What is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)?

AEO is optimizing your content so AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity — cite your business when they answer a buyer's question. It overlaps with SEO but targets the AI answer layer rather than the classic blue links.

How is AEO different from SEO?

SEO aims to rank a page in Google's traditional results. AEO aims to be the source an AI answer engine quotes or links when it responds directly. Both matter; the work overlaps, but AI answers reward clear, answer-first, well-sourced content that's easy to cite.

How much does an AI agent cost?

It depends on scope — what the agent does, which systems it connects to, and how much custom logic it needs. We scope each build to your workflow and quote transparently rather than quoting a headline price that wouldn't mean anything yet.

How do you get a business to show up in AI search?

We measure which questions trigger AI answers in your market and who those answers cite, then create answer-first, well-structured, genuinely useful content to earn those citations — and re-measure to confirm it's working.

Nashville AI, SEO & Web Design Agency

AI, SEO & web that make your business impossible to miss.

We build the systems that get you found — in Google and in AI answers — and turn that visibility into real customers. Measured, human-approved, and free of the buzzwords.

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What we do

What we build for you

Custom software and AI agents that run your business, a website engineered to convert, and the visibility engine that gets you found — in Google and in the AI answers your customers now ask first.

SEO & AEO Visibility Engine

An autonomous engine that measures where you show up in Google and in AI answers (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini), then writes and ships content to win those queries — every page human-approved, never auto-published.

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Autonomous AI Agents

Custom AI agents that run real business workflows end to end — support, research, operations — built on the latest models and wired into the tools you already use.

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B2B Sales-Outreach Engine

A compliant, intelligent outbound engine that researches prospects, personalizes messaging, and sequences B2B outreach so pipeline builds without the manual grind.

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Web & Custom Software Development

Custom websites, web & mobile apps, and the software that runs your business — from a marketing site to a full custom application with accounts, payments, data, and integrations.

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Why Akira is different

More than marketing — we build the custom software your business runs on

Most agencies stop at ads and a website. Akira builds the custom software, apps, and AI agents your business actually operates on — then the engine that gets it found in Google and in AI answers. One team for the software and the visibility, so they’re built to work together.

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How it works

An engine, not a one-off project

Most agencies ship a one-off project and disappear. Akira builds engines: your own data, an AI agent that runs the work, and a feedback loop that measures results and improves. Every service we offer — visibility, AI agents, outreach, web — is built on this same self-improving model, so results compound instead of stalling.

1Capture. Start with your own data — the customers, content, and signals your business actually owns.
2Act. An AI agent runs the work — writing, optimizing, answering, reaching out — whatever that engine does.
3Measure. Track real outcomes, not vanity metrics.
4Refine. Feed the results back in, so the engine gets sharper and compounds over time.

Build in public

We run our own engine on this very site

The system we sell isn’t a slide deck — it’s running right here. Our engine measures where Akira shows up in Google and in AI answers, then drafts, quality-gates, and ships the content to close the gaps. Every article on our blog was produced by it and human-approved before going live. If you want to see the work, you’re looking at it.

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Why Akira

Measured, not guessed

We track where you actually show up — in Google and in AI answers like ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews — then work to the gaps. Every claim is backed by data you can see.

Human-approved, never careless

The engine drafts and gates every piece for quality; a person stays in the loop. Nothing thin, fabricated, or off-brand goes live. No slop, no surprises.

Nashville-built, nationally capable

Local enough to meet in person, technical enough to compete anywhere. We build the same systems for a Nashville shop and a national SaaS.

Evidence over hype

We won't invent stats or promise rankings we can't control. We tell you what's working, what isn't, and what we'd do next.

Nashville, since 2020

Akira was founded by Ryan Hood, a Vanderbilt graduate who started the company to help businesses put AI and automation to real, practical work.

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Frequently asked

Straight answers about SEO, AEO, and AI for your business.

What is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)?: AEO is optimizing your content so AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity — cite your business when they answer a buyer's question. It overlaps with SEO but targets the AI answer layer rather than the classic blue links.
How is AEO different from SEO?: SEO aims to rank a page in Google's traditional results. AEO aims to be the source an AI answer engine quotes or links when it responds directly. Both matter; the work overlaps, but AI answers reward clear, answer-first, well-sourced content that's easy to cite.
How much does an AI agent cost?: It depends on scope — what the agent does, which systems it connects to, and how much custom logic it needs. We scope each build to your workflow and quote transparently rather than quoting a headline price that wouldn't mean anything yet.
How do you get a business to show up in AI search?: We measure which questions trigger AI answers in your market and who those answers cite, then create answer-first, well-structured, genuinely useful content to earn those citations — and re-measure to confirm it's working.

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