I Asked AI About My Brand 168 Times. It Mentioned Me Zero Times.

An indie developer ran 168 queries about his own X account across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity and found zero mentions of his brand, then built Quotalis, a tool that tracks brand mentions, citations, and share of voice across those four AI engines plus competitor tracking. He also released a free AI-readiness audit that checks llms.txt, robots.txt, sitemap, and AI crawler accessibility, reporting that most tested sites fail at least one check.

Your customers don't Google anymore. They ask ChatGPT what to buy. A few weeks ago I ran an experiment on myself. Fourteen questions about my own X account — who I am, what I build, whether I'm worth following — asked across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Three independent runs per question per engine. 168 queries total. Strict mentions of my account: zero . Not a single one. Think about what that means at scale. Every day, buyers ask AI which CRM to pick, which agency to hire, which tool solves their problem. If your brand never appears in those answers, you don't exist for that entire channel of demand. And your competitors might. SEO taught us to measure Google. Nobody is measuring AI answers — the fastest-growing discovery channel in history. So I built the radar I wished existed. Quotalis https://quotalis.vercel.app tracks your brand's mentions, citations, and share of voice across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity — plus competitor tracking, so you can see who's eating your lunch. The methodology, stated honestly: I made a free AI-readiness audit https://quotalis.vercel.app/free-audit — no signup. It checks your llms.txt, robots.txt, sitemap, and whether AI crawlers can actually reach your site. Most sites I tested fail at least one check. I'm an indie developer building in public. If you run the audit or try the tracking, tell me what's missing for this to be genuinely useful to you. The harshest feedback so far has been the most valuable. Also launching on Product Hunt today — would appreciate your eyes there too.