--- title: "Who AI names in B2B: the monthly index | Shruti Kaushik" description: "A standing monthly index of which companies Google AI Mode names and which sites it cites when B2B founders ask for LinkedIn ghostwriters." url: https://shrutikaushik.com/research/ai-recommendations-index author: Shruti Kaushik generated: 2026-11-14 --- Standing index # Who AI names in B2B: the monthly index A standing monthly index of which companies Google AI Mode names and which sites it cites when B2B founders ask for LinkedIn ghostwriters, founder branding and GTM help. Issue 1 is November 2026, with the full CSV. ## Headline numbers, issue 1 (November 2026) Every figure below is computed from the published CSV and nothing else. Google AI Mode, one fresh query per question, run in a logged-in Chrome browser in India on 9 and 10 November 2026. AI answers vary by account and place. 92 answers collected 35 ghostwriting, 26 founder branding, 31 GTM help 69 (75%) answers that highlighted at least one named firm 23 answers named nobody 62 (67%) answers citing linkedin.com reddit.com was cited in 16 (17%) 306 different domains cited 678 citations in total; 213 domains (70%) were cited only once 7.4 distinct domains cited per answer, on average across all collected answers 12 of 35 ghostwriting answers citing wisemango.io Wise Mango was a highlighted name in 4. I run Wise Mango, so it is reported plainly. ## Archive - [Issue 1: November 2026](https://shrutikaushik.com/writing/who-ai-names-linkedin-ghostwriters-gtm-help-2026-11)Google AI Mode, run 9 and 10 November 2026. Full write-up, method and limits.[Get the CSV](https://shrutikaushik.com/research/ai-recommendations-index#get-data) A new issue is added when the question set is re-run. Earlier issues stay at their own addresses. ## Dataset ai-names-ghostwriters-gtm-2026-11.csv, sent by email from the form below. One row per question: query id, category, query, date, engine, companies named, domains cited, and whether Wise Mango or wisemango.io appeared. The method, the 8 questions that were not collected and the limits are in the [November 2026 write-up](https://shrutikaushik.com/writing/who-ai-names-linkedin-ghostwriters-gtm-help-2026-11). ## Get the data: ai-names-ghostwriters-gtm-2026-11.csv Every question run in Google AI Mode on 9 and 10 November 2026, with the date, every highlighted name and every cited domain. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. I email you the download link. Or See where your company stands in these answers A free check of whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode name your company when buyers ask about your category. [Get the free check](https://shrutikaushik.com/ai-visibility-check#get-check) ## Cite this Suggested citation: Kaushik, S. (2026). Who AI names in B2B: the monthly index, issue 1, November 2026. https://shrutikaushik.com/research/ai-recommendations-index (data on that page, CC BY 4.0). Permalink: [https://shrutikaushik.com/research/ai-recommendations-index](https://shrutikaushik.com/research/ai-recommendations-index) Licence: the data is released under CC BY 4.0. Reuse it with attribution to Shruti Kaushik and a link to this page. The page text is not covered by that licence. ## For journalists Want a different cut, for example one sector, one question type or one competitor set? Request it through the [contact form](https://shrutikaushik.com/contact) and say what you are writing and your deadline. Custom cuts are drawn from the same dated data, with the same caveats. See also the [press kit](https://shrutikaushik.com/press-kit), and [how the index fits the Answer Loop](https://shrutikaushik.com/method).