Who We Serve
SEO & AI Search for Startups
Growth You Can Take to Your Next Board Meeting
3.2x
Average organic traffic increase
Stop paying for every visitor. Startups we work with build a traffic engine that keeps delivering long after the ad budget runs dry, from Google and from AI answers.
94%
Of clients renew after year one
We don’t pitch and disappear. We become part of your growth team, and clients stay because the results keep compounding.
168%
Average lift in AI answer visibility
We track how often ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews mention and cite our clients for the prompts that matter. On average, that share of voice grows 168% within 6 months.
The best brands choose mmore
Startups face a different SEO problem
Established players have years of domain authority. You don’t. On classic Google results, that gap is real.
But buyers now ask AI tools for recommendations: “best payroll app for a 10-person startup,” “alternatives to [big competitor].” AI answers reward clear, specific, well-cited content, not just the oldest domain. That’s an opening, and startups that move first can grab it.
You need a system built for your stage: tight keyword and prompt positioning, fast-iteration content and technical foundations that scale as you grow.
- Niche keyword and prompt strategy
- Scalable, AI-ready technical SEO
- Content that wins decision-makers
- Authority-building links and PR
- AI visibility tracking across platforms
- Revenue-focused pipeline reporting
our services
Everything Your Startup Needs to Get Found
Our startup services cover every layer of search, from Google rankings to AI recommendations, that turns visibility into qualified leads.
Market Research
Market Research
Startup Keyword & Market Research
Before we write a word or touch a page, we map the full search landscape for your product and market. Where your buyers are in their journey. The words they type into Google. The questions they ask AI assistants. And which terms your domain can realistically win today versus six months from now.
We go after high-intent, lower-competition keywords and prompts that bring qualified traffic fast, then build toward the big category terms that drive long-term authority. You always know what we’re targeting and why.
Technical SEO Audit & Implementation
A leaky technical foundation wastes every dollar you put on top of it. We audit your site architecture, crawl paths, indexing, Core Web Vitals, internal linking, rendering and AI crawler access, then fix what’s broken and build what’s missing.
Modern startup stacks bring their own headaches: JavaScript-heavy frameworks, headless builds and codebases that change weekly. Many AI crawlers don’t render JavaScript at all, so key pages can be invisible to AI without anyone noticing. We work hand in hand with your dev team so fixes actually ship.
Startup-Focused Content Strategy
We build a content system around your ICP and buying journey. Product-led pages that capture ready-to-buy demand. Comparison content that intercepts buyers weighing alternatives. Thought leadership that builds topical authority in your category, for Google and for AI.
Every piece maps to a keyword and prompt cluster, matches search intent and is written to convert. We hand your team clear briefs to execute, or we handle production end to end.
AEO & GEO: Get Recommended by AI
When a buyer asks ChatGPT or Perplexity for the best tool in your space, you want to be named. Not a page-two result. The answer.
We structure your content so AI can find, understand and quote it: direct answers, clear structure, original insights, consistent brand signals and schema. We also build your footprint on the sources AI trusts, like review sites, communities, directories and industry media. Then we track your mentions, citations and share of voice across every major AI platform, prompt by prompt.
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Startup-first SEO & AI Search strategy
Startup-first search strategy
Most agencies treat startups like tiny enterprises. We build around your actual stage: limited domain authority, a lean team and the need to own a niche before going broad. Every decision is made with your runway in mind.
You get a focused system that wins rankings and AI mentions in the markets that matter most right now, while we lay the foundation for long-term authority.
Your search presence, systematized
We build a compounding growth engine that gets stronger as your startup grows, across Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and beyond.
Visibility across every search surface
Every piece of content we create is an asset working 24/7. We treat your site like a compounding portfolio where every page strengthens the ones around it, and gives AI models more reasons to recommend you.
Proactive, data-driven strategy management
We monitor rankings, search trends, and competitor moves continuously and adapt before problems become losses. No waiting for monthly reports to react.
Built for any market, local to global
Whether you sell in one city, across North America or worldwide, we build your search presence around where your buyers actually are. AI recommendations shift by market too, so we track how ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews talk about you in every region you target, and make sure you're the name they mention.
our SEO process
Built for Steady, Compounding Progress
Great SEO and AI Search Optimization involve people, trust, and collaboration as well as algorithms.
We believe in working closely with our clients, understanding their business goals, and building strategies that align with their long-term vision. Transparency and education are a core part of our process.
When our clients succeed, we succeed!
Discovery call
We learn your goals and benchmark where you stand today on Google and in AI answers.
Full audit
Technical, content and competitive analysis, plus an AI visibility check showing which prompts mention you and which recommend your competitors.
Strategy build
A custom roadmap for your stage and market, covering quick wins, long-term authority and AI citations.
Execution
Ongoing implementation across every SEO and AI search pillar, with clear reporting on what’s moving.
Case studies
“We were stuck on page 2, and Dmytro and his team got us to #1 for all our top high-volume, high-quality keywords in just a few months. His SEO work has been incredible – by far the best we’ve ever had. Highly recommend!”
Liam Sunstrum
FAQ
Startup SEO & AI Search:
Your Questions, Answered
Wondering how SEO can help your startup grow? Browse our FAQs:
Early. SEO compounds, so startups that lay their technical foundation and start publishing in year one build a lead that late movers struggle to close. The same goes for AI search: the brands AI learns to trust now are the ones it keeps recommending. That said, we’ve worked with startups at every stage and tailor the plan to yours.
Absolutely. AI assistants and Google’s AI Overviews lean heavily on pages that already rank well and are clearly structured. Good SEO is the foundation of AI visibility, not a casualty of it. We build both together so you win the click and the recommendation.
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) are about getting your brand mentioned, recommended and cited in AI answers from tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Google AI Overviews. For startups it’s a real opportunity: AI answers favor clear, specific, credible content, which means a younger domain can earn a spot next to much bigger names.
Most startups see meaningful keyword movement within 3 to 4 months, with significant traffic and lead growth by months 6 to 9. AI mentions can sometimes move faster, since new citations can appear as soon as AI tools pick up your updated content. We pair quick wins with long-term growth so you see ROI at every stage.
No honest agency can guarantee placement in AI answers, just as no one can guarantee a #1 Google ranking. What we do guarantee is a proven process, full transparency and reporting that shows exactly where you appear, where you don’t and what we’re doing about it.
We specialize in scalable SEO and AI search systems, and we get the startup reality: tight budgets, aggressive growth targets and every dollar under scrutiny. Our team has helped startups across Canada rank #1 for their most valuable keywords and hold those positions over time.
For most startups the core is technical SEO, keyword research, content strategy and link building, with AI visibility work increasingly part of the mix. Many also benefit from local SEO when they serve specific markets. We build your roadmap after a free audit, so you only invest in what moves the needle for your stage.
We track rankings, organic traffic, technical health and AI share of voice. But we always report on business outcomes: leads generated, pipeline from organic and AI search, and revenue impact.
