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

Block Club

blockclub.co

Marketing, communications and recruitment agenciesAdvisers and services

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 and 10, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
598 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
15th of 64 agencies
Closing balance

Named in

1of 60 answers

by 1 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Block Club

AI assistants rarely name this agency: just 1 out of 60 answers includes it, with Ironpaper, Siegel+Gale, or Walker Sands sometimes named instead. Its overall score is 36 out of 100, ranking 598th of 2,219 companies, which is above the typical company in its sector. The website passes 5 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Block Club by name. AI assistants named it in 1 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 118th 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
36Overall score
  • Visibility5
  • Citations3
  • Sentiment100
  • Site quality67
  • AI readiness36
Summary of account
Named by AI in
1.7%
1 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
16.7%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
5/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
69 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

Block Club came up on 1 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01How can B2B tech companies use brand positioning to outshine competitors in saturated industries?0/4
  2. 02B2B tech marketing versus consumer tech marketing—what's different in their branding approach?0/4
  3. 03Are there affordable options for B2B tech companies seeking AI-driven content systems?0/4
  4. 04What are some alternatives to hiring a full-service B2B tech branding agency for smaller technology companies?0/4
  5. 05Best DIY tools and resources for B2B tech companies to develop their own branding and messaging frameworks?0/4
  6. 06What is the typical cost range for a B2B tech branding and marketing agency in the United States?0/4
  7. 07What should B2B tech companies consider before hiring a branding agency with experience in AI content systems?0/4
  8. 08Common challenges when implementing AI-native content systems for B2B brands and how to solve them?0/4
  9. 09How does a traditional branding agency compare with an agency specializing in AI-native brand systems?0/4
  10. 10What are effective strategies for aligning internal teams around new branding and messaging in a tech company?0/4
  11. 11What are the best B2B tech branding agencies for companies looking to stand out in crowded markets?1/4
  12. 12How do AI-driven content systems help B2B technology companies differentiate their brands?0/4
  13. 13Freelance solutions versus agency partnerships—what are the pros and cons for B2B tech branding and marketing?0/4
  14. 14Is it worth investing in a full-service branding and marketing agency for an early-stage B2B tech company?0/4
  15. 15Why isn't my B2B tech brand resonating with our target audience even after a recent rebranding?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 0/15Gemini: 1/15All assistants: 1/60
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 Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

Gemininamed the company

“What are the best B2B tech branding agencies for companies looking to stand out in crowded markets?”

… Block Club focuses on B2B technology branding and content marketing. Their services include positioning, messaging, verbal and visual identity, web design, campaigns, and content programs, with an approach rooted in editorial backgrounds to ensure the brand lives through sustained explanation.

For Category Creation & Marketing Thinking:

Velocity Partners is a B2B marketing agency strong in strategy, creative, and performance. They are known for their expertise in B2B content strategy and helping tech brands differentiate complex offerings in crowded or technical markets …

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
    Ironpaper
    1
  2. 02
    Siegel+Gale
    1
  3. 03
    Walker Sands
    1
  4. 04
    DeSantis Breindel
    1
  5. 05
    Velocity Partners
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Block Club
    16.7%
  2. Velocity Partners
    16.7%
  3. Ironpaper
    16.7%
  4. Walker Sands
    16.7%
  5. Siegel+Gale
    16.7%
  6. DeSantis Breindel
    16.7%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    everything.design
    21
  2. 02
    blockclub.co (its own website)
    11
  3. 03
    cleardigital.com
    8
  4. 04
    metabrand.digital
    7
  5. 05
    orbix.studio
    6
  6. 06
    linkedin.com
    6
  7. 07
    thestarrconspiracy.com
    5
  8. 08
    bigmoves.marketing
    5
  9. 09
    speakagency.com
    5
  10. 10
    stackmatix.com
    5

Block Club is in the study as an agency.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

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

How Block Club 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
5

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

Citations
3

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

Sentiment
100

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
67

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
36

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
36
Ranks 69 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
1.7%
Ranks 118 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
36
Ranks 38 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
36
Ranks 15 of 64. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
1.7%
Ranks 18 of 64. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
36
Ranks 11 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 2: Bot-aware. Explicit AI bot rules and declared Content Signals.

To reach level 3:
  • Markdown negotiation
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Block Club 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
100 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPassed

    Explicit robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsPassed

    Content-Signal lines in robots.txt declaring search, AI input and AI training preferences.

    study: 2.3%
  • Web Bot AuthCould not check

    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 40 of 100 · 94% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · blockclub.co · 2,200 companies scanned

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

AI readinessSection 10

The checks behind the AI readiness score

5 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%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 28.1%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 97.3%

Bot Access Control

  • PassedExplicit 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 rules for 17 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBot*allowed
  • ClaudeBot*allowed
  • Anthropic-AIallowed
  • Google-Extended*allowed
  • Applebot-Extendedallowed
  • Meta-ExternalAgent*allowed
  • FacebookBot*allowed
  • Bytespider*allowed
  • CCBot*allowed
  • Diffbotallowed
  • Omgilibotallowed

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBot*allowed
  • Claude-SearchBot*allowed
  • PerplexityBot*allowed
  • Applebot*allowed
  • Amazonbot*allowed
  • YouBotallowed

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-User*allowed
  • Claude-User*allowed
  • Perplexity-User*allowed
  • DuckAssistBot*allowed
  • MistralAI-User*allowed

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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