A funding announcement is the highest-leverage moment a startup gets to enter the AI engines' index — and most founders waste it. Here's the GEO playbook for turning a raise into lasting Citation Share.
More than a third of buyers now begin product research with AI, not Google. For startups, the AI engine's answer is the new first impression — the pitch deck nobody asked you to write, and you don't control it.
$250M+ into AI Communications since 2025. Profound $1B at 18 months. Lightspeed, Sequoia, Kleiner, Index, Forerunner, GV, Khosla, 20VC, Singular, Mayfield, Homebrew, Antler, YC writing checks.
