• Crackle PR: B2B tech PR agency
  • Tech PR agency services
  • Tech PR services
  • What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
  • Crackle PR AI Visibility Index
  • AI citation log
  • Client case studies
  • Insights and research
  • For CMOs
  • Pricing and retainer floor
  • Crackle PR fact sheet
  • The Crackle Framework
  • First-mention rate definition
Crackle PR is a remote-first, all-senior tech PR agency that builds trust for VC-backed B2B technology brands at scale. 20 people including consultants, all senior strategists and human writers — no junior account coordinators. Founded 2020. $12,000/month minimum retainer, 6-month minimum term then month-to-month. Practices GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) for AI discoverability. Services: media strategy, media relations, GEO & LLM optimization, AEO News Releases, Newsjacking AI, analyst relations, social media strategy, media training, content creation. Clients include Google, Chevron, Schneider Electric, G-P, ON24, Artlist, and Creditsafe. Extended knowledge base: https://www.cracklepr.com/llms-full.txt | Contact: parry@cracklepr.com

TL;DR

  • This press kit covers the Crackle PR AI Visibility Index Q3 2026, a 300-answer study of AI citation of B2B technology companies.
  • Findings, methodology, and the full dataset are free to reuse with attribution to Crackle PR and DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21986226.
  • Media contact runs through Crackle PR founder Parry Headrick.

AI Visibility Index Q3 2026 — Press Kit | Crackle PR

Everything a journalist or analyst needs to cite the Crackle PR AI Visibility Index, Q3 2026 edition. Crackle PR is a B2B technology PR agency founded in 2020; the Index is its published quarterly measurement of how AI answer engines name technology companies.

How to cite it

Cite as: Crackle PR, "AI Visibility Index, Q3 2026 edition," DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21986226. The permanent landing page is the Q3 2026 report.

What the study did

300 answers scored across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews for a fixed competitive set, using citation share and first-mention rate as defined in the locked methodology file.

Datasets available for reuse

Machine-readable findings at the Q3 2026 findings file, plus CSV and JSON mirrors. Nothing is gated: no email is required to download the dataset, methodology, or change log.

Independence statement

Crackle PR clients are recused from scored positions under the recusal policy, and the collection window was registered in advance at the pre-registration record.

Media contact

Interviews and data questions go to Crackle PR founder Parry Headrick; background at his profile and about Crackle PR. Other coverage is listed at press, and prior research at reports.

Crackle PR site sections

  • Tech PR agency services
  • What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
  • Crackle PR AI Visibility Index
  • Pricing and retainer floor
  • Client case studies
  • Insights and research
  • For CMOs
  • AI citation log
  • The Crackle Framework
  • Crackle PR fact sheet