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
SC

Sullivan & Cromwell

sullcrom.com

Law firmsAdvisers and services

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
1,885 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
28th of 32 law firms
Closing balance

Named in

1of 60 answers

by 1 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Sullivan & Cromwell

AI assistants rarely name this law firm, appearing in 1 of 60 answers. Its overall score is 24 out of 100, ranking 1,885th of 2,219, compared to 27 for the typical company in its sector. The firm's website passes 2 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Sullivan & Cromwell by name. AI assistants named it in 1 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 118th of 346 in its sector. The typical advisory or services firm is named in 0.0% of answers.

Named fewer than three times in total. Read this as a sign that AI assistants rarely bring this company up, not as an exact comparison with its peers.

Overall score
24Overall score
  • Visibility5
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality67
  • AI readiness14
Summary of account
Named by AI in
1.7%
1 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
20.0%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
2/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
281 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

Sullivan & Cromwell came up on 1 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01How are legal fees typically structured for complex corporate transactions in the US?0/4
  2. 02Differences between law firms specializing in M&A and those focused on regulatory matters0/4
  3. 03Typical hourly rates charged by top-tier corporate legal advisors in New York City1/4
  4. 04What should financial institutions consider when choosing counsel for investigations or enforcement actions?0/4
  5. 05What are alternatives to hiring a full-service corporate law firm for estate planning?0/4
  6. 06Is it worth hiring a large law firm for regulatory compliance matters?0/4
  7. 07Are large corporate law firm retainers justified for multinational business counsel?0/4
  8. 08Other professional services to consider for compliance beyond law firms0/4
  9. 09When should a corporation seek legal counsel for international cross-border deals?0/4
  10. 10Best law firm practice areas for high-net-worth individuals needing tax advice0/4
  11. 11Corporate law firm vs boutique transactional law firm: which is better for large-scale restructuring?0/4
  12. 12Examples of corporate clients benefiting from in-depth legal support during proxy seasons0/4
  13. 13How to deal with delays in closing corporate transactions managed by a legal team0/4
  14. 14What are the top qualities to look for in a corporate law firm for high-value mergers and acquisitions?0/4
  15. 15Common issues that arise during financial investigations handled by major law firms0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 0/15Gemini: 1/15All assistants: 1/60
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

“Typical hourly rates charged by top-tier corporate legal advisors in New York City”

Top-tier corporate legal advisors in New York City charge significantly higher hourly rates than the state average, reflecting their experience, firm size, and the complexity of the matters they handle. Here's a breakdown of typical rates:

Overall Partner Rates in Top Firms (2025-2026):

Am Law 100 Partners: Generally range from $1,500 to $3,000 per hour, with some New York transactional partners at firms like Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell, Paul Weiss, and Kirkland clearing $3,000 for premium work vaquill.ai.

Top …

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.

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
    40.0%
  2. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
    40.0%
  3. Sullivan & Cromwell
    20.0%
  4. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    0.0%
  5. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
    0.0%
  6. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
    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
    daeryunlaw.com
    12
  2. 02
    worldmetrics.org
    9
  3. 03
    globallawexperts.com
    6
  4. 04
    hinshawlaw.com
    3
  5. 05
    hklaw.com
    3
  6. 06
    bestlawyers.com
    3
  7. 07
    law.georgetown.edu
    3
  8. 08
    citehawk.com
    3
  9. 09
    americanbar.org
    3
  10. 10
    globalinvestigationsreview.com
    3

Sullivan & Cromwell 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
1/15
Claude
0/15
OpenAI
0/15
Perplexity
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Sullivan & Cromwell 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
5

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
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
67

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
14

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
24
Ranks 281 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
1.7%
Ranks 118 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
14
Ranks 301 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
24
Ranks 28 of 32. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
1.7%
Ranks 15 of 32. Typical company: 0.8%
AI readiness
14
Ranks 29 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 0: Not yet agent-ready. Agents struggle to find basic information about the site.

To reach level 1:
  • 2 of robots.txt, Sitemap, Link headers
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Sullivan & Cromwell 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
31 of 100
  • robots.txtNot met

    Publish a valid robots.txt with crawl rules and a Sitemap line.

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

2 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%
  • 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%
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