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

Perella Weinberg Partners

pwpartners.com

Investment banks and capital marketsInvesting and wealth

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 11, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
253 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
3rd of 27 investment banks
Closing balance

Named in

6of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Perella Weinberg Partners

AI assistants name this investment bank in 10% of answers, which is higher than the typical company in its sector at 0.8%. Its overall score is 40 out of 100, ranking 253rd of 2,219 companies and 22nd among 238 in its sector. The website passes 6 out of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Perella Weinberg Partners 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
40Overall score
  • Visibility11
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment90
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness43
Summary of account
Named by AI in
10.0%
6 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
13.6%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
6/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
22 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

Perella Weinberg Partners came up on 3 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Who are the leading US-based independent advisors for sovereign wealth fund partnerships?2/4
  2. 02Which independent financial advisory platforms specialize in advising institutional investors?1/4
  3. 03How do independent investment banks support financial sponsors in complex cross-border transactions?0/4
  4. 04What are the most reputable independent investment banking advisory firms for merger and acquisition transactions?3/4
  5. 05What role do independent advisors play in liability management and restructuring for corporations?0/4
  6. 06Should government entities work with global investment banking advisory firms or regional specialists?0/4
  7. 07Independent investment banking vs full-service investment banks: what are the main differences for corporate clients?0/4
  8. 08How do boutique financial advisory firms compare to large international banks for restructuring services?0/4
  9. 09Where can institutional investors find non-bank options for mergers and acquisitions counsel?0/4
  10. 10How are advisory fees structured at independent investment banking firms in the US?0/4
  11. 11How can corporations address conflicts of interest with financial advisors in merger negotiations?0/4
  12. 12What should you do if your independent advisory firm isn't meeting expectations during a capital markets transaction?0/4
  13. 13Is engaging an independent advisory firm worth it for mid-size corporations seeking growth capital advice?0/4
  14. 14What are alternatives to independent investment banks for strategic financial advice?0/4
  15. 15What is the typical cost for debt advisory services from an independent financial advisor?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 1/15Perplexity: 2/15Gemini: 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 Perplexity actually said

An answer that names the company

Perplexitynamed the company

“Who are the leading US-based independent advisors for sovereign wealth fund partnerships?”

The strongest US-based candidates depend on whether “advisor” means transaction/strategic advisor, investment consultant, or legal advisor. For sovereign wealth fund partnerships, the leading shortlist is:

Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) — A prominent independent investment bank advising governments and sovereign wealth funds on strategic, capital-markets, M&A, and partnership transactions. Its acquisition of Devon Park Advisors further strengthens its sovereign-investor and private-capital capabilities.

Apex Investment Advisory — Provides independent institutional …

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
    9
  2. 02
    PJT Partners
    9
  3. 03
    Lazard
    6
  4. 04
    Moelis & Company
    5
  5. 05
    Centerview Partners
    5

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Evercore
    22.7%
  2. PJT Partners
    20.5%
  3. Lazard
    15.9%
  4. Moelis & Company
    15.9%
  5. Perella Weinberg Partners
    13.6%
  6. Centerview Partners
    11.4%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    rankings.economy.ac
    11
  2. 02
    ctacquisitions.com
    8
  3. 03
    investorreadycapital.com
    7
  4. 04
    worldmetrics.org
    6
  5. 05
    umbrex.com
    5
  6. 06
    ibinterviewquestions.com
    5
  7. 07
    dealroom.net
    5
  8. 08
    hl.com
    4
  9. 09
    procloser.ai
    4
  10. 10
    papermark.com
    3

Perella Weinberg Partners 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
Perplexity
2/15
Claude
1/15
OpenAI
1/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Perella Weinberg Partners 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
90

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
43

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
40
Ranks 22 of 238. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
10.0%
Ranks 36 of 238. Typical company: 0.8%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 4 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
40
Ranks 3 of 27. Typical company: 29
Named in answers
10.0%
Ranks 7 of 27. Typical company: 5.0%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 1 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. Perella Weinberg Partners 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
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
18 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

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

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryPartly met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourcePassed

    Metadata telling agents which authorization server to use.

    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 31 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · pwpartners.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

6 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

  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 11.5%

API / Auth / MCP

  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 1.1%
  • PassedOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • PassedOAuth 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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