Startup idea
Agent SEO (AEO) Agency
An agency focused on optimizing websites and businesses to be discovered, cited, trusted, and recommended by AI agents (like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or autonomous buyers).
Opportunity7.3
Why now
Search and discovery are actively moving from traditional search engines to AI assistants and autonomous agents.
Market gap
Traditional SEO focuses on human keywords and backlinks; AEO focuses on LLM context windows, structured data, and agent trust signals.
Business fit
- Type
- Agency
- Target
- B2B companies, SaaS, local businesses
- Revenue
- High agency revenue
- Founder
- Former SEOs, marketers, growth engineers.
Scores
- Problem
- 8.0
- Feasibility
- 8.0
- Why now
- 10.0
- Go-to-market
- 8.0
- Confidence
- 10.0
Proof signals
- Agents are replacing search engines for discovery.
- Agents will recommend tools to other agents based on readable structured capability and trust.
Keyword demand
| Keyword | Volume | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Engine Optimization | not enriched | not enriched |
| AEO | not enriched | not enriched |
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
Source episode
The Next $100B Market: Selling to AI Agents9:14
SEO is moving to AEO. So, you want to optimize for agents deciding who to site, trust, and recommend.
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