How AI sees your firm.
When a client asks ChatGPT or Perplexity who to trust, your firm is either in the answer or it isn't. Lumicite measures where you stand across every major AI platform — then does the work to make you the firm it names.
- ChatGPT
- Perplexity
- Gemini
- Copilot
- Claude
The client journey changed quietly.
Referrals still start most engagements. But before a client calls, they check — and increasingly that check happens inside an AI assistant that names just two or three firms. The ones it leaves out lose the client, silently.
So — how does AI see your firm?
There's a simple way to find out. Ask an assistant the question your next client would ask: the best firm for the work you do. Watch which names come back. If yours isn't among them, a competitor is being recommended in your place — today, and every day until something changes.
Lumicite turns that moment into a number. The Visibility Score measures how often, and how prominently, AI names your firm across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot — scored the same way every time, so the trend is real and not a guess.
A sample score. Every query is tested on each platform and scored by the same rubric, month after month.
This isn't SEO with a new name.
Ranking on Google and being cited by AI used to be the same thing. They have come apart. In mid-2025, 76% of Google's AI answer citations came from pages already ranking in the top 10. By early 2026, that was 38%. — Ahrefs, 2026.
The systems now read, weigh, and choose sources on their own terms, and their answers change from one query to the next — so visibility is never "set and forget." Strong SEO is a foundation Lumicite builds on. It is no longer the whole job.
Ranking and being recommended have come apart.
The gap between where you rank and what AI repeats is the new ground to win — and it is measured, not assumed. — Ahrefs, 2026.
Measured the same way, every month.
Lumicite doesn't ask you to trust a black box. The method is visible from the first day:
the query bank
the scoring rubric
tested on a fixed schedule · competitors tracked alongside
You see the score, the queries behind it, and where it's heading
Four layers of work.
Visibility is earned in a specific order. Lumicite builds through four layers, then keeps them in place.
A site machines can actually read. The groundwork AI needs before it can quote you.
Schema, a consistent business profile, and a crawl path that welcomes the AI bots most sites quietly block.
Because the answers change every month. Tracked, flagged, corrected.
The sources AI cites change constantly. Lumicite re-scans every platform, tracks competitors, and corrects misstatements as they appear.
Written the way AI reads. Answer-first, not brochure-first.
Pages rewritten answer-first, one canonical description deployed everywhere AI looks, and your clients' real questions mapped to direct-answer FAQs.
- →25 test queries across five AI platforms
- →The competitors appearing in your place
- →A technical and content review of your site
- →The sources AI is citing in your field right now
- →A 15-page report you keep, whatever you decide next
One clear step to begin.
Every engagement starts the same way — with a visibility audit. A complete, honest read on where your firm stands in AI answers today.
What follows is shaped by what the audit finds: a fixed-scope 90-day Sprint to build the foundation, then a monthly Retainer to hold and extend your position. Both are scoped and priced after the audit, once the work is clear — so the number reflects your firm, not a guess.
What Lumicite will not promise.
AI platforms are probabilistic — their answers shift, and no one controls them outright.
- ✕the top spot in AI answers
- ✕a guaranteed ranking
- ✕a set number of citations
- ✓complete, careful delivery of every layer of work
- ✓measurement you can verify yourself
- ✓an honest read on your trajectory, including the slow months
Anyone who guarantees AI rankings is guessing. Lumicite would rather show you the evidence.
Built for professional firms.
Lumicite works with a deliberately narrow set of firms — chartered accountants, lawyers in specific practice areas, specialty clinics, and boutique consultancies. Owner-led practices whose clients research carefully before they commit, and for whom a single new client is worth a great deal.
It isn't for everyone. If what you need is broad, low-cost marketing or a quick traffic spike, Lumicite is the wrong fit — and we'll tell you so.
A specialist, built from the technical side.
Most AI-visibility work comes from marketing teams who added "AI" to an existing brochure. Lumicite was built from the other direction — by a technology and AI background, with a working understanding of how these systems actually decide what to cite and recommend. That depth shows up in two places you can feel: the precision of the work, and the honesty of the reporting.
The method is the same for every client, the data behind every claim is third-party and named, and the measurement is yours to inspect.
Frequently asked questions.
Straight answers on AI search visibility, what Lumicite does, and how a firm gets started.
What is AI search visibility?
AI search visibility is whether your firm gets named when someone asks an AI assistant like ChatGPT or Perplexity to recommend a service in your field. When a potential client asks an AI for the best firm in your category and city, the AI returns specific names. AI search visibility is whether yours is one of them.
How is AEO and GEO different from SEO?
SEO gets your website ranked on Google. AEO and GEO get your firm named and cited inside AI answers, which works through a different mechanism. The two share a technical foundation, but they have measurably diverged. According to Ahrefs, the overlap between Google's top 10 results and AI citations fell from 76% to 38% in under a year, which means ranking on Google no longer guarantees being cited by AI.
What is Lumicite?
Lumicite is a specialist AI search visibility firm. Lumicite helps professional services firms become visible, recommended, and cited when potential clients search for their services on AI platforms. The work is answer engine and generative engine optimisation, delivered as a done-for-you service rather than a dashboard you run yourself.
Which AI platforms does Lumicite optimise for?
Lumicite optimises for and monitors the major AI platforms, including ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, and Google's AI Mode and AI Overviews. Coverage spans the assistants and answer engines that clients actually use to research and shortlist firms.
Why should my firm care about appearing in AI answers?
Because clients increasingly check AI before they contact you, even after a referral. Research on professional services shows most people validate a recommendation online before making contact, and that validation is shifting onto AI platforms. Firms that appear get shortlisted, and firms that are invisible lose those clients silently.
Who does Lumicite work with?
Lumicite works with owner-operated professional services firms, primarily chartered accountants, specialty clinics, and boutique consultancies. These are firms where clients research and shortlist providers before making contact, and where being named by an AI carries real commercial weight.
How does Lumicite improve a firm's AI visibility?
Lumicite follows a structured process across three stages: an audit that measures where the firm stands, a 90-day sprint that builds visibility, and a retainer that maintains and extends it. The build works across four layers: technical foundation, content architecture, authority signals, and ongoing monitoring.
How does Lumicite measure results?
Lumicite reports an AI Visibility Score across the major platforms on a defined query bank, tracked from a baseline through every month. Alongside it, Lumicite tracks presence rate, share of voice against competitors, citation count, branded search growth, and referral traffic from AI platforms.
How long does it take to see results?
Most firms see early movement within the 90-day sprint, as the technical and content work takes effect. AI visibility compounds over time, so results strengthen through the retainer period. Lumicite reports the trajectory every month, so progress stays visible throughout.
How do I get started with Lumicite?
The usual starting point is the AI visibility audit, which shows exactly where your firm stands in AI search today. The audit then informs whether and how to proceed with a sprint. To begin, contact Lumicite at contact@lumicite.in.
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See where you stand.
The audit is the first step, and the smallest one. Within a week you'll know exactly how AI sees your firm today — and what it would take to change the answer.