AI Search RFPs keep getting paused—a tell that the AEO market isn't mature yet
VeryWellVersed · x · 2026-10-10
The author notes a wave of AI Search (AEO/GEO) RFPs going out and then getting paused. The pausing is the tell: RFPs assume a mature market, but responses don't share vocabulary, scope, or pricing. Until the market sorts itself out, he suggests spending an afternoon finding who's doing real thinking and who actually shows up in the AI systems you care about.
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