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

Avenue Z

avenuez.com

Marketing, communications and recruitment agenciesAdvisers and services

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
212 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
5th of 64 agencies
Closing balance

Named in

2of 60 answers

by 2 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Avenue Z

AI assistants rarely name this agency in their answers, mentioning it 2 times out of 60, sometimes alongside 5WPR. The company's overall score is 41 out of 100, ranking 212th of 2,219 companies studied. Its website passes 7 of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Avenue Z by name. AI assistants named it in 2 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 96th of 346 in its sector. The typical advisory or services firm is named in 0.0% of answers.

Named fewer than three times in total. Read this as a sign that AI assistants rarely bring this company up, not as an exact comparison with its peers.

Overall score
41Overall score
  • Visibility11
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment100
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness50
Summary of account
Named by AI in
3.3%
2 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
50.0%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
7/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
18 of 346
by overall score, where the typical advisory or services firm scores 27

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

Avenue Z came up on 1 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01How can AI-powered PR help brands drive results from performance media campaigns?0/4
  2. 02How do AI-powered PR agencies compare to traditional public relations firms?0/4
  3. 03Is it effective to combine PR, digital marketing, and media optimization through a single agency?0/4
  4. 04Examples of using AI optimization for enhancing brand reputation online0/4
  5. 05What factors influence the rates for integrated PR and media optimization agencies?0/4
  6. 06What are some non-agency options for brands looking for AI-driven PR solutions?0/4
  7. 07Why might an AI-driven PR strategy fail to improve search rankings?0/4
  8. 08Integrated digital marketing agency vs niche PR firm for scaling business growth0/4
  9. 09Best integrated media agencies for brands seeking both earned and performance media solutions0/4
  10. 10What are the top AI-driven PR and digital marketing agencies for growing brand reputation in the US?2/4
  11. 11Alternatives to hiring a full-service digital marketing and PR agency for AI-powered campaigns0/4
  12. 12Are AI optimization agencies worth the investment for mid-sized businesses?0/4
  13. 13Pricing tiers for AI-powered digital marketing and public relations services in the US0/4
  14. 14Common problems brands face when implementing AI in digital marketing strategies0/4
  15. 15Freelance vs in-house vs agency for AI-led media and PR initiatives0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 1/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 0/15All assistants: 2/60
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

“What are the top AI-driven PR and digital marketing agencies for growing brand reputation in the US?”

For growing brand reputation in the US, the strongest shortlist is Highwire, Thrive, Avenue Z, Ignite Visibility, Percepture, and Actual Agency. They combine traditional PR with AI-search visibility, digital PR, SEO, content, and reputation monitoring—capabilities increasingly important as customers discover brands through Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and other generative engines.

Agency · Best fit · Relevant strengths

Highwire · B2B technology, cybersecurity, healthcare, and AI companies · Data-driven communications, thought leadership, media relations, …

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
    5WPR
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Avenue Z
    50.0%
  2. 5WPR
    50.0%
  3. Zeno Group
    0.0%
  4. Trident Creative Media
    0.0%
  5. Firebelly Marketing
    0.0%
  6. Ketchum
    0.0%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    authoritytech.io
    8
  2. 02
    amworldgroup.com
    7
  3. 03
    obapr.com
    7
  4. 04
    designrush.com
    6
  5. 05
    everything-pr.com
    5
  6. 06
    thriveagency.com
    5
  7. 07
    digitalagencynetwork.com
    4
  8. 08
    searchlab.nl
    4
  9. 09
    searchengineland.com
    4
  10. 10
    pr.co
    4

Avenue Z is in the study as an agency.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Claude
1/15
Perplexity
1/15
Gemini
0/15
OpenAI
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Avenue Z 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
11

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
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
50

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 advisory and services firms

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

Overall score
41
Ranks 18 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 96 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
50
Ranks 3 of 346. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with agencies

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

Overall score
41
Ranks 5 of 64. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 15 of 64. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
50
Ranks 2 of 64. 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. Avenue Z 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.txtPublished
  • 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
25 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

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

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtPartly 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
18 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

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

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryPartly met

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

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourcePassed

    Metadata telling agents which authorization server to use.

    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 37 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · avenuez.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

7 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%
  • PassedHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 42.5%

Content Accessibility

  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 7.4%
  • Passedllms.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%
  • PassedOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • PassedOAuth 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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