Empowering organizations to shape their AI story

At Citate we help brands, organizations, and leaders understand and influence how generative AI platforms talk about them. Using patented scientific methodology and deep analytics across major LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini, we turn AI visibility, sentiment, and bias insights into actions, so you can protect your reputation, expand your reach, and lead confidently in the age of AI-powered answers.

Our team

Management team and advisors

AI luminaries from Harvard and Stanford alongside operators who have scaled real businesses. The science is theirs; the results are yours.

Ed Sussman

Ed Sussman

Chief Executive Officer

FastCompany.com

Duke Law

Former president of FastCompany.com and Inc.com, where he drove revenue from $1 million to $11 million in three years. CEO of Buzzr.com and WhiteHatWiki.com. Duke Law.

Gil Alterovitz

Gil Alterovitz

Chief Research Officer

Harvard Medical School

Associate Professor of AI at Harvard Medical School. Expert in complex AI statistical models and author of 80 peer-reviewed AI journal articles.

Walter de Brouwer

Walter de Brouwer

Chief Scientific Advisor

Stanford

Sharecare

Soundpatrol

AI faculty at Stanford and CEO of Soundpatrol. Former Chief Scientist of Sharecare, co-founder of Snowcrash, and former CEO of Doc.ai and Scanadu.

Michael Carlon

Michael Carlon

Chief AI Engineer

AI2 Incubator

Microsoft

Former Senior Applied AI Engineer at the AI2 Incubator (Allen Institute for AI). Former Microsoft developer.

Sikander Khan

Sikander Khan

Chief Strategy Officer and Patent Counsel

Flagship Patents

Salesforce

An engineer and the founder of Flagship Patents, Sikander’s practice focuses exclusively on AI patents. He has embedded with AI teams at Salesforce and Illumina.

Adam Hanft

Adam Hanft

Marketing Advisor

NYSE: SMG

NASDAQ: FLWS

Internationally known marketing and branding expert. Serves on the boards of Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) and 1-800-Flowers (NASDAQ: FLWS).

Derek Fogge

Derek Fogge

Director of Product

Technical SEO

Content engineering

Twenty years of technical SEO and content engineering.

Mike Tongwarin

Mike Tongwarin

Professional Services Advisor

The Motley Fool

Emerson

Lead SEO at The Motley Fool and Emerson.

Bernard Schoeman

Bernard Schoeman

GEO Engineer

GEO engineer on Citate professional services engagements.

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