What does "AI visibility" mean for my business?

When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini "what is the best..." or "where can I find...", AI gives specific recommendations. AI visibility is a measure of how often — and how positively — these AI platforms mention your business. It's the new version of being on the first page of Google, except now there are no pages — just one answer.

Which AI platforms do you monitor?

Pendium monitors ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and Google AI Overviews — seven major AI platforms that consumers use to research local services. We run real queries that your customers actually ask and analyze the responses for mentions of your business, competitors, and industry topics.

How does Pendium improve my visibility?

Three ways. First, we identify the exact queries and topics where you're invisible. Second, we generate AI-optimized content — articles, guides, social posts — designed to help AI agents understand your business and recommend your services to the right people. Third, we continuously monitor to track improvement and find new opportunities. Most clients see measurable improvement within 60 days.

How long until I see results?

You'll get your first visibility report within minutes of signing up. Actual visibility improvement varies, but our clients typically see a 47% average improvement within 60 days. Some see results faster — it depends on your current online presence and how competitive your local market is.

Do I need to be technical to use this?

Not at all. Enter your website URL and Pendium handles everything: scanning AI platforms, analyzing your visibility, generating content, and tracking improvement. The dashboard is designed for business owners, not engineers. If you can check your email, you can use Pendium.

What makes this different from SEO?

Traditional SEO optimizes for Google's search rankings — blue links on a results page. AI visibility is different: AI doesn't show links, it gives direct answers. Even if you rank #1 on Google, ChatGPT might recommend a competitor. Pendium optimizes for the new paradigm — making sure AI platforms know about, trust, and recommend your business.

Pricing

Get a demo

Grade

Visibility18

Vibe50

Businesses/Financial Technology (FinTech)/Grade

AI Visibility & Sentiment

Grade

Grade is a Y Combinator-backed fintech platform that simplifies creator and contractor payments globally. The platform enables businesses to track performance, manage payouts to 190+ countries, and handle tax compliance with a single wallet and invoice system.

Active Monitoring

usegrade.com

Financial Technology (FinTech)YC25-26

AI Visibility Score

18/100

Invisible

Sentiment Score

50/100

Score by Priority

How often this business is recommended to users across different types of conversations — from direct product queries to broader open-ended conversations where AI could recommend this company's products and services

core

adjacent

AI Perception

Key Takeaways

How AI platforms collectively perceive and describe Grade today.

Grade is currently being overshadowed by legacy incumbents like Tipalti and Wise, remaining entirely invisible to Claude while struggling to penetrate the crucial Creator Agency Founder segment. While a 42% mention rate on ChatGPT shows a pulse within the AI ecosystem, the brand's failure to capture high-intent tax compliance and automated payout queries represents a significant loss of market share to more aggressive competitors like Lumanu.

Working in your favor

Secured a 42% mention rate on ChatGPT, indicating some baseline awareness within the most popular LLM.

Achieved 33% visibility with the High-Growth Performance Marketing Manager persona, showing early resonance with operational users.

Maintains a moderate presence in Google AI Overviews at 33%, providing a foundation for search-based AI discovery.

Gaps to close

Total absence from Claude (0% mention rate), a critical platform for sophisticated business and finance-related analysis.

Severely underperforming with Creator Agency Founders (17%), allowing Lumanu to dominate the niche with a superior 3.2 average position.

Neutral sentiment across all platforms suggests a lack of distinctive brand authority compared to the 'trusted' status of competitors like Wise and Stripe.

Opportunities

Capitalize on the 'tax compliance and 1099' gap where Finance Directors currently lack Grade-specific recommendations.

Leverage ChatGPT's current receptivity to position Grade as the primary 'workflow' alternative to Zapier-heavy manual processes.

Disrupt the 'most trusted platform' comparisons by seeding data-backed evidence of reliability to shift sentiment from neutral to positive.

Highest-Impact Actions

Execute a Claude-specific data saturation strategy.

With 0% visibility on Claude, Grade is missing from the primary tool used by technical finance leaders for vendor evaluation. Developing authoritative white papers and technical documentation is essential for index inclusion.

Aggressively target the 'Creator Agency Founder' persona with workflow-specific content.

This persona represents your lowest visibility (17%). Creating content that solves the '50+ influencer payout' bottleneck will directly challenge Lumanu's dominance in this query set.

Develop comprehensive 'AI-ready' guides on 1099 and global tax compliance.

Finance Directors (25% visibility) are querying for compliance solutions. By owning the narrative around tax automation, Grade can capture high-intent traffic currently diverted to Deel and Tipalti.

