Issue 01 · April 2026

The AI Readiness Index

We checked 15 funded startups to see whether their sites are built for AI to read, quote, and recommend. Most are not.

Funded startups scored

11/15

Not AI-ready

Average score

Issues blocking AI mentions

Headline finding

11 of 15 funded startups have sites AI cannot reliably read or quote.

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AI Readiness Index

April 2026 · unmentioned.ai

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Rank

Brand

Funding

Score

Top issues

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1
Fluxion AI
fluxion.ai
$45M Series B
$45M Series B
March 2026
94
A
of 100
94
Missing from 2 key review platforms
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2
Ledgerlane
ledgerlane.io
$28M Series A
$28M Series A
March 2026
89
A
of 100
89
Limited referring domains vs competitors
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3
Northline Health
northline.health
$62M Series B
$62M Series B
March 2026
82
A
of 100
82
Thin content on 3 core service pagesNo llms.txt file
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4
Switchpoint
switchpoint.dev
$18M Series A
$18M Series A
March 2026
76
B
of 100
76
Low third-party citation volumeDocs underused as content surface
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5
Orbitform
orbitform.com
$12M Seed
$12M Seed
March 2026
71
B
of 100
71
Just 42 referring domainsNo G2 or Capterra presence
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6
Covalent Labs
covalentlabs.io
$22M Series A
$22M Series A
March 2026
68
B
of 100
68
No schema on product pagesAbsent from 70% of AI Overview queries
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7
Paragon Freight
paragonfreight.com
$34M Series B
$34M Series B
March 2026
63
C
of 100
63
Single-page marketing siteOnly 3 third-party citations
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8
Tindermark
tindermark.co
$9M Seed
$9M Seed
March 2026
58
C
of 100
58
Missing product schemaWeak backlink profile
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9
Hollowtree
hollowtree.co
$7M Seed
$7M Seed
March 2026
54
C
of 100
54
Brand entity unclear to AIFew industry citations
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10
Sideways Finance
sidewaysfinance.com
$14M Series A
$14M Series A
March 2026
49
D
of 100
49
Marketing site lacks depthNot mentioned by ChatGPT
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11
Quanta Forge
quantaforge.io
$19M Series A
$19M Series A
March 2026
45
D
of 100
45
No blog or content hubMinimal third-party mentions
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12
Mosswell
mosswell.com
$11M Seed
$11M Seed
March 2026
41
D
of 100
41
No medical organisation schemaNot on any review platform
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13
Polar Route
polarroute.app
$6M Seed
$6M Seed
March 2026
38
D
of 100
38
Landing-page-only siteBrand category ambiguous
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14
Ferrum Labs
ferrumlabs.ai
$52M Series B
$52M Series B
March 2026
34
F
of 100
34
Stealth-style site post-fundingNot mentioned by ChatGPT+1
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15
Kilnwork
kilnwork.io
$8M Seed
$8M Seed
March 2026
28
F
of 100
28
No schema anywhereFour page site+1
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Published 17 April 2026 · 15 brands scored

Methodology

Winner this month

Fluxion AI

$45M Series B · fluxion.ai

Textbook AI readiness. Strong schema, quotable content, and the kind of structure AI happily lifts into answers.

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Cautionary tale

Kilnwork

$8M Seed · kilnwork.io

Effectively invisible. Functionally every AI platform we tested has no idea this company exists.

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By sector

Which sectors are ready for AI, and which are not.

Average readiness score across 15 funded startups in this issue, grouped by sector. Lower bars mean those sectors are leaving AI mentions on the table.

Fintech2 brands
69
AI3 brands
65
Healthtech2 brands
62
Devtools2 brands
61
Ecommerce1 brand
58
SaaS3 brands
54
Climate2 brands
46

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