AI Visibility Scorecard
HARD8
hard8studio.com · Other
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl HARD8, but the structured-data signals are thin - you are at real risk of being skipped when buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity for a recommendation.
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In the Engagemii AEO index
4
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 4/10
0
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Not agent-ready · 0/100
12
AI Adoption
iBasic · 12/100
About HARD8
from our crawl and measurement
HARD8 Eric Hsiao describes itself simply: "Ten years cutting film for Google, Anthropic, Figma, and The North Face. Now generative film and AI-native apps, built solo. Eight, the hard way." When AI engines look at it, they find little to work with. It scores 4.0 out of 10.
Our crawl found a readable heading structure. It is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a sitemap.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Strong
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Good
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Good
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
Domain Authority
Weak
Little domain authority yet.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Weak
No community discussion yet.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
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 4/10, HARD8 is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on September 30, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/hard8studio
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for HARD8." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/hard8studio
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