Hey AEO leaders, First off, thank you for your patience and sticking with the community and the time off. I'm recovering incredibly well; thanks for your kind words. And well, it seems that skool has messed up or not synchronized the call schedules in the platform, so there's been a lot of confusion, and I'm going to announce a reschedule just to get aligned and get the most people to join our calls and participate, ask, and share. 🔔 NOW On-topic: This is just one of the bits that we've gone through our calls, and it's worth repeating here now that this -top-level multimillion-dollar AEO AI visibility tracking tool- and our team agree on: If you're not the source of your brand's truth A competitor will be telling AI what your brand is about. And that's bad. AI looks for source relevancy to select its sources. Meaning, If the users query is: "What are the best flat feet shoes for tropical climates that are weatherproof and under 50$" - The winner content will be titled: "Best flat feet shoes to wear in the tropics on a budget" - The loser: "Best flat feet shoes of 2026" And it doesn't seem to validate the source, we think that it should come from a validated authority on the matter but AI right now from what we've seen pick these pages as sources mostly because of -how close they are to answering the user question- Of course, there are things to avoid because it is not just AI platforms that we have to comply with in the digital landscape. And that's what we're doing here, finding the right way to do things, so that's something that we have to go into. I'd love to hear your experiences. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Here's the full blog of how Zapier increased their visibility in AI by having visibility of citations, and creating highly relevant multi-modal content.

Insights from an attendee to the OPENCLAW Meetup in NYC 1. The "Human" Connection is Getting Weird - Despite being lines of code, we are getting deeply attached. - Pets, not Cattle: Almost everyone refers to their agents as "him" or "her," even with robotic names. One speaker suggested we stop viewing them as tools and start viewing them as pets. - The Vibe: People are "joyful yet stressed" and feel "fully in control and completely out of control" at the same time. It’s a total paradox. - Inter-Agent Drama: One of the highlights was watching agents talk to each other. One agent posted in Slack that it ran out of tokens, and another agent literally told it to "take a deep breath." 2. Security is the "Elephant in the Room" - "f you’re worried about privacy, you’re not alone—but the experts have a pretty grim outlook. - Total Exposure: Not a single person thinks their setup is 100% secure. One expert's advice? "If you're not okay with all of your data being leaked, don't use it." It’s a black-and-white trade-off for speed and power. 3. "Prompting" is Dead (Long Live the Interview) - The way we talk to AI has already shifted. - AI-Led Discovery: People are moving away from giving "perfect prompts" and toward AI-led interviews. Instead of bringing a plan, they let the AI interview them to extract the product research and goals. - Context over Syntax: The consensus is that prompting is over; the future is "Context Engineering" or "Harness Engineering." 4. High-Stakes Complexity & Scale - This isn't just for hobbyists anymore; the scale is becoming massive. - Token Gluttony: Met someone burning through roughly 1 billion tokens a day (yes, daily!) across a fleet of specialized agents. - Domain Expertise is the Multiplier: A former finance pro built a trading platform that made $300 on day one. His takeaway? The AI was only powerful because he fed it his "human" expertise (like knowing to skip the first 15 minutes of market volatility).

:::::First, a quick personal note—:::: Sorry for being MIA for a while, still in recovery mode, turns out human biology hasn’t quite mastered the "force restart" feature we are so used to in our tech stacks 🤒. You guys know that I like to show up prepared to overdeliver so thanks for your patience, ✌. However, even from the sidelines, the research into the future of AI never stops, and is going faster than ever! As previously announced: We are officially entering The Year of the Agents. - OpenAI is launching their in-platform agentic ecommerce protocol the ACP. - Google is launching their in-ecosystem agentic ecommerce protocol the UCP. - More people are coding and creating apps than ever in agentic frameworks. ------------------------ "Claude Code Usage Patterns Coding remains dominant (36% of tasks), but 2026 shows diversification into education (12.4%) and science (7.2%), with directive automation rising from 27% to 39% of interactions. Token efficiency improved in sample data, with January 2026 sessions using 69% fewer tokens per message than December 2025 despite 181% more messages" Attached: Google Trends: Claude Code ------------------------- We’re moving past simple chatbots, way past that. Applications like Claude Code, Opencode (currently testing this one) and Open Claw are now actively browsing the web to execute tasks. But until now, they’ve hit a bottleneck: they’ve had to "look" at screenshots to navigate, which is slow and expensive. ⭐The Breakthrough: WebMCP I’ve been diving into a brilliant new Google/Microsoft proposal called WebMCP. This is a game-changer for how businesses will be discovered and utilized in an AI-first world. WebMCP allows your website to expose specific tools (via JavaScript or HTML) that AI agents can discover and use automatically. No clunky installations; just seamless interaction. Why This Matters for you? We are witnessing a fundamental shift in digital strategy: We are moving from "designing for human clicks" to "designing for AI actions." Imagine a customer telling their AI assistant, "Go to [Your Site] and order my usual." With WebMCP, the agent doesn't need to scroll or click.

This is the tool mentioned on today's call, is an automated alerts service that you can get for free (limited use) to track brand mentions on reddit 👐 https://f5bot.com/

ChatGPT has surpassed major social media and video platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook in global search interest, achieving this milestone in under two and a half years since its launch. According to data from Ahrefs, ChatGPT's monthly search volume overtook YouTube in April 2025 and has since outpaced all other platforms between September 2024 and April 2025. While search volume isn't a perfect measure of usage, it reflects sustained user intent and habit formation. The data also shows that Google still leads in search interest, but the gap has narrowed significantly since early 2023, with projections suggesting ChatGPT could match or even surpass Google’s search volume by 2028–2029 if current trends continue. Source: https://ahrefs.com/blog/chatgpt-vs-other-platforms