Our story
From a spreadsheet side-project to the system 120+ brands run on.
01
2023 — Founded
Built to answer one question
ClientsNearby started as an internal tool to track how ChatGPT described our own first client’s brand — because nobody else could tell us.
02
2023 — First agent
Support, automated
We shipped our first AI support agent for a DTC client — closing real tickets in under two minutes, day or night.
03
2024 — AppLovin, unified
Paid growth joins the stack
We brought AppLovin campaign management into the same dashboard as AI visibility, so nothing lived in a separate tab again.
04
2025 — 100+ brands
A team, not a tool
We crossed 100 managed accounts and grew to teammates across three countries, without losing the plain-language reporting we started with.
05
2026 — State of AI Search
Setting the industry benchmark
We published our first annual State of AI Search report — now cited across the industry as the reference for how brands actually get recommended.