About
Samanyou Garg studied computer science at the University of Manchester and won the 2019 Global Undergraduate Award for machine learning research on group emotion recognition. He founded Writesonic, which provides tools for AI search optimization.
Samanyou Garg @samanyougarg
Full study and breakdown: https://t.co/K13kknJt0O
Jul 31, 2026
Samanyou Garg @samanyougarg
~40% of AI citations didn't name the source brand in the answer the reader saw. the page got linked. the brand stayed invisible. we call this a ghost citation. the gap varies a lot by engine. Perplexity: 52% Google AI Mode: 49% Copilot: 19% two brands can have the identical https://t.co/6aeff4CLkS
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 2
Samanyou Garg @samanyougarg
using Claude code's Chrome integration a lot lately. forms, screenshots for docs, QA on our signup flow, checking landing pages before they go live, even running prompts in ChatGPT and Perplexity to see how we show up. quietly removes a lot of boring browser work and automates
Jul 30, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Founder at WritesonicYC S21
Intro paths
Samanyou went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Writesonic's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Samanyou can intro founders to Writesonic's investors below.