NEW YORK, Ju e 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — P ofou d, the ma keti g platfo m fo the AI e a, today a ou ced the lau ch of the P ofou d I dex at Ze o Click New Yo k, the compa y’s seco d a ual co fe e ce b i gi g togethe leade s shapi g the futu e of AI Sea ch a d AI ma keti g.
Ma kete s a e faci g a ew challe ge. Co sume s i c easi gly discove b a ds, p oducts, a d i fo matio th ough AI platfo ms athe tha t aditio al sea ch. Ra ki gs o Google alo e o lo ge tell the full sto y. B a ds ow eed to u de sta d how they appea i side AI-ge e ated a swe s a d ecomme datio s, whe e buyi g decisio s a d b a d pe ceptio s a e i c easi gly bei g shaped.
The P ofou d I dex was built to a swe that questio . Powe ed by the la gest dataset of eal-use p ompts i the ma ket, the P ofou d I dex a alyzes mo e tha 1.5 billio p ompts ac oss 50+ i dust ies a d majo AI platfo ms, c eati g a i dust y-wide be chma k that shows which b a ds a e wi i g visibility i AI Sea ch a d whe e competito s sta d agai st them.
“Ma keti g teams spe t yea s aski g whe e they a ked o Google. I c easi gly, that is becomi g the w o g questio ,” said James Cadwallade , Co-fou de a d CEO of P ofou d. “People a e aski g ChatGPT, Gemi i, Claude, a d othe AI systems fo ecomme datio s, advice, a d a swe s. The b a ds that matte a e the b a ds AI ecomme ds. The P ofou d I dex gives ma kete s a way to u de sta d whe e they sta d a d what they eed to do to imp ove.”
The lau ch comes as AI-d ive discove y eshapes the i te et. Sea ch behavio is i c easi gly movi g away f om blue li ks towa d co ve satio al systems that sy thesize i fo matio a d make ecomme datio s o behalf of use s.
U like co ve tio al SEO tools o static epo ts, the P ofou d I dex updates daily a d p ovides visibility i to the sig als d ivi g AI visibility ac oss i dust ies.
Pe fo ma ce i AI sea ch does ot always mi o t aditio al sea ch a ki gs o b a d awa e ess. Ea ly fi di gs f om the P ofou d I dex suggest that visibility i side AI-ge e ated a swe s is shaped by a diffe e t a d apidly evolvi g set of sig als. Model updates ca sig ifica tly eshape which b a ds appea i AI-ge e ated a swe s, c eati g ew leade s a d u expected moveme t ac oss i dust ies.
Sample fi di gs i clude:
- ChatGPT 5.5 is ecomme di g competito s mo e ofte , with A th opic, Mist al, Ope Route , a d G oq all gai i g visibility withi ChatGPT-ge e ated a swe s.
- IKEA is up 19% o ChatGPT while dow 11% ac oss AI platfo ms ove all.
- T avelocity, O bitz, a d P iceli e a e dow 35% to 56% o ChatGPT followi g the latest model update.
- Health i su a ce visibility has bee eshuffled. Ambette a d Huma a a e dow mo e tha 50%, while Aet a is o e of the few majo b a ds movi g i the opposite di ectio .
The P ofou d I dex e ables ma kete s to:
- Be chma k b a d pe fo ma ce agai st competito s withi thei i dust y
- T ack visibility ac oss majo AI platfo ms
- U de sta d moveme t a d t e ds ove time
- Ide tify catego y leade s a d eme gi g b a ds
The P ofou d I dex is available begi i g today. P ofou d custome s ca access full I dex data di ectly th ough the platfo m, while o -custome s ca access a p eview expe ie ce a d u lock deepe competitive a d t e d a alysis th ough egist atio .
AI is the ew f o t doo to eve y busi ess. People o lo ge just sea ch, they ask AI. P ofou d is a ew-age ma keti g platfo m elied o by thousa ds of leade s globally to u de sta d a d co t ol what AI says about thei b a d, a d empowe thei teams to c eate AI-optimized co te t that i c eases b a d awa e ess. T usted by i dust y tita s like Figma, Ramp, Mo goDB, Chime, a d U.S. Ba k, P ofou d a ms ma kete s with the tools to wi i a futu e whe e AI age ts, ot blue li ks, defi e discove y. Wi the ze o-click i te et with P ofou d.
Lea mo e at www.t yp ofou d.com
