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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.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","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":"2026-09-18 16:20:25.560309+00","research_date":"2026-09-18","source_snapshot_sha256":"1f1452f1dd51a4face1d9866b8ef42f61b574bfa3673669b58bf1a4fd13a9c26","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":31,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Software platform or research platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Profound is a strong fit for companies that need structured AI citation-share intelligence — domain- and URL-level citation data, competitor benchmarking, source categorization, and historical trend tracking across answer engines. 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