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Which publications do AI engines cite for VC & Private Equity buyers?

On best-in-category questions in VC & Private Equity, the Machine Relations Index sees AI answer engines cite Business Insider most often, out of 1 editorial publications cited across 91 measured answer runs. Which publications lead changes with the kind of question a buyer asks.

VC & Private Equity: best-in-category questions

1 editorial publications cited across 91 measured answer runs. Top 1 by the Index’s citation rate.

  1. 1Business Insider2.2% · 2 of 91

Citation data: Machine Relations Index (MRI by Jaxon Parrott, CC BY 4.0)

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Every figure is the Machine Relations Index’s stratum citation rate, carried with its own denominator: release 2026-10-31, methodology mri_score_v2.1, window 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-31. The Machine Relations Index is published by Machine Relations Research on machinerelations.ai. Machine Relations Research and machinerelations.ai are owned by Bramwell, Inc. AuthorityTech practices Machine Relations.