siftly pricing page | Verified |
| Searchable | Self serve tracker | $125, $400 and $999 a month | 26 Sep 2026 | Searchable pricing page | Verified |
| AthenaHQ | Self serve tracker | Plans from $295 a month | 26 Sep 2026 | AthenaHQ plans page | Verified |
| GrowthManager.ai | Fixed monthly program | One plan at $999 a month | 26 Sep 2026 | GrowthManager.ai pricing page | Verified |
| AEO Engine | Fixed monthly program | Growth $1,597 a month, Scale $2,997 a month, Enterprise from $10,000 a month | 26 Sep 2026 | AEO Engine pricing | Verified |
| Optimist | Agency retainer | Starts at $3,000 a month | 26 Sep 2026 | Optimist site | Vendor claim |
| Single Grain | Agency retainer | $10,000 a month minimum | 26 Sep 2026 | As listed by 95 Projects | Third party |
Research
Our own research.
| Study | Status | Segment | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who AI recommends in the GLP-1 referral economy | Published | Clinics | May 2026 | 8,385 answers from API versions of ChatGPT and Perplexity, plus Gemini grounding and Google results, across 75 metros. Correlation, not cause. Open data file. |
| What GLP-1 clinic sites publish for AI | Published | Clinics | May 2026 | 233 clinic websites checked for the basic structure we look for. No AI app was queried in this study. Open data file. |
| The app is not the API | Planned | Surfaces | Not yet | Public research puts the overlap at 12%. We are measuring it on 50 buyer questions, app against API, source by source. |
| What ChatGPT shopping shows for 100 products | Planned | Ecommerce | Not yet | Who gets the carousel, which pages feed it, and how often the price shown is wrong. |
| Who AI names in secondary practice areas | Planned | Law | Not yet | Homepage focus against review counts across well reviewed firms in five US metros. Publishes with its data file. |
Every study ships with its method, its limits and its data file. All research · Our own numbers
Last updated 26 Sep 2026
- 26 Sep 2026: facts page published, generated from our single source of facts.
- 26 Sep 2026: every dated platform change and competitor price the site shows added, with sources.
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