How the rise of answer engines is changing the way investors discover and evaluate companies
Common myths about AI visibility—and what actually determines whether your company is cited
How the BUILD framework helps IR teams ensure their narrative is clear, accessible, and accurately represented by AI systems
This guide explores how investor relations teams can adapt their communications strategy to ensure their story is structured, credible, and visible in AI-generated answers.
Investor research behavior has evolved.
Both retail and institutional investors are increasingly turning to large language models such as ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to ask direct questions about companies and markets. Rather than navigating multiple sources, users often rely on AI-generated summaries built from publicly available information.
This shift places a new intermediary between corporate disclosures and investor interpretation.
For investor relations teams, success now depends not only on publishing accurate information, but also on ensuring that AI systems can access, interpret, and accurately represent your financial story.
This report introduces BUILD, a practical approach for improving AI visibility by ensuring your content is crawlable, well-structured, and consistently distributed across authoritative sources.