Value Proposition

Pay all your creators and contractors worldwide with one click using just their email—no setup required for creators, automated invoicing, and consolidated billing for finance teams.

Overview

Mission

Built for teams that hate manual payouts—simplifying creator and contractor payments from tracking to payment.

Products & Services

Global creator and contractor payout platformPerformance-based payment tracking and automationTax compliance and invoice managementMulti-currency wallet systemBulk payout processing

Current State

Visibility Landscape

A high-level view of how Grade performs across AI platforms, broken down by strategic priority level — from core brand queries to growth opportunities.

	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini	AI Overviews
Reputation1q Brand recognition & direct queries	70	70	70	70
“What do you know about Grade? What do they do and what's their reputation?”	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Core4q Product/service category queries	53	0	53	35
“how to automate paying 50+ influencers for a ugc campaign”	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
“help me manage tax compliance and 1099s for a huge pool of international freelancers”	No	No	Yes	Yes
“best workflow for tracking and paying creators based on how their videos perform”	Yes	No	Yes	No
“set up a system to pay international creators with just their email”	Yes	No	No	No
Growth Areas1q Adjacent, aspirational & visionary	70	0	0	70
“most trusted payout platforms for the creator economy right now”	Yes	No	No	Yes

“What do you know about Grade? What do they do and what's their reputation?”

Yes

“how to automate paying 50+ influencers for a ugc campaign”

Yes

“help me manage tax compliance and 1099s for a huge pool of international freelancers”

Yes

“best workflow for tracking and paying creators based on how their videos perform”

Yes

“set up a system to pay international creators with just their email”

Yes

“most trusted payout platforms for the creator economy right now”

Yes

Competitive Landscape

Tipalti

29 mentions

Wise

27 mentions

Deel

24 mentions

Stripe Connect

22 mentions

Zapier

20 mentions

Paypal

18 mentions

Lumanu

17 mentions

PayPal Payouts

15 mentions

Payoneer

13 mentions

QuickBooks

12 mentions

Grade

1 mention

Analysis

Insights & Recommended Actions

What's working, what's not, and specific steps to improve Grade's AI visibility.

Key Findings

Strength

Secured a 42% mention rate on ChatGPT, indicating some baseline awareness within the most popular LLM.

Strength

Achieved 33% visibility with the High-Growth Performance Marketing Manager persona, showing early resonance with operational users.

Strength

Maintains a moderate presence in Google AI Overviews at 33%, providing a foundation for search-based AI discovery.

Recommended Actions

Execute a Claude-specific data saturation strategy.

Aggressively target the 'Creator Agency Founder' persona with workflow-specific content.

This persona represents your lowest visibility (17%). Creating content that solves the '50+ influencer payout' bottleneck will directly challenge Lumanu's dominance in this query set.

Develop comprehensive 'AI-ready' guides on 1099 and global tax compliance.

Finance Directors (25% visibility) are querying for compliance solutions. By owning the narrative around tax automation, Grade can capture high-intent traffic currently diverted to Deel and Tipalti.

Programmatic Testing

Sample Conversations

We programmatically analyze questions that real customers are asking to AI agents and chatbots, extract brand mentions and sentiment, analyze every response, and synthesize the data into an action plan to increase AI visibility.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

AI Overviews

Creator & Influencer Payout Management(3 queries)

“how to automate paying 50+ influencers for a ugc campaign”

1/4 platforms mentioned

Core

ChatGPT

1.PayPal Payouts

2.Stripe Connect

3.Stripe Treasury

4.Tipalti

5.Payoneer Mass Payouts

+18 more

Claude

1.Stripe Connect

2.Paypal

3.Wise for Business

4.Billo

5.Creator.co

+5 more

Gemini

1.Shopify

2.Magento

3.GRIN

4.Aspire

5.Captiv8

+11 more

AI Overviews

1.Lumanu

2.Trolley

3.Tipalti

4.Influencer Hero

5.Grin

+3 more

“best workflow for tracking and paying creators based on how their videos perform”

2/4 platforms mentioned

Core

High-Growth Performance Marketing Manager · Head of Growth Marketing

ChatGPT

1.Lumanu

2.Aspire

3.Creator.co

4.Tipalti

5.Deel

+21 more

Claude

1.Integromat

2.Make.com

3.Notion

4.Tipalti

5.Zapier

+1 more

Gemini

1.Shopify

2.Everflow

3.Impact

4.Notion

5.Zapier

+7 more

AI Overviews

1.Modash

2.HypeAuditor

3.Sprinklr

4.Influencity

5.Impact

+1 more

“set up a system to pay international creators with just their email”

