What Anteater does

Anteater is an AI visibility platform designed for e-commerce and direct-to-consumer brands to monitor and optimize how large language models surface their products in AI-generated answers. The company tracks brand presence across all major LLM platforms—ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Overviews—offering four integrated analytical modules: LLM Visibility (tracking brand mentions in AI answers), AI Sentiment (monitoring tone of AI references), Service Level Tracking (analyzing service-specific prompt visibility with revenue attribution), and Citation Analysis (tracking which sources AI platforms cite). The platform produces structured metrics including AI Visibility Scores on a 0-100 scale, sentiment percentages, citation counts, and prompt-to-revenue mapping.

The business operates a product-led growth model with tiered subscription pricing: Starter at $129/month for single-SKU brands covering ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews; Pro at $399/month for scaling e-commerce teams covering all eight supported LLMs and adding a dedicated AI Search Strategist; and Managed Services at custom pricing with unlimited prompts, weekly strategy reports, PR outreach, and human-written content creation. All tiers include a 3-day free trial with self-serve signup at anteater.app. The target customer base spans small DTC brands (named examples include Partners Coffee, Sacheu, PHLR, and Sunrise Flour) through to enterprise accounts requiring full-service AI search optimization.

Anteater was founded in 2025, headquartered in New York, and operated with 1-10 employees prior to its January 2026 acquisition by Triple Whale—an ecommerce intelligence platform serving more than 50,000 brands. The acquisition was Triple Whale's first and integrates AI Engine Optimization (AEO) capabilities into Triple Whale's broader commerce intelligence stack, connecting LLM visibility metrics directly to revenue outcomes for ecommerce customers.

Name

Anteater

Website

https://anteater.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Anteater is an AI visibility platform that helps e-commerce and DTC brands track and optimize how their products appear in AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Overviews, via subscription pricing tiers from $129 to $399+ per month. Acquired by Triple Whale in January 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription SaaS: Anteater generates revenue through tiered subscription plans (Starter, Pro, Managed Services) with monthly billing. Higher tiers offer increased prompt tracking limits, access to more LLM platforms, and additional features like dedicated AI search strategists and weekly reports.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Anteater is an AI visibility platform that analyzes how large language models (LLMs) surface brands and products in AI-generated answers. It tracks brand presence, sentiment, service-level visibility, and source citations across major AI platforms including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Overviews. The product is sold via tiered monthly subscriptions and was acquired by Triple Whale in January 2026.

Product overview

Anteater is a unified AI visibility platform that helps brands track and optimize their presence across major AI platforms and search engines. The core product consists of Anteater itself, with four integrated analytical modules: LLM Visibility (tracking brand mentions in AI answers), AI Sentiment (monitoring tone of AI references), Service Level Tracking (analyzing service-specific prompt visibility), and Citation Analysis (tracking source citations in AI responses). The company offers three pricing tiers—Starter ($129/month), Pro ($399/month), and Managed Services (custom)—serving brands from single-SKU businesses to full-scale e-commerce teams. Anteater was acquired by Triple Whale in January 2026 to expand into AI Engine Optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anteater AI Visibility Platform An AI visibility platform that analyzes how large language models surface brands and products in AI-generated answers, enabling e-commerce brands to track their AI search visibility, sentiment, and citation patterns across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Overviews.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60x growth in LLM-referred orders (from 7,000 in 2024 to 424,000+ in Q4 2025)

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Otterly.AI: Direct competitor providing AI search and brand monitoring across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Targets marketers and brands with similar LLM visibility tracking use case to Anteater.
• Profound: Direct competitor in the AI search visibility / AEO space, offering brand mention tracking across major LLMs and AI answer engines. Closest direct comparable to Anteater in target customer (brands/enterprises) and core functionality.
• Peec AI: AI search analytics platform tracking brand visibility and sentiment in AI-generated answers. Direct comparable in feature scope (LLM tracking, sentiment, citation analysis) and target market.
• Evertune: AI brand monitoring and analytics platform focused on how brands appear in large language model responses. Overlaps directly with Anteater's LLM visibility and sentiment tracking capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Meltwater: Media intelligence and brand monitoring incumbent with deep PR/social listening capabilities. Adjacent competitor expanding into AI-era brand monitoring and share-of-voice analytics.
• BrightEdge: Enterprise SEO and content performance platform with AI-driven recommendations. Targets the same enterprise marketing buyer that Anteater's Pro and Managed Services tiers aim to reach.
• Ahrefs: Major SEO platform with deep backlink and keyword data, expanding into AI search and content optimization. Has the data moat and brand recognition to absorb AI visibility as a feature.
• Semrush: Established SEO and marketing analytics platform rapidly adding AI visibility / AI search tracking features to its suite. Represents the most likely incumbent threat, with a large existing customer base and broader marketing workflow ownership.
• Conductor: Enterprise SEO and content intelligence platform with established relationships among large brand and agency customers. Likely to add AI search visibility features as a natural extension.

Others

• Triple Whale: Acquirer of Anteater and a leading e-commerce intelligence platform serving 50,000+ brands. Now integrates Anteater's AEO capabilities into its broader analytics suite, making it both the parent and a closely-related commerce analytics peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anteater-ai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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