TechB2B buyers are quietly moving vendor search from Google to ChatGPT — and most brands don't know if they're on the shortlist.
A new class of buyer never types a search query. They ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity for a shortlist — and the brand that gets named wins the meeting before the RFP is written. Here is what founders should audit this quarter.
6 min read·Aug 11, 2026