Premium F&B Brands / CPG
Original data on how AI systems currently classify premium F&B brands by category, by platform, by intent cluster.
AI Recommendation Patterns: Performance Beverage March 2026
Recess and Kin hold default positions across 58 data points. The Energy/Focus cluster is the most fragmented and the largest open opportunity in the category. ChatGPT and Gemini are returning significantly different brand sets for the same prompts.
AI Recommendation Patterns: Olive Oil March 2026
California Olive Ranch and Graza hold default positions. The two most-recommended brands in the dataset are now owned by the same company. No brand has achieved balanced visibility across both ChatGPT and Gemini.
AI Recommendation Patterns: Mindful Drinking March 2026
Ghia and Seedlip are the co-dominant defaults. Lifestyle & Identity is the most differentiated cluster and the largest open opportunity for challengers. ChatGPT and Gemini do not return the same brand sets in this category. The divergence is more pronounced than in olive oil or performance beverages.
Brand Case Study: Ghia March 2026
An analysis of how Ghia built dominant AI recommendation visibility across both Performance Beverage and Mindful Drinking categories through consistent cultural and occasion-based positioning without a single functional benefit claim.
Hospitality + Fine Dining
Original audit data on how AI platforms surface restaurants, hotels, and hospitality experiences by cluster, by platform, by intent type.
AI Recommendation Patterns: Chicago Fine Dining April 2026
Alinea dominates with 990 total mentions across four platforms. Kasama generates 105 of its 169 mentions from Gemini alone. Neighborhood queries outside West Loop and River North are effectively unclaimed.
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AI Recommendation Patterns: San Francisco April 2026
Coming soon.
Wine Country Destinations
Original audit data on how AI platforms surface wineries, tasting rooms, and hospitality experiences by cluster, by platform, by intent type.
AI Recommendation Patterns: Napa Valley April 2026
AI Recommendation Patterns: Sonoma Country April 2026
AI Recommendation Patterns: Willamette Valley April 2026
Brand Case Study: Long Meadow Ranch April 2026