GrackerAI's benchmark of 100 cybersecurity companies across six AI engines shows most vendors get zero ChatGPT

GrackerAI's benchmark of 100 cybersecurity companies across six AI engines shows most vendors get zero ChatGPT citations as buyers shift to AI for research. Cybersecurity founders spent the last decade learning Google SEO, and now the rules are being rewritten in real time” — Deepak Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of GrackerAI SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, April 29, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Cybersecurity buyers are increasingly turning to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude when evaluating vendors, and most security companies have no idea what those AI engines are saying about them. New benchmark research from GrackerAI, the GEO platform for B2B SaaS and cybersecurity companies, found that 73 percent of cybersecurity vendors received zero citations from ChatGPT when buyers asked for vendor recommendations in their own category. The benchmark analyzed 100 cybersecurity companies across six major AI platforms, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Google AI Overviews, using 250 representative buyer prompts. The findings expose a structural problem for security founders. AI engines are now the first stop for many CISOs and IT leaders evaluating tools, yet 78 percent of B2B buyers will only shortlist vendors they already recognize. If a security vendor is not cited in the AI...

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