Of 60 answers

The most named companies in the study, and S&P 500 financials, with how many of their 60 AI answers named them.

SWIFT47/60TRANSUNION46/60EXPERIAN42/60COINSTAR41/60NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION41/60ZELLE41/60BLOOMBERG L.P.38/60TRADINGVIEW38/60BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO37/60PAYPAL37/60VENMO37/60CHEXSYSTEMS33/60EQUIFAX33/60MORNINGSTAR32/60S&P GLOBAL31/60ALPACA MARKETS30/60COINBASE30/60PINWHEEL29/60STRIPE29/60XERO29/60ACORNS28/60AFFIRM28/60PAYFAST (PAYGATE)28/60PAYONEER28/60INTERACTIVE BROKERS26/60CHARLES SCHWAB19/60THE HARTFORD9/60MOODY'S21/60CME GROUP19/60ACCENTURE11/60CHUBB10/60MORGAN STANLEY6/60AMERICAN EXPRESS14/60SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL12/60FACTSET20/60NASDAQ19/60ALLSTATE11/60WELLS FARGO18/60PAYCHEX10/60ARES MANAGEMENT3/60
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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder

a16z crypto

a16zcrypto.com

Venture capital and growth investorsInvesting and wealth

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
188 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
3rd of 59 venture capital firms
Closing balance

Named in

8of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for a16z crypto

AI assistants name this venture capital firm in 13.3% of answers, which is much more often than the typical company in its sector at 0.8%. Its overall score is 41 out of 100, ranking 188th of 2,219 companies, and 13th of 238 in its sector. Its website passes 3 out of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned a16z crypto by name. AI assistants named it in 8 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 24th of 238 in its sector. The typical investing and wealth company is named in 0.8% of answers.

Overall score
41Overall score
  • Visibility15
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment100
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness21
Summary of account
Named by AI in
13.3%
8 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
18.2%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
13 of 238
by overall score, where the typical investing and wealth company scores 28

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

a16z crypto came up on 3 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01What are the top venture capital funds specializing in crypto and blockchain startups?4/4
  2. 02Common mistakes crypto founders make when pitching to investors0/4
  3. 03Best early-stage investors for web3 companies in the United States3/4
  4. 04How do I know if my crypto startup is ready to approach a venture capital fund?0/4
  5. 05Why do some blockchain startups struggle to secure funding from venture capital firms?0/4
  6. 06What resources do crypto VCs provide beyond capital for web3 entrepreneurs?0/4
  7. 07How does equity distribution usually work in crypto venture deals?0/4
  8. 08How do traditional venture funds compare to crypto-focused funds for blockchain startups?1/4
  9. 09Is partnering with a blockchain-focused VC worth it for early-stage web3 startups?0/4
  10. 10What are some non-VC options for raising capital in the web3 ecosystem?0/4
  11. 11Typical fee structures for venture capital funding in the blockchain space0/4
  12. 12How do venture funds support scaling for decentralized finance platforms?0/4
  13. 13Alternatives to venture capital funding for blockchain startups0/4
  14. 14Seed round vs Series A funding for crypto projects — what's the difference in support?0/4
  15. 15How do grants and accelerator programs compare as funding sources for crypto projects?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 2/15Claude: 1/15Perplexity: 2/15Gemini: 3/15All assistants: 8/60
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. Across the study, on 50% of the questions where a company is named, only one AI assistant names it.

Transaction detailSection 02

What Perplexity actually said

An answer that names the company

Perplexitynamed the company

“Best early-stage investors for web3 companies in the United States”

The strongest U.S. early-stage web3 investors are a16z crypto, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Framework Ventures, Placeholder, 1kx, Robot Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly, and Union Square Ventures. The best fit depends on whether the company is building infrastructure, protocols, consumer applications, or fintech.

Investor · Best fit · Typical positioning

a16z crypto · Broad web3, infrastructure, consumer, fintech · Large platform with seed through later-stage investing; frequently listed among the most active U.S. web3 investors

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The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

PayeesSection 03

Where the mentions went

The companies these answers named, and how the mentions were split between this company and its peers.

Also named

CompanyTimes named
  1. 01
    Paradigm
    7
  2. 02
    Pantera Capital
    6
  3. 03
    Polychain Capital
    6
  4. 04
    Electric Capital
    3
  5. 05
    Blockchain Capital
    3

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Paradigm
    22.7%
  2. Pantera Capital
    20.5%
  3. a16z crypto
    18.2%
  4. Polychain Capital
    15.9%
  5. Electric Capital
    13.6%
  6. Blockchain Capital
    9.1%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

  1. 01
    qubit.capital
    16
  2. 02
    rho.co
    13
  3. 03
    startupik.com
    8
  4. 04
    cryptofundresearch.com
    7
  5. 05
    linkedin.com
    7
  6. 06
    think10capital.com
    6
  7. 07
    theblock.co
    5
  8. 08
    galaxy.com
    4
  9. 09
    quicknode.com
    4
  10. 10
    web3futurepro.com
    4

a16z crypto is in the study as a venture capital firm.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
3/15
OpenAI
2/15
Perplexity
2/15
Claude
1/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How a16z crypto compares with all 2,219 companies

Every tower is a company in the study, taller for a higher overall score and lit where AI assistants named it. Its own group stays lit. Hover a tower to see it, and click to open it.

What makes up the score

Each part is scored out of 100.

Visibility
15

How often AI assistants name the company, and how that compares with its peers

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
100

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Against its sectorSection 07

Compared with investing and wealth companies

238 companies in this sector. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
41
Ranks 13 of 238. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
13.3%
Ranks 24 of 238. Typical company: 0.8%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 140 of 238. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with venture capital firms

59 companies in this category. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
41
Ranks 2 of 59. Typical company: 26
Named in answers
13.3%
Ranks 5 of 59. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 39 of 59. Typical company: 29
AI agentsSection 09

Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and pay through, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. a16z crypto publishes none of the agent payment protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the website like a person.

Agent payment protocols
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • ACPNot present
  • UCPNot present
Interfaces for AI agents
  • MCP Server CardNot present
  • A2A Agent CardNot present
  • Agent SkillsNot present
  • API CatalogNot present
  • llms.txtNot present
  • WebMCPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 87.9%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 1.5%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 4.3%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 31.0%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 2.3%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.3%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 5.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.2%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.8%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.2%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 1.0%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 0.0%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.2%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · a16zcrypto.com · 2,200 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

AI readinessSection 10

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks

Discoverability

  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.1%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 79.4%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 42.5%

Content Accessibility

  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 7.4%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 28.1%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 97.3%

Bot Access Control

  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 11.5%

API / Auth / MCP

  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 1.1%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 4.6%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.2%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 0.3%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.1%
AI crawlersSection 11

What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 86% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

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