Get named where AI looks.
KailxLabs citation engineering gets your brand into the lists, reviews and guides that ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity cite for your buyer questions. We find the sources behind each answer, write the line AI quotes and earn the placement in the open, with disclosure. It is included in the Growth program at $3,500 a month and the Scale program from $6,500 a month.
Four steps, on repeat.
Trackers show you where you are missing. Citation engineering gets you into the sources AI trusts, one source at a time.
Find the sources AI cites.
We map every page each AI leans on for your buyer questions, app by app, and flag the ones that name your rivals and not you.
Write the line AI quotes.
Agents draft the summary line, the comparison row or the correction each source needs. Kailesk reviews every draft before it goes anywhere.
Earn the placement.
We pitch editors, update listings and profiles, and help your own team answer in communities under their real names, with disclosure.
Catch every new source.
Priority questions checked daily, so new lists, threads and reviews get worked before AI settles on them.
| Source AI cites | Type | Who it names today | Our next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| g2.com · agency CRM category | Review site | Rivals only | Complete the profile; ask real customers for honest reviews where the platform allows it |
| agencyops.blog · the CRMs we tested | Publication | Rivals only | Pitch the editor with a trial account and the summary line |
| reddit.com · r/agency thread | Community | Rivals only | A useful answer from Fieldnote's named founder, disclosed |
| capterra.com · agency CRM | Directory | You are listed | Update pricing and features to match the site |
| A video review of agency CRMs | Video | Not yet named | Offer the reviewer a demo, with no conditions on the verdict |
Illustration · fictional brand · not client data
Sources move. Names hold.
The pages AI cites churn constantly, and every app leans on its own set. That is why the map is per app and the work never stops at one placement.
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
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
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
What counts as earned?
An earned placement is one an editor, a platform or a real community chose to give you, on the merits, in the open.
Earned placements
- Pitches to editors of the lists and guides AI cites, with the facts and the summary line supplied
- Listing updates in the directories AI reads, so your prices and features are current
- Review site profiles kept complete, with reviews only from real customers
- Community answers written by your own named team, with disclosure
- Contributed articles and research that editors can quote
Anything faked or hidden
- Paid placements without disclosure
- Planted threads, fake accounts or posting on your behalf under invented names
- Self ranked "best of" lists that put you first on your own site
- Fake, scripted or rewarded reviews
- A link as the condition of a mention
Platforms and the FTC ban manufactured signals, and AI answers quote whatever they find. A planted post that gets caught becomes the story AI tells about you.
Included in every program.
Citation engineering on 50 questions, answer ready pages shipped monthly, brand fact fixes, and monthly proof against the untouched half.
Book a callEverything in Growth on 80 or more questions, per location measurement, and a research study each quarter built on your data.
Compare programsPlacements in the lists AI cites, profile upkeep for each engine, and a monthly measured report.
Local and franchisePrograms run month to month after the first 90 days. You own every page, file and listing we ship.
Citation questions, answered.
What is citation engineering?
Citation engineering is how KailxLabs gets a brand into the pages AI cites when buyers ask about its category. We find the lists, reviews, guides and threads behind each answer, supply the exact line each one needs, and earn the placement in the open. It is included in the Growth program at $3,500 a month and in Scale.
Do you post on Reddit or forums for us?
No. We never post under fake names or plant threads. If your team takes part in communities, we help your named people write useful answers with a clear disclosure of who they work for.
Do you pay for placements?
We do not buy editorial placements. If you choose to run a sponsored listing, it is disclosed, treated as advertising and never counted as an earned placement in your report.
Can you guarantee a placement or a rank?
Nobody controls what an AI says. We never promise a fixed spot or a rank. Editors decide what they publish. What we guarantee in programs is the work and the proof: the baseline, the fixes and the control report are delivered to our published standard, or your baseline fee comes back.
How do we know a placement made a difference?
We hold back an untouched half of your questions. If answers on the worked half start naming you and the untouched half stays flat, that is evidence. A change counts only when the before and after ranges separate.
Can I buy citation engineering on its own?
It runs inside the monthly programs, because a placement only matters if we can measure it. Local businesses get city list placements in the Local program at $2,000 a month.
- 26 Sep 2026: page published with the September 2026 offer.
Talk to the founder.
20 minutes with Kailesk Khumar. You leave knowing where AI names you today, and what it would take to become the answer.
- A live look. We ask five of your buyer questions on ChatGPT, Google and Perplexity while you watch.
- The reasons. The three biggest reasons AI names a rival instead of you.
- The plan. A clear next step and its price, whether or not you hire us.
Pick a time that suits you. The calendar invite arrives straight away. Prefer a link? Book on Cal.com.