Assets and contacts for press, analysts, and conference organisers.
Everything below is free to use under attribution. If you need a tailored angle, an embargoed copy of the next Index Report edition, or an interview, email press@citedbrands.co.za and we’ll come back within one business day.
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Cited Brands is the canonical AI search citation dataset for South Africa — tracking how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity cite SA enterprise brands.
Cited Brands (Pty) Ltd is a South African research and SaaS company that publishes the canonical quarterly dataset of how frontier AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity) cite South African enterprise brands. The platform sells per-brand monitoring + remediation playbooks to the top-100 SA brand owners. Independent, B-BBEE Level 1 (pending), POPIA-compliant.
Founded 2026 in South Africa by [founder] in partnership with Dr. William Banks (Director of Business Operations & Analytics, Infineon Technologies HiRel — Fortune Global 500).
Embargo copies, interview requests, fact-checks. 1 business day response.
Methodology questions, dataset access requests, conference invitations.
Coverage of the SA AI Citation Index.
The Q3 2026 pilot edition publishes alongside the launch. We’ll list outlet placements here as they go live. If you’d like advance access for an embargoed piece, email press@citedbrands.co.za.
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Specific industry, brand, or comparison? We’ll run the data, share the chart, and credit your outlet.
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