San Francisco Bay Area · ChatGPT · Q2 2026
Subset of the San Francisco Bay Area AI Visibility Index filtered to brands whose top citing engine is ChatGPT (OpenAI). Out of 25 brands scanned, 15 lead with ChatGPT.
Largest AI assistant by user count; the default citation source for most consumer queries.
Engine type: search-grounded (cites live web) · Reach: ~60% of AI-assistant usage
15 San Francisco Bay Area brands ranked with ChatGPT as the top citing engine. Position carries over from the full San Francisco Bay Area index — these are not re-ranked solely against ChatGPT.
| # | Brand | Category | Score | Finding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenAI openai.com | AI platform | 96 | Self-referential dominance — ChatGPT cites openai.com constantly for model questions |
| 3 | Stripe stripe.com | Payments | 91 | Developer documentation drives 70%+ of mentions |
| 4 | Notion notion.so | Productivity | 88 | Category-defining brand for "all-in-one workspace" |
| 6 | Figma figma.com | Design tools | 85 | Dominates "design tools" recommendations; Adobe merger added to context |
| 7 | Vercel vercel.com | Dev platform | 83 | Next.js co-mentions compound visibility |
| 10 | Twilio twilio.com | Communications API | 78 | SendGrid integration broadens topic coverage |
| 11 | Dropbox dropbox.com | Storage | 76 | Losing share to Google Drive + Box in enterprise recommendations |
| 12 | Slack slack.com | Communication | 75 | Pre-Salesforce equity in brand still dominates AI mentions |
| 15 | DoorDash doordash.com | Food delivery | 71 | Beats Uber Eats in 55% of food delivery queries |
| 17 | Snowflake snowflake.com | Data platform | 66 | Technical docs strong; executive thought leadership weak |
| 18 | Databricks databricks.com | Data + AI | 65 | AI positioning boost measurable after MosaicML acquisition |
| 19 | Asana asana.com | Project management | 62 | Losing ground to Linear + Notion in startup recommendations |
| 20 | Atlassian atlassian.com | Collaboration | 60 | Jira + Confluence cited independently more than the parent brand |
| 23 | Reddit reddit.com | Social | 53 | Cited as a source constantly but rarely as a brand itself |
| 24 | Kraken kraken.com | Crypto exchange | 40 | AI engines hedge on crypto — regulatory caveats reduce citation density |
The same San Francisco Bay Area cohort filtered to each engine in our fleet.
See the complete 25-brand ranking with cross-engine analysis, key findings, and the full methodology behind these scores.
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