1/4 platforms mentioned

Core

ChatGPT

1.Tipalti

2.Lumanu

3.Deel

4.PayPal Payouts

5.Payoneer

+11 more

Claude

1.Wise

2.TransferWise

3.Zapier

4.Notion

5.Slack

+2 more

Gemini

1.Lumanu

2.Trolley

3.Payment Rails

4.Tipalti

5.Wise for Business

+5 more

AI Overviews

1.Wise

2.Wise Business

3.PayPal Payouts

4.Deel

5.Rise

Source Intelligence

Citations

The sources AI platforms cite when recommending this brand. Pendium reverse-engineers what's already proven to be catnip to AI agents, then engineers content that fills gaps and helps agents do their job — which means more citations for you.

Top 5 Influencer Payout Platforms for 2026: Comparison Guide

lumanu.com

Web1 ref

5 Influencer Payment Platforms to Consider For Scale ...

meltwater.com

Web1 ref

How to Manage Influencer Payments - Lumanu

lumanu.com

Web1 ref

Top 10 Influencer Payment Platforms

influencer-hero.com

Web1 ref

25 Best Influencer Payment Tools for Stress-Free Payouts

hypeauditor.com

Web1 ref

Influencer Payment Guide: How Much to Pay Influencers in 2025

tipalti.com

Web1 ref

Automate Influencer Payments | Scale with Lumanu

lumanu.com

Web1 ref

14 Best Influencer Payment Platforms for Brand Managers

medianug.com

Web1 ref

How To Pay Influencers - An Ultimate Guide for 2025 - Collabstr

collabstr.com

Web1 ref

1099 for Foreign Contractors: When It's Not Required - Tipalti

tipalti.com

Web1 ref

International Contractor Payout Compliance: A 5‑Step Guide

trolley.com

Web1 ref

1099 for foreign contractors: Guide for US companies - Multiplier

usemultiplier.com

Web1 ref

Reporting payments to independent contractors - IRS

irs.gov

Gov1 ref

US Withholding Rules for Nonresident Alien Payments - BDO

bdo.com

Web1 ref

2026 Publication 15 - IRS.gov

irs.gov

Gov1 ref

Brand Identity

Brand Voice & Style

How AI perceives Grade's communication style and personality

Grade communicates with a direct, no-nonsense tone that speaks to busy professionals who value efficiency over fluff. The voice is confident and knowledgeable about the pain points of managing creator payments, using relatable scenarios and real numbers to build credibility. There's a startup energy—conversational yet professional—that makes complex financial operations feel approachable. The brand avoids corporate jargon in favor of clear, practical language that resonates with growth-minded teams.

Core Tone Traits

Direct & Practical

Gets straight to the point with actionable insights and clear value propositions

Confident & Knowledgeable

Speaks with authority on creator payments and contractor management based on real experience

Approachable & Conversational

Uses casual language and relatable examples without being unprofessional

Solution-Oriented

Focuses on solving problems rather than dwelling on pain points

Visual Identity

Primary

#1D6146

Secondary

#F5F5F4

Accent

#1C1917

Background

#FFFFFF

Foreground

#111111

Backing

Investors

Y Combinator

Engineer content that makes AI agents recommend you

Pendium analyzes how AI platforms perceive your brand, reverse-engineers what they already cite, and continuously publishes content designed to fill gaps and earn more mentions — on autopilot, with you in the loop.

Data generated by Pendium.ai AI visibility scanning. Last scanned February 27, 2026.

Explore Financial Technology (FinTech)

Chime Financial, Inc.

Start getting
recommended by AI.

Enter your website to see exactly what ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini say about your business. Free, instant, and eye-opening.

Free visibility scanResults in 2 minutesNo credit card required

Frequently asked questions

Don't see your question? Book a demo and we'll walk you through it.

Businesses/Financial Technology (FinTech)/Grade

AI Visibility & Sentiment

Grade

Active Monitoring

usegrade.com

Financial Technology (FinTech)YC25-26

AI Visibility Score

18/100

Invisible

Sentiment Score

50/100

Score by Priority

core

adjacent

AI Perception

Key Takeaways

How AI platforms collectively perceive and describe Grade today.

Working in your favor

Secured a 42% mention rate on ChatGPT, indicating some baseline awareness within the most popular LLM.

Achieved 33% visibility with the High-Growth Performance Marketing Manager persona, showing early resonance with operational users.

Maintains a moderate presence in Google AI Overviews at 33%, providing a foundation for search-based AI discovery.

