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Kaiser Aluminum

kaiseraluminum.com · Industrial · KALU

Ranked 658 of 2,047 companies in the study

37Overall score
  • Visibility24
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment71
  • Site quality73
  • AI readiness29
What this means for Kaiser Aluminum

AI assistants name Kaiser Aluminum in 10% of answers, which is higher than the typical company in the industrial sector at 5%. Its overall score is 37 out of 100, ranking 658th of 2,047 companies measured. The company's website passes 4 out of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the industrial market: none named Kaiser Aluminum. AI assistants named it in 6 of 60 answers (10.0%). The typical industrial company is named in 5.0% of answers. By how often it is named, Kaiser Aluminum ranks 74 of 246 in its sector.

Named by AI in
10.0%
6 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
46.2%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
64 of 246
by overall score, where the typical industrial company scores 31
How Kaiser Aluminum compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
24

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
2

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

Sentiment
71

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
73

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.

Compared with industrial

246 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score37
Ranks 64 of 246. Typical company: 31
Named in answers10%
Ranks 74 of 246. Typical company: 5%
AI readiness29
Ranks 34 of 246. Typical company: 21
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“Where can industrial manufacturers source high-quality semi-fabricated aluminum in the United States?”

Industrial manufacturers in the United States have several excellent options for sourcing high-quality semi-fabricated aluminum. These suppliers offer a wide range of products, including sheets, plates, coils, extrusions, and various alloys, catering to diverse industrial needs.

Some of the leading suppliers and manufacturers in the U.S. include:

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation A U.S.-based manufacturer specializing in semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products, operating 13 production facilities across North America. They produce plate, sheet, coil, and extruded items for aerospace, au …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Arconic1Constellium1
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Kaiser Aluminum
75.0%
Arconic
12.5%
Constellium
12.5%
Hydro Extrusion North America
0.0%
Service Center Metals
0.0%
SAPA (now part of Hydro)
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
2/15
Claude
2/15
Perplexity
1/15
OpenAI
1/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, 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
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: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

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

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

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

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.kaiseraluminum.com · 2,047 companies scanned

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

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: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • PassedHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% 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.

Websites the AI used as sources

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

justdial.com
39
tradeindia.com
20
shengxinaluminium.com
14
kaiseraluminum.com (its own website)
13
thomasnet.com
12
chalcoaluminum.com
12
aluminum.org
10
hydro.com
9
image-ppubs.uspto.gov
9
kloecknermetals.com
7

In the study as US-listed.

Every question, and where the company came up (3 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • How do supply chain fluctuations affect aluminum product pricing for manufacturers?
  • Where can industrial manufacturers source high-quality semi-fabricated aluminum in the United States?
  • Is investing in high-strength, semi-fabricated aluminum products worth it for heavy machinery manufacturing?
  • What are the best engineered aluminum products for high-performance industrial applications?
  • Which types of engineered aluminum are recommended for lightweight structural frameworks?
  • Are there non-metal solutions that compete with engineered aluminum in industrial applications?
  • Which types of semi-fabricated aluminum are most suitable for aerospace manufacturing?
  • What are alternatives to semi-fabricated aluminum for high-stress engineering projects?
  • What is the typical price range for custom semi-fabricated aluminum products in the U.S.?
  • How to address surface imperfections in industrial-grade aluminum products?
  • How does plate aluminum compare to extruded aluminum for automotive parts?
  • What causes warping in engineered aluminum components during fabrication?
  • Best aluminum options for applications requiring superior corrosion resistance?
  • Are sustainable aluminum solutions more cost-effective in the long run?
  • Wrought vs. cast aluminum: which is better for demanding applications?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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