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AI search authority for complex B2B

Own the shortlist when the stakes are highest.

We make specialist B2B companies the cited and recommended choice when buyers research complex products, services and partners across search and AI.

Built for high-value categories where expertise, evidence and third-party validation shape the shortlist.

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Evidence
Confidential · Enterprise authority

Cited authority at institutional scale.

1,356 AI Overview citations, June

Citation volume converted into commercial intent: 150% month-over-month growth in key events from LLM sessions, and 66.7% growth in pricing requests over the same period.

877 grounded Bing citations
Elver · Specialist shortlist ownership

From specialist expertise to first-choice recommendation.

01 ChatGPT recommendation, high-intent prompt

Elver became the first firm named for a prompt combining UK ecommerce accounting with fractional CFO services. A July snapshot showed 48.9% tracked-prompt AI share of voice, with several CFO and VFO commercial queries at position one.

The shortlist is often shaped before the first conversation.

Referrals and outbound may create awareness. But buyers still use search and AI to understand the category, compare options and validate claims before they contact a company.

High-stakes event
Private research
AI shortlist
We place you here
First contact
Most companies enter here
Decision

Where a wrong choice is expensive.

Markets

Regulated buying decisions

Healthcare & life sciences · Financial services · Insurance · Legal · Compliance

“Which revenue-cycle platform is best suited to a multi-site specialty healthcare group?”

Technical platform decisions

B2B SaaS · Cybersecurity · Data & AI · Enterprise infrastructure

“Which compliance automation platform fits a mid-market fintech operating across the US and EU?”

Expert partner decisions

Consulting · Accounting · Specialist agencies · Professional services

“Which firm should represent a PE-backed company in a transfer-pricing audit?”

Operational system decisions

Manufacturing · Engineering · Logistics · Technical suppliers

“Which cold-chain monitoring system can support FDA-regulated distribution across multiple sites?”

The method

The AI Shortlist Capture System

01

Map the decision graph

Identify the events, questions, competitors and sources shaping the shortlist.

02

Build citable authority

Translate subject-matter expertise, product evidence and customer outcomes into pages, entities and third-party sources that AI can validate.

03

Compound shortlist share

Measure where your company is named, cited and positioned, then systematically close the next authority gap.

The people doing the work.

The team

Senior specialists lead the strategy and stay hands-on through execution.

Nam Tran
Nam Tran
Founder
LinkedIn
Emese Janosi-Mozes
Emese Janosi-Mozes
SEO Manager
LinkedIn
Ali Asif
Ali Asif
SEO Manager
LinkedIn

Monitoring the answer does not change the answer.

We do not stop at dashboards or recommendations. We build and distribute the evidence AI systems use to recognize, describe and recommend your company.

Buyer intelligence
Expert authority
Third-party citations
Shortlist measurement
Strategy call

See which competitors AI recommends before you.

We review the questions your buyers ask, the companies AI recommends and the most valuable authority gaps your business can own.

We work with a limited number of companies in each category.

What we will cover
01
Buyer questions

Where your highest-value buyers begin their research.

02
Competing recommendations

Which companies AI recommends, cites and describes—and why.

03
Authority gaps

The fastest evidence opportunities your company can own.

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