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

McCarthy Tétrault

mccarthy.ca

Law firmsAdvisers and services

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
400 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
6th of 32 law firms
Closing balance

Named in

7of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for McCarthy Tétrault

AI assistants name this law firm in 11.7% of answers, far more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 38 out of 100, ranking 400th of 2,219 in the study. The website passes 1 of 14 technical checks for how ready it is for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned McCarthy Tétrault by name. AI assistants named it in 7 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 36th of 346 in its sector. The typical advisory or services firm is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
38Overall score
  • Visibility14
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment100
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness7
Summary of account
Named by AI in
11.7%
7 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
21.2%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
1/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
47 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

McCarthy Tétrault came up on 4 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Other ways to access legal support for Canadian expansion without a traditional law firm?0/4
  2. 02Are cross-border legal teams necessary for expanding US operations into Canada?0/4
  3. 03Difference between full-service and boutique law firms for international business matters?0/4
  4. 04Best options for small businesses needing legal advice on Canadian market entry without high fees?0/4
  5. 05Alternatives to using a full-service law firm for trade and tariff advice on US-Canada matters?0/4
  6. 06How much do top-tier full-service law firms charge for cross-border transaction support?0/4
  7. 07When is it best to engage a full-service law firm for government relations in Canada?0/4
  8. 08How to address communication issues with legal teams handling cross-border cases?0/4
  9. 09Who typically needs assistance with international arbitration between US and Canadian entities?0/4
  10. 10Best legal providers for navigating Canadian commercial real estate transactions?3/4
  11. 11What should I do if my legal counsel lacks expertise in Canadian trade regulations?1/4
  12. 12Average hourly rates for legal counsel specializing in Canadian regulatory compliance?0/4
  13. 13What are the top full-service law firms for cross-border business issues between the US and Canada?2/4
  14. 14How do legal advisory services compare for tech startups versus established corporations?0/4
  15. 15Is hiring a full-service law firm for M&A deals in Canada worth the investment?1/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 2/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 3/15All assistants: 7/60
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 full-service law firms for cross-border business issues between the US and Canada?”

For broad US–Canada business matters, the strongest shortlist is:

McCarthy Tétrault — A leading Canadian full-service firm with substantial transactional, regulatory, tax, employment, disputes, and US-market capabilities.

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt — Particularly strong for Canadian companies entering the US and US businesses operating in Canada; offers comprehensive Canadian-law services and a New York presence.

Cassels — Full-service Canadian firm with extensive experience advising US-based clients on Canadian investments, acquisitions, securities, tax, competit …

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
    Torys LLP
    1
  2. 02
    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    1
  3. 03
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    24.2%
  2. McCarthy Tétrault
    21.2%
  3. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes)
    21.2%
  4. Stikeman Elliott LLP
    15.2%
  5. Torys LLP
    12.1%
  6. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
    6.1%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    blakes.com
    8
  2. 02
    chambers.com
    8
  3. 03
    osler.com
    7
  4. 04
    millerthomson.com
    6
  5. 05
    en.wikipedia.org
    6
  6. 06
    airdberlis.com
    5
  7. 07
    mccarthy.ca (its own website)
    5
  8. 08
    afslaw.com
    4
  9. 09
    general.legal
    4
  10. 10
    harris-sliwoski.com
    4

McCarthy Tétrault 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
3/15
Claude
2/15
OpenAI
1/15
Perplexity
1/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How McCarthy Tétrault 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
14

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

Citations
2

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
7

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
38
Ranks 47 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
11.7%
Ranks 36 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
7
Ranks 323 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
38
Ranks 6 of 32. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
11.7%
Ranks 1 of 32. Typical company: 0.8%
AI readiness
7
Ranks 31 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

The website turns away requests that do not come from a browser. AI agents that say what they are meet the same refusal.

Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. McCarthy Tétrault 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
100 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 headersCould not check

    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 negotiationCould not check

    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 30 of 100 · 81% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · mccarthy.ca · 2,200 companies scanned

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

AI readinessSection 10

The checks behind the AI readiness score

1 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

  • Not metrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.1%
  • Not metXML 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%
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