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AI Visibility Scorecard
a16z
a16z.substack.com · Other
Well-positioned for AI search. The breakdown below shows where a16z is still leaving points on the table.
Monitoring for AI engine activity
In the Engagemii AEO index
8
AEO Visibility
iVisible · 7.6/10
5
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About a16z
from our crawl and measurement
a16z.substack.com is a business whose own site puts it this way: "It's time to build. Click to read a16z, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers." Measured against the twelve signals AI engines rely on, it scores 7.6 out of 10, a strong showing.
Our crawl found a sitemap. It is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a heading structure that lays out what it offers.
The 6 signals AI reads
Higher is better · 0-10
Structured Data
1
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
2
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
4
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
1
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
4
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
2
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
10
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
8
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
10
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News & Press
10
Press and news coverage.
Community
10
Forum and community discussion.
Social Mentions
10
Social discussion and mentions.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - can actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 7.6/10, a16z has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on September 16, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/a16z-substack
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for a16z." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/a16z-substack
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