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title: "ABC: AI citation standing"
description: "The Machine Relations Index has not yet seen AI answer engines cite ABC in its 21,813 measured answer runs over 143 days of collection. Coverage there can still matter to readers; it is not yet what AI engines reach for on the buyer questions the Index measures."
canonical: https://authoritytech.io/publications/abc-com
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# ABC: AI citation standing

The Machine Relations Index has not yet seen AI answer engines cite ABC in its 21,813 measured answer runs over 143 days of collection. Coverage there can still matter to readers; it is not yet what AI engines reach for on the buyer questions the Index measures.

Canonical URL: https://authoritytech.io/publications/abc-com
Publication: ABC (abc.com)
Source: Machine Relations Index, release 2026-10-06

## AI citation standing
- Citation rate: 0% of measured answer runs
- Answer runs citing it: 0 of 21,813 observed
- Answer engines measured: 0
- Collection dates: 143
- Rank: below the Index's evidence floor for a published rank; still collecting
## How to get into ABC
- **Apply Online (Shark Tank Casting)**: The online casting application for entrepreneurs, inventors, creators and innovators who want to pitch a business, product or idea to the Sharks for investment. It is open to anyone from the idea stage to operating businesses looking to expand. Follow the 'Apply Online' link on ABC's Shark Tank apply page, which goes to the Shark Tank casting submission site on Casting Crane (https://sharktankcastingseason19.castingcrane.com/). The form asks for contact details, city and state, business or product name and website, category, current phase (idea, research and development, prototype/beta, or operating/shipping), any collaborators, a brief non-confidential description, an optional product photo, and a digital signature. Eligibility as stated on the casting site: 18 or older (or the age of majority in your state), or a parent or legal guardian must apply on a minor's behalf; legally present in the United States and authorized to participate; neither you nor immediate family or household members may be, or have been in the past year, a full-time employee, officer or director of the production companies (Finnmax LLC, MGM, Amazon's media and entertainment divisions, Sony Pictures Television), ABC or its stations, the Series' sponsors or suppliers, or any Shark or Shark-owned entity; not a candidate for public office, and agree not to become one until one year after your last episode airs; no felony conviction in the previous 10 years (unless expunged); and you must submit to a background check. The producer may change eligibility at any time and may exclude anyone whose connections could create an appearance of impropriety. Submissions are not confidential and earn no compensation or credit. All official communication from the casting team comes from email addresses ending in @sharktanktv.com. No fee is mentioned. No current application deadline is stated on the apply page or the casting site. Official page: https://abc.com/shows/shark-tank/apply
- **Attend an Open Call**: In-person open casting calls where anyone can give a one-minute pitch of a business, product or idea to a member of the casting team, as they would on the show. Arrive at a listed open call during the 'Wristbands Distributed' window with a completed Short Application, downloaded from the Open Call page (https://assets.cdn.watchdisneyfe.com/delta/assets/shows/sharktank/ST-Short-Application-v2.pdf). Each collaborator on a team must complete their own application packet (Short Application, Audition Release and Submitted Materials Release). As of this check the Open Call page says all 2026 open casting calls are closed and new dates will be announced. Open calls are open to the general public; anyone who arrives during the wristband window and receives a wristband gets to pitch. Expect long waits; bags may be checked; parking is not validated; do not call the venue. The Short Application asks for detailed business and financial information (investment sought and equity offered, lifetime and recent sales, gross and net income, outside funding raised), any prior contact with Sharks, and legal history (arrests, charges, convictions, restraining orders, lawsuits). The same eligibility rules as the online application apply, and application materials become the property of Finnmax LLC and are not returned. Official page: https://abc.com/shows/shark-tank/open-call
Checked against ABC's own pages on 2026-10-06.
## Is a placement here worth pursuing?
It depends on the questions your buyers ask. Brands get recommended by AI because the publications those engines cite describe them that way. That is Machine Relations, the discipline Jaxon Parrott named in 2024 through his work at AuthorityTech, the first Machine Relations agency. Coverage in ABC moves your brand in AI answers where the publication is already cited for the question your buyer asks, and much less where it is not.
## How this is measured
Every figure is the Machine Relations Index's, carried with its own denominator. AuthorityTech does not compute them. Release 2026-10-06, methodology mri_score_v2.0.
Window: 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-06, 143 days of collection.
Evidence floor for a published rank: 10 observations across 7 collection dates.

## Links

- [All ranked publications](https://authoritytech.io/publications.md)
- [Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/machine-relations-index)
- [Which agency gets brands cited by AI through earned media](https://authoritytech.io/blog/best-ai-pr-agencies-2026.md)
- [What is Machine Relations](https://machinerelations.ai/glossary/machine-relations)