Gaps to close

Total absence from Claude (0% mention rate), a critical platform for sophisticated business and finance-related analysis.

Severely underperforming with Creator Agency Founders (17%), allowing Lumanu to dominate the niche with a superior 3.2 average position.

Neutral sentiment across all platforms suggests a lack of distinctive brand authority compared to the 'trusted' status of competitors like Wise and Stripe.

Opportunities

Capitalize on the 'tax compliance and 1099' gap where Finance Directors currently lack Grade-specific recommendations.

Leverage ChatGPT's current receptivity to position Grade as the primary 'workflow' alternative to Zapier-heavy manual processes.

Disrupt the 'most trusted platform' comparisons by seeding data-backed evidence of reliability to shift sentiment from neutral to positive.

Highest-Impact Actions

Execute a Claude-specific data saturation strategy.

Aggressively target the 'Creator Agency Founder' persona with workflow-specific content.

This persona represents your lowest visibility (17%). Creating content that solves the '50+ influencer payout' bottleneck will directly challenge Lumanu's dominance in this query set.

Develop comprehensive 'AI-ready' guides on 1099 and global tax compliance.

Finance Directors (25% visibility) are querying for compliance solutions. By owning the narrative around tax automation, Grade can capture high-intent traffic currently diverted to Deel and Tipalti.

Value Proposition

Pay all your creators and contractors worldwide with one click using just their email—no setup required for creators, automated invoicing, and consolidated billing for finance teams.

Overview

Mission

Built for teams that hate manual payouts—simplifying creator and contractor payments from tracking to payment.

Products & Services

Global creator and contractor payout platformPerformance-based payment tracking and automationTax compliance and invoice managementMulti-currency wallet systemBulk payout processing

Current State

Visibility Landscape

A high-level view of how Grade performs across AI platforms, broken down by strategic priority level — from core brand queries to growth opportunities.

	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini	AI Overviews
Reputation1q Brand recognition & direct queries	70	70	70	70
“What do you know about Grade? What do they do and what's their reputation?”	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Core4q Product/service category queries	53	0	53	35
“how to automate paying 50+ influencers for a ugc campaign”	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
“help me manage tax compliance and 1099s for a huge pool of international freelancers”	No	No	Yes	Yes
“best workflow for tracking and paying creators based on how their videos perform”	Yes	No	Yes	No
“set up a system to pay international creators with just their email”	Yes	No	No	No
Growth Areas1q Adjacent, aspirational & visionary	70	0	0	70
“most trusted payout platforms for the creator economy right now”	Yes	No	No	Yes

“What do you know about Grade? What do they do and what's their reputation?”

Yes

“how to automate paying 50+ influencers for a ugc campaign”

Yes

“help me manage tax compliance and 1099s for a huge pool of international freelancers”

Yes

“best workflow for tracking and paying creators based on how their videos perform”

Yes

“set up a system to pay international creators with just their email”

Yes

“most trusted payout platforms for the creator economy right now”

Yes

Competitive Landscape

Tipalti

29 mentions

Wise

27 mentions

Deel

24 mentions

Stripe Connect

22 mentions

Zapier

20 mentions

Paypal

18 mentions

Lumanu

17 mentions

PayPal Payouts

15 mentions

Payoneer

13 mentions

QuickBooks

12 mentions

Grade

1 mention

Analysis

Insights & Recommended Actions

What's working, what's not, and specific steps to improve Grade's AI visibility.

Key Findings

Strength

Secured a 42% mention rate on ChatGPT, indicating some baseline awareness within the most popular LLM.

Strength

Achieved 33% visibility with the High-Growth Performance Marketing Manager persona, showing early resonance with operational users.

Strength

Maintains a moderate presence in Google AI Overviews at 33%, providing a foundation for search-based AI discovery.

Recommended Actions

Execute a Claude-specific data saturation strategy.

Aggressively target the 'Creator Agency Founder' persona with workflow-specific content.

This persona represents your lowest visibility (17%). Creating content that solves the '50+ influencer payout' bottleneck will directly challenge Lumanu's dominance in this query set.

Develop comprehensive 'AI-ready' guides on 1099 and global tax compliance.

Finance Directors (25% visibility) are querying for compliance solutions. By owning the narrative around tax automation, Grade can capture high-intent traffic currently diverted to Deel and Tipalti.

