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Glossary

The vocabulary of the AI brand-visibility category. Definitions the field can cite.

AI Visibility
How often and how favorably a brand appears in AI-generated answers and recommendations.
The AI Marketing Function
The cross-functional organizational capability that owns how a brand shows up in AI, the thing you build, not buy.
The Recommendation Economy
The shift to AI as the layer that discovers, qualifies, and recommends brands on the consumer's behalf.
Brand Discovery
Being found and chosen anywhere with a search bar, including AI chat, social, and marketplaces.
Agentic Commerce
Purchases completed by AI agents inside the chat, on the consumer's behalf.