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Get featured in the media AI search cites, at scale.
AuthorityTech places brands in the publications that become source material for ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google recommendations. Pay only after publication.
Book a strategy callTrusted by innovators for nearly a decade
to secure the placements AI engines source from
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See how we can apply MR to help you own your own category
8Years in business
1,673Publications in our direct network
27Unicorns we've supported
10,000+Earned media placements secured
“Traditional PR was about convincing journalists to write about you to their readers. MR is about earning the published source material AI systems can cite. That still starts with credible publications. The target changed. The trust signal did not.”
The shift
Why the old playbook no longer works
AI can replicate your product in weeks.
Product advantage still matters. It just stops being enough when competitors can copy features quickly. The durable signal is what trusted sources say about you.
The moat
Why earned media
drives AI citations
AI engines can read your website, but they trust independent sources more. Machine Relations turns earned media into source material AI systems can cite.
Muck Rack's 2026 Generative Pulse found that earned media drives 84% of AI citations, while paid and advertorial content accounts for just 0.3%.
Source: Muck Rack Generative Pulse, 202684%AI citations
2026Muck Rack
0.3%Paid / advertorial
Earned media was the dominant cited-source type.
84%AI citations
2026Muck Rack
0.3%Paid / advertorial
Earned media was the dominant cited-source type.
How it works
From strategy call to published source
You set the category direction. AuthorityTech handles the placement work, from brief to publication.
01
Define your narrative
One strategy call maps the category you need to own, the prompts where competitors appear, and the narrative worth placing in credible publications.
02
We match the press
We match that narrative to publications in our 1,673+ outlet network. Outreach is relationship-led, not cold-pitch volume.
03
You pick, we make it happen
You choose the placement path before work starts. Payment stays in escrow until the placement goes live.
04
Published & AI-optimized
We shape the angle before publication so the final coverage is clear to readers, consistent for crawlers, and useful as AI source material.
The result
ChatGPT
Perplexity
Google AI
Published in outlets AI engines already use as source material. Your brand becomes easier to retrieve, cite, and recommend, without relying on your own website as the only proof.
Results
Proof, not activity reports.
10,000+ earned media placements secured. 99.9% placement delivery rate. 1 refund in 8 years.
Source: AuthorityTech internal placement records and client reporting, 2018-2026.
Meetkai
AI Platform
13
Tier-1 placements
478K
Article views
156M
Audience reach
Boxabl
Housing Tech
10+
Placements
10 days
Time to results
Millions
Impressions
Ecoflow
Clean Energy
3
Tier-1 placements
Forbes, USA Today, Digital Trends
Outlets
140M
Audience reach
Our story
Built because the old model failed us too
After years inside the PR industry, we confirmed what we saw on day one: the model is broken. Agencies charge retainers for effort—not outcomes. They cold-pitch into the void; you pay regardless.
So we spent 8 years building what the industry wouldn't: a direct network of 1,673+ publications and nurtured journalist relationships. AuthorityTech was built from first principles: value-based pricing, warm-only outreach, and guaranteed placements held in escrow. No retainers. No cold pitches. You only pay when you're published.
Deep dive: Machine Relations · Free AI visibility audit
Working with us
We don't work with everyone
Custom engagements, not one-size-fits-all. If we're a fit, we'll map it out on a strategy call.
Invite-only
Every engagement is built around your narrative and the sources your category already trusts.
You only pay when placements go live. AuthorityTech delivers the press; you keep the control.
- End-to-end placement work, from brief to publication
- Direct access to 1,673+ tier-one publications
- Funds held in escrow until placement goes live
- Custom scope tied to the category you need to own
- Every placement structured for AI retrieval and citation
Resources
See which outlets AI search already trusts
AuthorityTech is mapping the editorial sources answer engines cite when buyers research B2B categories. The public index shows the outlets surfaced so far from a live study, not our full publication network.
Publication intelligenceUpdated May 29
A live map of the sources AI search is using now.
Built from buyer prompts across the categories where third-party authority decides who gets recommended.
247
buyer prompts
10
B2B categories
6
monitored answer surfaces
55
surfaced outlets so far
Active study. Started May 10. Public sample expands as more runs complete.
Explore the indexCurrent leaders in the public sample
SourceForge (podcast)
youtube.com
758
citations
Medium
medium.com
225
citations
TechCrunch
techcrunch.com
153
citations
Yahoo News
yahoo.com
132
citations
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Next step
Strategy call to earned media to authority in AI
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One strategy call maps your category narrative, the publications that can carry it, and the placements most likely to become AI source material.
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