AIRankCite

Most founders optimizing for distribution are thinking SEO, cold outreach, Product Hunt, Reddit. Almost nobody is thinking about AI citation as a standalone channel yet.

But when someone asks ChatGPT "best tool for X" or Perplexity "alternatives to Y", the answer comes from somewhere. Specific Reddit threads. HN discussions. Niche forum posts. The same handful of community conversations, surfaced over and over.

The founders whose products show up in those answers aren't getting lucky. Their products are mentioned in the exact threads AI engines weight most heavily in their category.

The playbook is simple in theory: find which threads are driving AI recommendations in your niche, then contribute genuinely to those conversations. Not spam. Real answers to questions already being asked.

What makes this interesting as a distribution channel is that it compounds. A comment in the right thread keeps influencing AI answers for months. One good contribution can drive citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini simultaneously.

I built AIRankCite to make this visible and actionable. It surfaces the specific threads shaping AI answers for your product category and generates contribution copy tailored to each one.

Curious how many here are actively thinking about AI citation as part of their distribution stack, or is it still too early for most?

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