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AEO

Agent Experience Optimization

Edge infrastructure for the agent-first web.
CDN, WAF, and DDoS were built for humans. AEO is built for agents.

EDGE INFRASTRUCTURE 3-WAY TRAFFIC ROUTING FULL ATTRIBUTION
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1999 · A LESSON FROM NVIDIA

10% of the code does 99% of the work.

10%of the code
DOES ↓
<CODE>
99%of processing
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SOFTWARE PROGRAM
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GLUTPOSTREDISPLAY();
BUTTONS.EMPLACE_BACK(100, 500, 150, 50, "BUTTON 5")
 
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⚡
NVIDIA · GEFORCE 256 · 1999
Built silicon dedicated to the 10%

Every modern AI workload runs on a descendant of that one bet.

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NVIDIA'S ANSWER · GEFORCE 256

Route each instruction to the silicon built for it.

GPU
Thousands of cores · parallel · the 10%
SOFTWARE PROGRAM
GLUTMAINLOOP();
RETURN 0;
// HANDLE BUTTON CLICK
DCX.MOVE(CR, CR);
C[I * WB + J] = (FLOAT)SUM;
INT MAIN(INT ARGC, CHAR** ARGV) {
GLUTINIT(&ARGC, ARGV);
RETURN 0;
DRAWCHARACTER();
CPU
A few cores · sequential · the other 90%
One program. Two destinations. The right surface for each kind of work.
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2022 · EVERY WEBSITE

The web had the same shape.

90%
Humans buying
+
10%
Crawlers indexing

10% of traffic was overhead. It quietly funded 90% of the revenue.

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NOV 30, 2022 · CHATGPT

A second species of agent arrived.

CRAWLERS
Index for human discovery
GooglebotBingbot
Predictable · robots.txt · fetch & leave
NEW · 2023→
OPERATORS = AI BOTS
Act on behalf of humans
Claude Computer-UseOpenAI OperatorMarinerComet
Click · fill · buy · +7,851% YoY
Two AI traffic classes. Zero websites built for either.
Source: HUMAN Security · 2026 State of AI Traffic Report
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THE INVERSION · 2022 → 2028

Bots: 10% in 2022 → 54% today → 90% by 2028.
The mirror image. The web's NVIDIA moment.

2022
90% HUMANS
10%
2026 · today
46% HUMANS
32% CRAWLERS
22% AI BOTS
2028 · proj.
10%
30% CRAWLERS
60% AI BOTS / OPERATORS

GOOGLE SEARCH

−33%
YoY · Similarweb Nov 2025

AI REFERRALS

+28.6%
YoY · Similarweb Jan 2026

CHATGPT WAU

~900M
+ Comet, Cowork · Q1 2026
BY 2027
Bots > humans on the web
Edge industry forecast
BY 2028
$15T B2B agent-mediated
Gartner Nov 2025
BY 2028
Search volume −25 to −50%
Gartner Feb 2024
Sources: Imperva 2026 · Edge network telemetry · Similarweb · Gartner
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THE FRICTION & THE PROBLEM

Built for the 10%. Bleeding on four meters at once.

brand.com · what humans see
🖼 hero image
🎬 video carousel
🍪 cookie banner · 🛒 popup
HUMAN PAGE · 900ms
brand.com · what agents need
<article itemscope="Product">
<h1>Product name</h1>
<meta name="price" content="$49">
<button aria-label="Add">Buy</button>
</article>
AGENT PAGE · 240ms
TRAFFIC LOSS
Google clicks −33%. AI Overviews kill organic.
NEW DOORS CLOSED
Pages aren't structured for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude.
AD REVENUE CRATER
Bots burn bandwidth, ads never render. Inverted unit economics.
ZERO DISCOVERY
Crawlers give up on bloated JS pages. You're not in the answers.
Old door closing. New door not opened. Bandwidth burning. Discovery dying. All at once.
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THE AEO EDGE LAYER

Infrastructure that routes each visitor to the version built for it.

