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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","The deterministic identity audit contains qualification notes that must be disclosed where relevant.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"AI Marketing Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-09-17 18:13:07.61569+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"9883f79bac08d8d315826b46201509f9b2ef454b3882d49b399107369a2f0179","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":39,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Research platform, intelligence provider, or advisory solution"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Profound is a good fit for mid-market and enterprise publishers and review websites that need source-level AI citation intelligence, competitor benchmarking, and recurring monitoring. 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