Who Is Most Visible When SMBs Use AI Search?

More than half of SMBs say they’re very likely to use an AI assistant such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or Gemini to first learn about products or services for their business.

That made us wonder which companies are most visible when SMBs use AI search. So we asked SMB decision-makers which companies do the best job of coming up when they search for business products and services using AI tools. Here are the leaders across seven categories.

To learn what SMBs look for in the companies that sell to them, join Bredin CEO Stu Richards on Thursday, October 1 at 1pmE for a 30-minute webcast, Winning With SMBs: What the Best Brands Get Right.

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