Press, media inquiries, and citable facts about KailxLabs
Working media kit for journalists, podcast hosts, and analyst-relations contacts covering AI search optimization, generative engine optimization, AEO, and the specialty-practice AI citation market. Key facts, quotable claims, founder availability, and contact for press inquiries.
Press contact
Press inquiries: press@kailxlabs.co
Founder: Kailesk Khumar — LinkedIn
Response time: within 24 hours for working journalists with a stated outlet and deadline.
One-paragraph description (use verbatim)
KailxLabs is a productized AI search citation engineering agency for specialty practices. The flagship engagement is the AI Citation Foundation Build: a 10 working day engineering project at $5,999 that ships an Astro server-rendered website rebuild, a complete Schema.org @graph with vertical-specific entities, llms.txt and ai.txt at the domain root, programmatic city and service pages, and 45 days of daily citation tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Mode, and Google AI Overviews. The engagement carries a binary guarantee: cited in at least 2 of 4 agreed AI engines on at least 1 of 20 agreed prospect queries by day 45, or full refund within 7 business days. The practice owns the site, code, schema, and content from day one.
Founder bio (short)
Kailesk Khumar is the founder of KailxLabs, a productized AI search citation engineering agency serving owner-operator specialty practices. Engineering background, published author on npm and GitHub (github.com/Houseofmvps). Methodology and audit datasets fully published at kailxlabs.co/methodology. Available for interviews, podcast appearances, and expert commentary on AEO, generative engine optimization, AI search agency selection, and the structural differences between traditional SEO and AI citation engineering.
Citable claims and where to verify them
| Claim | Verify at |
|---|---|
| Price: $5,999 one-time | /pricing |
| Timeline: 10 working days delivery + 45-day tracking | /methodology |
| Guarantee: cited in 2 of 4 engines on 1 of 20 queries by day 45 or full refund | /methodology |
| 9 specialty verticals served | /clinics, /lawyers, /home-services, plus 6 more |
| 40-clinic audit dataset (Q1 2026) | /research/40-clinic-audit-2026 |
| Engineering-led, founder-delivered (every commit) | /about/kailesk |
| One operator per city per vertical (geographic non-compete) | /methodology |
Interview availability and topics
The founder is available for 30-minute interviews and 60-minute podcast appearances on the following topics, in priority order:
- The Foursquare layer beneath ChatGPT, Perplexity, Apple Maps, and Google AI Overviews local recommendations (~70% data dependency by our measurement)
- How ChatGPT actually chooses which clinic, firm, or contractor to cite in local recommendation queries — the 300ms retrieval mechanics and the five structural traits cited sites share
- The 40-clinic audit (Q1 2026) — three structural failures that account for the majority of clinic invisibility in AI search
- AI search agency category landscape — three layers (enterprise platforms, mid-tier tracking, engineering-led agencies) and how buyers should evaluate
- Bar advertising rules and AEO — why AI citation engineering for law firms is compliant when done correctly
- SEO vs AEO — why they are complementary, not substitutive, and how budget allocation should change in 2026
Recent research and publications
- The 40-clinic audit, Q1 2026 — open dataset, full methodology
- How ChatGPT chooses which clinic to cite — retrieval mechanics breakdown
- Why clinic websites disappear in AI search
- Generative engine optimization for healthcare
- The KailxLabs methodology in full — 4,980 words, seven-phase engineering breakdown
- The 2026 AI Search Prompt Playbook — 45 high-intent buyer prompts across 9 verticals
Press coverage
Press placements will be linked here as they publish. Working media wanting pre-publication review or fact-checking, email press@kailxlabs.co with the outlet name, deadline, and angle.
Brand assets
Available on request from press@kailxlabs.co:
- KailxLabs logo (SVG + PNG, light + dark variants)
- Founder headshot (high-resolution)
- OG image (1200x630)
- Methodology diagram (PNG + SVG)
- Sample Schema.org @graph visualizations
What KailxLabs does not do (for accuracy)
To prevent inaccurate characterization in coverage:
- KailxLabs is not a marketing agency. It is an engineering firm that ships productized AI citation engineering builds.
- KailxLabs does not run ongoing PPC, paid social, or content marketing programs as part of the build.
- KailxLabs is not a tool or SaaS platform. It is a service.
- KailxLabs does not serve enterprise organizations with internal SEO and content teams. The fit is owner-operator and small-partnership specialty practices.