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Cognizo

New York City, US · Founded 2025 · 9 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors

Cognizo is a platform that helps marketers optimize their brand visibility in AI-powered answer engines and generative search platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. The platform analyzes millions of daily data points to track brand citations, provide optimization recommendations, and automate content creation for AI search optimization (AEO).

Founders & leadership

Cognizo was founded in 2025 by Alp Aysan and Mehmet Alp Aysan.

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Investors · 1

Competitors · 8

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Profound25 shared keywordsProfound provides tools for PR and brand teams to monitor and influence how their brands appear in AI answer engines like ChatGPT, tracking brand sentiment and citations across domains. It surfaces earned media opportunities and supports generative engine optimization to improve brand visibility in AI-generated responses.
SEMrush25 shared keywordsSemrush provides competitive intelligence, SEO, keyword research, and content generation tools for growth marketers and small teams to improve visibility and optimize their acquisition funnel across Google and AI search.
SE Ranking23 shared keywordsSE Ranking is an AI-powered SEO platform for agencies and in-house SEO teams, offering rank tracking, keyword and backlink research, competitor analysis, and AI search visibility monitoring across engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. It also provides local marketing tools, white-label reporting, lead generation, and API/integration access for client management and workflow automation.
Zapier17 shared keywordsZapier provides a platform for connecting AI models and agents to workflows and business applications, enabling teams to automate tasks across over 9,000 apps without coding. The platform serves enterprises, operations teams, and businesses of all sizes looking to deploy AI-driven automation for lead capture, customer support, employee onboarding, and other business processes.
Writesonic17 shared keywordsWritesonic is a platform for growth teams to monitor brand visibility across AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini) and take automated action through content creation, citation outreach, and technical fixes to improve AI search visibility and pipeline impact.
Ahrefs15 shared keywordsAhrefs is an SEO and marketing platform that provides tools and data for keyword research, competitor analysis, content creation, site auditing, rank tracking, and monitoring brand visibility across search engines and AI chatbots. It serves marketers and enterprises, offering an API, custom dashboards, and AI-driven insights for improving search rankings and traffic.
Frase15 shared keywordsFrase is an AI-powered content platform that runs the full SEO and generative-engine-optimization loop — researching, drafting in a brand's voice, publishing to CMS platforms, and monitoring rankings and AI citations across engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. It is built for in-house content and SEO teams and for agencies managing multiple client sites.</parameter> <parameter name="sector_codes">["martech", "ai_ml", "saas"]
Visiblie14 shared keywordsVisiblie provides dashboards that track brand performance and visibility across AI search platforms such as ChatGPT and Perplexity. It serves enterprise teams focused on measuring thought leadership and brand presence in AI-generated search results.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Cognizo do?
Cognizo is a platform that helps marketers optimize their brand visibility in AI-powered answer engines and generative search platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. The platform analyzes millions of daily data points to track brand citations, provide optimization recommendations, and automate content creation for AI search optimization (AEO).
Who founded Cognizo?
Cognizo was founded by Alp Aysan, Mehmet Alp Aysan in 2025.
Who are Cognizo's investors?
Cognizo's investors include Treeo VC.
Where is Cognizo headquartered?
Cognizo is headquartered in New York City, US.