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.
312 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
13th of 177 consultancies
Closing balance

Named in

7of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Protiviti

AI assistants name Protiviti in 11.7% of answers, which is higher than the typical company in its sector. Protiviti has an overall score of 39 out of 100, ranking 312th of 2,219 overall and 31st of 346 in its sector. Its website passes 4 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Protiviti 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
39Overall score
  • Visibility18
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment90
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness29
Summary of account
Named by AI in
11.7%
7 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
33.3%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
31 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

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

  1. 01How to address misalignment between internal audit recommendations and business goals0/4
  2. 02What factors influence the cost of digital transformation consulting services for enterprises?0/4
  3. 03Common challenges when working with consulting firms on digital transformation projects0/4
  4. 04How can consulting services help manage large-scale IT upgrades in an enterprise setting?0/4
  5. 05Top IT consulting solutions for organizations looking to improve compliance and security4/4
  6. 06Most recommended internal audit consulting offerings for Fortune 1000 companies3/4
  7. 07How effective is business consulting for improving organizational risk resilience?0/4
  8. 08What are the best business consulting services for large enterprises focusing on digital transformation?0/4
  9. 09Alternatives to full-service business consulting for managing compliance and controls0/4
  10. 10Difference between digital transformation consulting and traditional business advisory services0/4
  11. 11Typical pricing models for business consulting firms serving large organizations in the US0/4
  12. 12What are some options besides traditional risk advisory services for enterprise organizations?0/4
  13. 13How do risk management consulting services compare with internal audit advisory services?0/4
  14. 14Ways consulting firms support businesses with risk assessment and mitigation strategies0/4
  15. 15Is it worth hiring a consulting firm for enterprise-wide compliance and regulatory challenges?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 2/15Perplexity: 2/15Gemini: 2/15All 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

“Top IT consulting solutions for organizations looking to improve compliance and security”

Organizations seeking stronger compliance and security should consider these IT consulting solution categories:

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) transformation: Establishes policies, risk registers, control frameworks, audit workflows, and executive reporting. Large firms such as Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, and Protiviti commonly support enterprise GRC and IT assurance programs.

Compliance readiness and audit preparation: Maps controls to requirements such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP, and CMMC, then identifies and remediates gaps before an assessment. …

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
    Deloitte
    8

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Deloitte
    61.9%
  2. Protiviti
    33.3%
  3. Grant Thornton US
    4.8%
  4. KPMG US
    0.0%
  5. PwC US (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
    0.0%
  6. EY (Ernst & Young) US
    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
    worldmetrics.org
    17
  2. 02
    linkedin.com
    6
  3. 03
    kpmg.com
    6
  4. 04
    deloitte.com
    5
  5. 05
    theiia.org
    4
  6. 06
    accenture.com
    4
  7. 07
    gartner.com
    4
  8. 08
    helpware.com
    3
  9. 09
    protiviti.com (its own website)
    3
  10. 10
    marsh.com
    3

Protiviti is in the study as a consultancy.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

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

How Protiviti 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
18

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

Citations
1

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

Sentiment
90

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
29

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
39
Ranks 31 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
11.7%
Ranks 36 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 96 of 346. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with consultancies

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

Overall score
39
Ranks 12 of 177. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
11.7%
Ranks 12 of 177. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 48 of 177. 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. Protiviti 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
63 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPassed

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

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

4 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

  • 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 9 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBot*partly
  • ClaudeBot*partly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extended*partly
  • Applebot-Extended*partly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBot*partly
  • Claude-SearchBot*partly
  • PerplexityBot*partly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-User*partly
  • Claude-User*partly
  • 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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