HUMAN
Untouched origin
Same site you built · transparent proxy · zero impact on UX
YOUR WEBPAGE
<DIV CLASS="HERO">
  <IMG SRC="/HERO.JPG">
  <H1>PRODUCT NAME</H1>
</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="LAZY-CART">...</DIV>
<SCRIPT>ANALYTICS()</SCRIPT>
<SECTION>SPECS ·   PRICING</SECTION>
<DIV CLASS="FAQ">Q & A</DIV>
<FOOTER>...</FOOTER>
CRAWLER
Schema-rich version
JSON-LD · semantic HTML · cached · sub-second
OPERATOR
Action-ready version
ARIA roles · semantic buttons · clean DOM · live
1 · RENDER
Schema-rich page at edge
2 · ROUTE
Classify in <2ms by class
3 · ATTRIBUTE
Crawl → cite → refer → buy
One DNS change. Three surfaces. Full funnel attribution.
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THE MOAT · AGENT-GRAPH FLYWHEEL

Every routed request makes the next one smarter.

Every customer adds labelled data to the agent-graph — a dataset no incumbent has and no new entrant can replicate.

CRAWL classify UA RENDER agent-first ATTRIBUTE cite → refer → buy LEARN label graph AGENT GRAPH
Classifier accuracy compounds
Each new agent UA we see across 1 customer instantly improves classification for all customers.
Only platform closing the loop
Crawl → citation → AI referral → human conversion. Incumbents block bots. We monetize them.
First-mover on operator class
3-way classification (human / crawler / operator) is shipped. Competitors still 2-way.
Switching cost is the DNS
Once routed through AEO, attribution lineage lives with us. Migrating breaks the funnel.
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MARKET SIZE

A new edge-infrastructure category. AEO is it.

TAM
$25B
CDN + Edge Services
13.9% CAGR · Gartner 2026
SAM
$5B
~10M mid-market+ sites
×$500 blended ARPU
SOM · YR 5
$150M
ARR · 3% of edge-protected top-10M sites
$3M yr 1.5 → $50M yr 3 → $150M yr 5
54%
bots on the web today
Imperva 2026
+7,851%
AI agent traffic YoY
HUMAN Security 2026
$15T
B2B agent-mediated by 2028
Gartner Nov 2025
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COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Everyone blocks bots. We're the only ones serving them.

2×2 MAP
SERVE AGENTS → ← BLOCK AGENTS INFRASTRUCTURE ↑ SINGLE TOOL ↓ CDN / WAF Edge incumbents Enterprise CDN Bot defense point tools AI citation monitors Hosting bot add-ons AEO serve + infra
CDN / WAF incumbents
Built to block or rate-limit bots — and increasingly to charge them per crawl. We render for them and split the resulting revenue.
Bot-defense point tools
Single-purpose blockers. No rendering, no attribution, no revenue side.
AI-citation monitors
Citation tracking only. No edge layer, no rendering, no traffic routing.
AEO · the only one in the corner
Infrastructure + serves agents + attributes revenue. We're the layer above CDN, not next to it.
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CASE STUDY · CITATION GROWTH

850K+ AI Citations in 90 Days

A mental well-being brand · Verified via Bing Webmaster Console AI Performance Report

January

15K
Baseline · 133 pages

February

55K
+267% growth

March

481K
+766% · 418 pages

April (partial)

299K
655 pages cited
Jan Feb Mar Apr
Top query: "mindfulness meditation techniques" — 254,680 citations · 800+ unique queries

Traffic Value Equivalent

$425K+
850K citations × $0.50 CPC equivalent = paid-search organic value

SERP Halo Effect

+35%
Brands cited by AI earn 35% more organic clicks even in traditional search results
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CASE STUDY · ATTRIBUTION

Full Funnel. Every Referral Attributed.

