How We Rebuilt Our Marketing Site with AI but Discovered the Need for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
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We built our new marketing site with AI. Then discovered AI couldn't find it.
We used Google AI Studio to rebuild thrivestack.ai from scratch. Fast, clean, modern. Shipped it. Celebrated. Moved on. Two weeks later — we tested how we showed up in ChatGPT and Perplexity searches for our category. Nothing. Invisible. Like we didn't exist. Turns out AI coding tools build great sites for humans. Not yet for AI buyers doing research. If your site isn't structured for AI discovery, you're very likely losing pipeline before the funnel even starts. Here's everything we broke, fixed, and learned 👇 🔗 https://www.thrivestack.ai/research/aeo-guide?utm_source=revgenius&utm_medium=slack&utm_campaign=Aeo&utm_id=revgenius
