Delegated Discovery

LLM Attention Ranking

Which YC companies are gaining attention from AI answers, assistants, and delegated search surfaces?

profit weights are assumptionsEmail 1.4xLLM 1.5xSocial 0.8xDirect 1.2x
Estimated AI traffic911.1Mcrawl target: Similarweb AI Traffic
Top AI platformChatGPT35.0% modeled split
Leading companyVidpresso480.5M AI visits
Source statusReadyadapter needed for platform rows
Investor readAI referrals are early delegated demand, not vanity traffic.

When assistants start sending qualified users, the startup is becoming an answer. That can reveal breakout intent before branded search catches up.

UnderwriteAnswer ownershipIs the company being discovered when users ask for the category?
WatchQuality after clickAI traffic only matters when duration and low bounce confirm fit.
Do not over-readPlatform mix aloneA large ChatGPT share is weak without retention, search, or direct pull.

AI Traffic Split

Modeled after Similarweb AI Traffic: total AI visits, platform distribution, and month-by-month platform growth.

source-ready proxy
ChatGPT 35.0%Gemini 19.0%Perplexity 8.0%Claude 5.2%Grok 2.1%Qwen 1.2%DeepSeek 1.0%Other AI 28.5%
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LLM Attention Winners

Companies most likely to benefit from delegated discovery across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Qwen, and DeepSeek.

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#1
Vidpressofacebook.com · YC Winter 2014
7.50B LLM-weighted min
4.3%AI traffic
100score
#2
Redditreddit.com · YC Summer 2005
1.56B LLM-weighted min
4.7%AI traffic
100score
#3
RecordBookplay.google.com · YC Winter 2022
209.4M LLM-weighted min
9.2%AI traffic
95score
#4
Scribdscribd.com · YC Summer 2006
79.9M LLM-weighted min
9.2%AI traffic
91score
#5
Airbnbairbnb.com · YC Winter 2009
67.8M LLM-weighted min
5.5%AI traffic
90score
#6
DoorDashdoordash.com · YC Summer 2013
60.3M LLM-weighted min
5.5%AI traffic
90score
#7
NudgePadazure.com · YC Summer 2009
58.7M LLM-weighted min
5.5%AI traffic
90score
#8
Prolificprolific.com · YC Summer 2019
48.7M LLM-weighted min
10.8%AI traffic
89score
#9
Dropboxdropbox.com · YC Summer 2007
46.2M LLM-weighted min
4.3%AI traffic
89score
#10
1000Memoriesancestry.com · YC Summer 2010
38.6M LLM-weighted min
5.5%AI traffic
88score
#11
Substacksubstack.com · YC Winter 2018
37.7M LLM-weighted min
4.3%AI traffic
88score
#12
Meeshomeesho.com · YC Summer 2016
35.2M LLM-weighted min
10.0%AI traffic
88score

QA2 Guardrails

Documented methodology, visible time range, source status, total plus quality-weighted attention, and no unsupported real revenue or profit claims.

Methodology