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.

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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder
Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
257 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
2nd of 32 law firms
Closing balance

Named in

5of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Goodwin

AI assistants name this law firm in 8.3% of answers. That is more often than the typical company in its sector, which is named in 0% of answers. Its overall score is 40 out of 100, ranking 257th of 2,219, and its website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Goodwin by name. AI assistants named it in 5 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 53rd of 346 in its sector. The typical advisory or services firm is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
40Overall score
  • Visibility11
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment100
  • Site quality93
  • AI readiness21
Summary of account
Named by AI in
8.3%
5 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
16.7%
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
21 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

Goodwin came up on 2 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Should startups invest in legal counsel with deep industry knowledge for scaling innovation?0/4
  2. 02How do boutique legal advisory firms compare to full-service global law firms for corporate clients?0/4
  3. 03Is it worth hiring a global law firm for capital markets transactions?0/4
  4. 04International law firms vs specialized legal teams for navigating complex regulatory environments—what are the major differences?0/4
  5. 05Average hourly rates for legal counsel specializing in innovation-driven industries?0/4
  6. 06How do global law firms structure pricing for business advisory services?0/4
  7. 07Who can help when a patent dispute crosses international borders?0/4
  8. 08What legal resources are available if a board faces a regulatory compliance issue in multiple countries?0/4
  9. 09Who provides top business and legal advisory services for corporate boards in finance and healthcare?0/4
  10. 10What are the best global law firms for companies navigating capital markets in the United States?2/4
  11. 11What are alternatives to hiring a global law firm for cross-border business expansion?0/4
  12. 12How can legal advisors support CEOs during high-stakes mergers and acquisitions in tech sectors?0/4
  13. 13Best non-firm legal solutions for handling complex securities law issues in the US?0/4
  14. 14Top legal advisors for businesses in innovation-driven industries?3/4
  15. 15What role do legal advisors play in guiding healthcare companies through data privacy regulations?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 1/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 2/15All assistants: 5/60
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

“Top legal advisors for businesses in innovation-driven industries?”

For businesses in innovation-driven industries, strong options depend on stage, sector, and legal need. A practical shortlist is:

Goodwin Procter — Strong for venture-backed companies, life sciences, private equity, and technology; particularly suitable for financing, M&A, and growth-stage matters.

Orrick — Well suited to startups and scale-ups in AI, fintech, energy, and other technology sectors, especially venture financings and strategic transactions.

Gibson Dunn — A strong choice for complex technology and innovation matters, including regulatory, IP, litigation, …

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
    Latham & Watkins
    7
  2. 02
    Cooley LLP
    3
  3. 03
    WilmerHale
    2
  4. 04
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    2

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Latham & Watkins
    23.3%
  2. Cooley LLP
    23.3%
  3. Goodwin
    16.7%
  4. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    16.7%
  5. Fenwick & West LLP
    13.3%
  6. WilmerHale
    6.7%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    chambers.com
    9
  2. 02
    linkedin.com
    8
  3. 03
    worldmetrics.org
    6
  4. 04
    dlapiper.com
    4
  5. 05
    skadden.com
    4
  6. 06
    bakermckenzie.com
    4
  7. 07
    lw.com
    4
  8. 08
    blog.promise.legal
    4
  9. 09
    general.legal
    4
  10. 10
    legal500.com
    4

Goodwin is in the study as a law firm.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

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

How Goodwin 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
93

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 advisory and services firms

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

Overall score
40
Ranks 21 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
8.3%
Ranks 53 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 228 of 346. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with law firms

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

Overall score
40
Ranks 2 of 32. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
8.3%
Ranks 5 of 32. Typical company: 0.8%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 14 of 32. Typical company: 21
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. Goodwin 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
80 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 DiscoveryPassed

    SVCB or HTTPS records under _agents that advertise agent endpoints.

    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 28 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · www.goodwinlaw.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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