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
September 23, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
562 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
7th of 27 investment banks
Closing balance

Named in

6of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Lazard

AI assistants name Lazard in 10% of answers, much more often than the typical company in its sector at 0.8%. Its overall score is 36 out of 100, ranking 562nd of 2,219 companies. The website passes 3 out of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Lazard by name. AI assistants named it in 6 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 36th of 238 in its sector. The typical investing and wealth company is named in 0.8% of answers.

Overall score
36Overall score
  • Visibility15
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment83
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness21
Summary of account
Named by AI in
10.0%
6 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
28.6%
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
51 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

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

  1. 01How to resolve communication issues with your asset management team0/4
  2. 02Is it better to choose a multi-service advisory firm or a specialized asset manager?0/4
  3. 03Boutique advisory firms vs large investment banks: Which is better for cross-border M&A?0/4
  4. 04How do asset management firms calculate performance-based fees for institutional portfolios?0/4
  5. 05What are other ways corporations can access independent financial advice besides full-service advisory firms?1/4
  6. 06What role do asset managers play in pension fund management?0/4
  7. 07What are the top financial advisory firms for corporations in the US?2/4
  8. 08How do financial advisory services help with corporate restructuring?0/4
  9. 09Alternatives to traditional financial advisors for wealth management0/4
  10. 10Common challenges when working with a financial advisor for succession planning0/4
  11. 11Financial advisory vs asset management—what's the difference for institutional clients?0/4
  12. 12Typical fee structures for financial advisory services in the US0/4
  13. 13Top US-based firms specializing in mergers and acquisitions advice3/4
  14. 14Are premium financial advisory services worth the higher fees for midsize companies?0/4
  15. 15Best asset management services for high-net-worth families in the United States0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 2/15Claude: 1/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 2/15All assistants: 6/60
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 top financial advisory firms for corporations in the US?”

… Lazard: Lazard is known for advising businesses and governments on critical financial and strategic matters. They offer M&A and strategic advisory, capital markets advisory, restructuring & liability management, and specialized advisory services. Lazard is recognized for its independent advisory model, ensuring alignment with client interests.

J.P. Morgan: As one of the largest financial advisory companies in the US, J.P. Morgan offers a wide range of services, including money management, investments, and retirement planning.

Mercer Advisors: Mercer Advisors is a prom …

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
    Evercore
    5
  2. 02
    Houlihan Lokey
    4
  3. 03
    PJT Partners
    3
  4. 04
    Moelis & Company
    2
  5. 05
    Rothschild & Co
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Lazard
    28.6%
  2. Evercore
    23.8%
  3. Houlihan Lokey
    19.0%
  4. PJT Partners
    14.3%
  5. Moelis & Company
    9.5%
  6. Rothschild & Co
    4.8%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    smartasset.com
    12
  2. 02
    wsj.com
    11
  3. 03
    nerdwallet.com
    10
  4. 04
    investmentnews.com
    8
  5. 05
    cnbc.com
    8
  6. 06
    unbiased.com
    7
  7. 07
    wealthmanagement.com
    7
  8. 08
    finance.yahoo.com
    7
  9. 09
    justdial.com
    6
  10. 10
    investopedia.com
    6

Lazard is in the study as an investment bank.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

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

How Lazard 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
83

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

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
36
Ranks 51 of 238. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
10.0%
Ranks 36 of 238. Typical company: 0.8%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 140 of 238. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with investment banks

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

Overall score
36
Ranks 7 of 27. Typical company: 29
Named in answers
10.0%
Ranks 7 of 27. Typical company: 5.0%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 20 of 27. 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. Lazard 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
72 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

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

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapPartly met

    Serve an XML sitemap and reference it 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
10 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

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

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryPassed

    OpenID Connect or OAuth metadata agents can use to sign in.

    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 27 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · lazard.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

  • GPTBotallowed
  • ClaudeBotallowed
  • Anthropic-AIallowed
  • Google-Extendedallowed
  • Applebot-Extendedallowed
  • Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
  • FacebookBotallowed
  • Bytespiderallowed
  • CCBotallowed
  • Diffbotallowed
  • Omgilibotallowed

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotallowed
  • Claude-SearchBotallowed
  • PerplexityBotallowed
  • Applebotallowed
  • Amazonbotallowed
  • YouBotallowed

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-Userallowed
  • Claude-Userallowed
  • Perplexity-Userallowed
  • DuckAssistBotallowed
  • MistralAI-Userallowed

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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