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product mentioned
by 
ChatGPT
ChatGPTLantern helps growth and marketing teams win visibility across all major AI search platforms, turning AI search into a new growth engine for brands.
Everything You Need to
Understand, and Improve Your Brand's Presence in AI Search
Real-time monitoring
We track the questions users ask AI, monitor brand mentions over time, and analyze sentiment. So you can protect reputation in a world where AI shapes discovery and trust.
Citations
Uncover the websites AI pulls from when mentioning your company, giving you visibility into the sources influencing how customers, partners, and investors hear about you.
Compare
Track brand mentions side-by-side with others. We highlight where you're winning, where you're losing visibility to competitors.
Improve
Lantern reveals gaps in your content performance across AI platforms, and shows you the steps to close them. Improve site copy, structure, and keywords to boost your presence in AI search.
Technical analysis
Ensure your site is fully optimized for AI-based indexing and retrieval.
Traffic & conversions
Measure the exact number of human visitors that originate from AI-driven search.
Real-time Monitoring
Track your brand visibility across AI platforms instantly
AI is shaping how customers perceive you before they even visit your site. Get visibility into where and how your brand is mentioned, analyze the tone, and take control of your reputation in real time.
Mentioned
Analyzing
Missing
Attribution & Traffic
Track website visitors coming from AI conversations
Understand how AI shapes the path to purchase. Discover the conversations that bring up your brand, track how they turn into site traffic and sign-ups, and identify the content and pages that convert best.
Improve & Optimize
Position your website as the authoritative source
Turn your website into the go-to resource for AI engines. We combine technical improvements that make your content easier to parse with a content strategy that positions your brand as the authoritative source in your industry.
AI Analysis
Title Optimized
Keyword 1
Keyword 2
Keyword 3
AI Visibility Score
84%
Keyword Density
Increase target keywords by 12%
Metadata
Add structured schema markup
Citations & Sources
Discover which websites drive AI's answers about you.
Know exactly which websites shape how AI answers about your brand & industry. Track citation patterns, uncover the high-authority domains AI relies on, and identify gaps where your content should be referenced.
Source Attribution
See the exact websites AI cites when mentioning your brand.
Authority Analysis
Measure which domains carry the most weight in shaping your story.
Citation Opportunities
Find ways to strengthen your authority and earn more AI mentions.
Citation Domain Count
Percentage of open-ended AI answers
Earned 5,467 (77.7%)
Owned 1,567 (22.3%)
Domain
Mentions
1
techcrunch.com
2,341
2
venturebeat.com
1,892
3
company.coOwned
1,567
4
wired.com
1,234
By 2028, generative AI will replace 50% of traditional search traffic. Is your brand ready?
Gartner Research
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Without Lantern
Missing from AI conversations
Your brand overlooked in product recommendations
Competitors mentioned more prominently than you
Missing potential customers who use AI for research
With Lantern
With Lantern
Monitor AI search in real time
See where competitors outrank you
Discover sources shaping AI answers
AI search optimization
Data-backed content recommendations
AI Visibility Metrics
Track your brand's visibility across AI platforms. Monitor improvements in real-time.
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Everything You Need to Understand, and Improve Your Brand's Presence in AI Search