Programmatic Testing

Sample Conversations

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

AI Overviews

Creator & Influencer Payout Management(3 queries)

“how to automate paying 50+ influencers for a ugc campaign”

1/4 platforms mentioned

Core

ChatGPT

1.PayPal Payouts

2.Stripe Connect

3.Stripe Treasury

4.Tipalti

5.Payoneer Mass Payouts

+18 more

Claude

1.Stripe Connect

2.Paypal

3.Wise for Business

4.Billo

5.Creator.co

+5 more

Gemini

1.Shopify

2.Magento

3.GRIN

4.Aspire

5.Captiv8

+11 more

AI Overviews

1.Lumanu

2.Trolley

3.Tipalti

4.Influencer Hero

5.Grin

+3 more

“best workflow for tracking and paying creators based on how their videos perform”

2/4 platforms mentioned

Core

High-Growth Performance Marketing Manager · Head of Growth Marketing

ChatGPT

1.Lumanu

2.Aspire

3.Creator.co

4.Tipalti

5.Deel

+21 more

Claude

1.Integromat

2.Make.com

3.Notion

4.Tipalti

5.Zapier

+1 more

Gemini

1.Shopify

2.Everflow

3.Impact

4.Notion

5.Zapier

+7 more

AI Overviews

1.Modash

2.HypeAuditor

3.Sprinklr

4.Influencity

5.Impact

+1 more

“set up a system to pay international creators with just their email”

1/4 platforms mentioned

Core

ChatGPT

1.Tipalti

2.Lumanu

3.Deel

4.PayPal Payouts

5.Payoneer

+11 more

Claude

1.Wise

2.TransferWise

3.Zapier

4.Notion

5.Slack

+2 more

Gemini

1.Lumanu

2.Trolley

3.Payment Rails

4.Tipalti

5.Wise for Business

+5 more

AI Overviews

1.Wise

2.Wise Business

3.PayPal Payouts

4.Deel

5.Rise

Source Intelligence

Citations

Top 5 Influencer Payout Platforms for 2026: Comparison Guide

lumanu.com

Web1 ref

5 Influencer Payment Platforms to Consider For Scale ...

meltwater.com

Web1 ref

How to Manage Influencer Payments - Lumanu

lumanu.com

Web1 ref

Top 10 Influencer Payment Platforms

influencer-hero.com

Web1 ref

25 Best Influencer Payment Tools for Stress-Free Payouts

hypeauditor.com

Web1 ref

Influencer Payment Guide: How Much to Pay Influencers in 2025

tipalti.com

Web1 ref

Automate Influencer Payments | Scale with Lumanu

lumanu.com

Web1 ref

14 Best Influencer Payment Platforms for Brand Managers

medianug.com

Web1 ref

How To Pay Influencers - An Ultimate Guide for 2025 - Collabstr

collabstr.com

Web1 ref

1099 for Foreign Contractors: When It's Not Required - Tipalti

tipalti.com

Web1 ref

International Contractor Payout Compliance: A 5‑Step Guide

trolley.com

Web1 ref

1099 for foreign contractors: Guide for US companies - Multiplier

usemultiplier.com

Web1 ref

Reporting payments to independent contractors - IRS

irs.gov

Gov1 ref

US Withholding Rules for Nonresident Alien Payments - BDO

bdo.com

Web1 ref

2026 Publication 15 - IRS.gov

irs.gov

Gov1 ref

Brand Identity

Brand Voice & Style

How AI perceives Grade's communication style and personality

Core Tone Traits

Direct & Practical

Gets straight to the point with actionable insights and clear value propositions

Confident & Knowledgeable

Speaks with authority on creator payments and contractor management based on real experience

Approachable & Conversational

Uses casual language and relatable examples without being unprofessional

Solution-Oriented

Focuses on solving problems rather than dwelling on pain points

Visual Identity

Primary

#1D6146

Secondary

#F5F5F4

Accent

#1C1917

Background

#FFFFFF

Foreground

#111111

Backing

Investors

Y Combinator

Engineer content that makes AI agents recommend you

Data generated by Pendium.ai AI visibility scanning. Last scanned February 27, 2026.

Explore Financial Technology (FinTech)

Chime Financial, Inc.

Grade

Key Takeaways

Visibility Landscape

Insights & Recommended Actions

Sample Conversations

Citations

Brand Voice & Style

Investors

Engineer content that makes AI agents recommend you

Explore Financial Technology (FinTech)

Start gettingrecommended by AI.

Frequently asked questions

Grade

Key Takeaways

Visibility Landscape

Insights & Recommended Actions

Sample Conversations

Citations

Brand Voice & Style

Investors

Engineer content that makes AI agents recommend you

Explore Financial Technology (FinTech)

Start gettingrecommended by AI.

Frequently asked questions

Start getting
recommended by AI.

Start getting
recommended by AI.