A mental well-being brand · Real AEO dashboard data

Weekly Agent Crawls

67K+
From 64 unique AI agents

AI Referrals

27K+
Humans arriving via AI platforms

Human Visits

135K+
20% AI-attributed

Crawl-to-Refer Ratio vs Industry Benchmarks

Bing AI

2:1
AEO ratio
vs
3:1
Industry
BETTER

ChatGPT

23:1
AEO ratio
vs
1,276:1
Industry
55× BETTER

Claude

200:1
AEO ratio
vs
23,951:1
Industry
120× BETTER
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THE PRODUCT

The control plane for agent-traffic infrastructure.

Real-Time
3-way analytics
Traffic
By class · agent
Web Vitals
CrUX + RUM
Reception
Happiness score
Attribution
Crawl → buy
Funnel
6-stage AI
Behaviour
Intent class
Citations
Bing-verified
Monetize
Per-page price
Protection
Block · WAF
Site Mgmt
Multi-domain
Reports
Integrations
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BUSINESS MODEL

SaaS + usage. Land at $199, expand to $5K+ per domain.

STARTER
$199/mo
1 domain · 100 GB · 50K agent visits/mo · core analytics
GROWTH
$799/mo
3 domains · 1 TB · 500K agent visits · attribution funnel
MOST POPULAR
BUSINESS
$2,499/mo
10 domains · 10 TB · 5M agent visits · monetization · WAF
ENTERPRISE
Custom
Unlimited domains · usage pricing · SLA · dedicated POPs
BLENDED ARPU TARGET
~$5K
/domain · /yr · blended across tiers
GROSS MARGIN
78%
After edge egress & compute
NET DOLLAR RETENTION
130%+
Bandwidth grows with agent traffic
Land via self-serve at $199. Expand on agent traffic growth — the same trend driving bandwidth burn.
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BEFORE & AFTER · DAY ONE

What changes the moment AEO is live.

WITHOUT AEO
~900ms TTFB
Agents skip, index less
Zero visibility
Who's crawling? No idea.
Broken operator UX
Abandoned tasks
Search-only door
Closing fast
WITH AEO
~240ms TTFB
Agents crawl deeper
64 agents classified
Crawler + operator
Full attribution
Crawl → cite → buy
6+ new AI doors
ChatGPT · Claude · Perplexity
Search loss offset by new AI traffic — tracked, attributed, growing.
DEPLOY
5 min
One DNS change
WORKS WITH
Any origin
WordPress · Shopify · Next.js
CODE CHANGES
Zero
No SDK · no plugins
EDGE NETWORK
300+ PoPs
Multi-region edge
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THE TEAM

Two operators who already shipped the hard parts.

PS
Prabhvir Sahmey
CO-FOUNDER · CEO
Two decades scaling distributed teams across product, GTM, and partnerships. Operator's lens on what brands need from their edge layer — and who will pay for it first.
GTM & Sales Partnerships Distributed teams
RS
Ruhbir Singh
FOUNDER · CTO
Architect of the AEO stack — edge classifier, 3-way traffic router, dual-region analytics pipeline, attribution funnel. Already shipped 8+ production sites on the same edge layer.
Edge engineering Data infra Full-stack
8+
production sites already on stack
100 TB/mo
live edge bandwidth shipping today
850K+
AI citations measured (positivity.org)
2026
founded · self-funded to date
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A
THE ASK

Raising $1.75M Seed

To convert the bandwidth demand we already have into the rails of the agent-first web.

TODAY · CAPACITY
100 TB / mo
Live edge bandwidth across all regions
SIGNED DEMAND · PIPELINE
5 PB / mo
50× our current capacity — already lined up
$700K
Network Expansion
50× bandwidth · multi-region PoPs · serve the 5 PB pipeline
$525K
Product
Multi-engine citations · operator SDK · content engine
$350K
GTM
First sales hire · agency partners · 50 paying domains
$175K
Data Layer
Analytics scale-out · agent-graph pipeline
Instrument: SAFE
Target close: Q3 2026
Milestone: $3M ARR / 18 mo
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