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AI SEO Agency for AI Startups
in San Francisco.

An AI SEO agency for AI startups in San Francisco that need to rank on Google and get cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini. We rank you on Google first, and AI citations follow as the natural byproduct of foundational SEO done right.

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AI search is not a separate game. It rewards the same fundamentals as Google, clear pages, real authority, content built for the question being asked, and pulls answers from the brands that already do them well.

Services

What you get when you work with us.

One job in three movements. Rank you on Google. Get you named by AI. Convert the visitor who arrives.

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Rank on Google. Get cited by AI.

AI engines cite the brands Google already ranks. We do the page-one work that earns both. Technical depth, the pages your buyers actually search for, the signals that put you on Google AND inside the AI answer. Same work, two surfaces. Then we layer the citation work on top for an additional AI boost.

Technical SEO Content Systems Bottom-of-funnel Pages Backlinks Schema
02 / 03

Become the brand ChatGPT names.

Page-one ranking gets you in the door. The citation work is the layer on top. Comparison content AI engines pull from, AI-shaped explainers, citation sources, structured data. The work that lifts you from cited-occasionally to named-by-default across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini.

Generative Engine Optimization Comparison Content AI-shaped Pages Citation Engineering Schema
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Prompt
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Answer
the66th.com reddit.com g2.com
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Turn the click into a paying customer.

Traffic without a signup is a vanity metric. Every Google ranking and every AI citation lands on a page engineered to do the work after the click. Bottom-of-funnel landing pages, demo flows, signup forms designed to convert the intent we earned.

Landing Pages Bottom-of-funnel Pages Conversion Core Web Vitals Schema
Compounding

Search and AI visibility that compounds like the S&P 500.

We do the work this quarter. Buyers find you in months. And keep finding you for years.

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Organic
The AI SEO advantage

Why this matters for your AI startup.

More buyers find you on Google. More AI engines cite you. More of both turn into signups.

01

Specificity over playbook.

Every page is built for the exact query a buyer runs. Not your category broadly. The specificity is the work.

02

One team, both surfaces.

Google and the AI engines move together when the same team runs the work. No second vendor. No second strategy.

03

Founder access.

Liam runs the account directly. No middle layer. No junior handoff. The strategist who writes the plan is the one who ships it.

By the numbers

Results from companies we've worked with.

Traffic pulled from Google Search Console and Ahrefs. Revenue reported directly by the businesses.

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Google and Clutch verified rating across reviews
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Average organic traffic growth across client engagements
Case study

An AI company in San Francisco. Real numbers.

Pulled directly from the client's GA4 dashboard.

Hedra · AI video generation · San Francisco 4 MONTHS

Organic Google revenue more than doubled. Revenue from AI search grew 3.5x. Purchaser rate grew nearly 5x.

Hedra is an AI video generation platform in San Francisco that raised a $32M Series A from a16z. After their 2024 organic peak, the site was sliding through 2025 with no library built for buyer-intent queries. The 66th rebuilt the page architecture across bottom-of-funnel landing pages, middle-of-funnel comparison content, and AI-search-shaped explainers. In four months, the result was a 149% lift in organic Google revenue, a 354% lift in revenue from AI search, and a 399% lift in the purchaser rate from organic Google.

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Reviews

Trusted by founders.

Google-verified reviews from companies we've helped.

★★★★★
"Working with The 66th has been a game-changer. They executed as planned and increased our revenue by 25% in three months."
Andrew Crookshank
Andrew Crookshank
Co-founder of Bilo Media Ad Agency
★★★★★
"Since working with The 66th team, the difference has been night and day. They've helped me achieve actual results."
Anastasiia Romaniv
Anastasiia Romaniv
Founder of Eightstation.com
★★★★★
"Liam and his team did my SEO and generative engine optimization. They were incredible. You will not be disappointed."
Clare Howard
Clare Howard
Founder of Maison Rouge
★★★★★
"We are currently working with Liam at Hedra and are happy with the deliverables. He executes fast and works quite independently. He delivers high quality blogs and landing pages for us."
Sandra Nachförg-Buleandra
Sandra Nachförg-Buleandra
Hedra
★★★★★
"Within the first month, they increased our clients' organic traffic by 32%. Our clients' conversion rates improved by 18% through their technical optimizations."
Victor Klinkera
Victor Klinkera
CEO and Founder of RCM
★★★★★
"Working with this team has been a game-changer for us as a business. What really impressed us is how they've supported 044BUREAU in every aspect."
044 Bureau
044 Bureau
Founders of 044bureau.com
Process

How we rank your AI product on Google and get you cited by AI.

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STEP 01

Audit and analysis.

We map the queries your buyers and developers actually run on Google and inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini. You see exactly where your AI startup is showing up today, where the gaps are, and which queries the category leaders have not yet locked down.

the66th / audit.01
Google rankings
+47%
AI visibility
18%
STEP 02

Strategy and build.

We ship the bottom-of-funnel pages your AI buyers search for, the comparison content AI engines cite, and the technical foundation that lets both compound. This is where AI startup growth stops being a roulette wheel and starts being a system.

Technical audit resolved● COMPLETE
Schema and structured data● COMPLETE
Bottom-of-funnel pages built● COMPLETE
Comparison content shipped○ IN PROGRESS
AI citation sources seeded○ QUEUED
STEP 03

Compound and convert.

Rankings climb. AI engines start naming your AI product when a buyer or developer asks. Both surfaces feed pages engineered to turn intent into a signup. We report every month so you see what is working, and we double down where it counts.

ORGANIC + AI · 6 MOS +675%
AI visibility

We put your AI product where AI looks.

AI does not crawl like Google. It selects from what it trusts. We engineer your brand into the sources ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot pull from so that when a buyer or developer asks, they find you.

ChatGPT
Claude
Perplexity
Gemini
Google AI
Copilot
Your AI Product Cited 312× last 30d
Surfaces

Where your AI product needs to show up.

Six surfaces. One engagement. The same content layer feeds them all.

01
Google organic
Page-one rankings on the searches your buyers and developers run before they sign up. The layer that funds the whole engine.
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Cited by name when a buyer asks ChatGPT for a recommendation in your AI category. Source engineering inside the answers people read.
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Recommended inside Perplexity for the developer and technical queries your buyers run when comparing your product to alternatives.
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Surfaced inside the AI Overview at the top of the Google results page, before any link is clicked.
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Claude
Cited by Anthropic's Claude when a developer or product team asks for the right tool to evaluate or integrate.
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Gemini and Grok
Recommended inside Gemini and Grok when a buyer asks for AI tools, comparable products, or developer-facing recommendations.
Comparison

How we work differently.

A side-by-side of how an AI SEO engagement with us is set up.

Criteria
THE 66TH
Typical setup
Surfaces
Google and AI engines in one engagement
×Google in one shop, AI search in another
Method
SEO is the largest driver, AI citations follow
×GEO-only playbook with no SEO foundation
Pages
Pages built for the exact query
×Generic category content templated at scale
Account
Founder runs the account directly
×Junior account manager and outsourced delivery
Contract
Month to month
×Six to twelve month lock-in
Reach us anytime

Two ways to start. Pick whichever is easier.

Option 01, fastest start 30min

Book a strategy call directly.

Pick a time on Liam's calendar. Free 30-minute look at where your AI startup is ranking now on Google and in AI engines, where the opportunities are, and what we would ship first.

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Option 02, written brief

Send a written message.

Tell us what your AI product does, what you are trying to rank for, and what your existing channels look like. We come back within one business day.

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FAQ

Questions AI founders ask.

Plain answers, no contract speak.

Start today

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