For bootstrapped and seed-stage B2B software founders
Get on the lists AI reads, without paying for placement.
When a buyer asks ChatGPT or Perplexity for the best tool in your category, the answer is often built from a few "best of" articles. PickedFirst finds the ones that name your rivals but not you, drafts the pitch you send, and checks every week whether you got listed.
No card needed. See your top lists right away; enter an email to get your first pitch.
Buyer question
"Best invoicing tool for small agencies?"
The 10 Best Invoicing Tools (example list)
- Rival OneCited 9x
- Rival TwoCited 7x
- Your productMissing
How it works
Three steps, every week
Find the lists that skip you
We look at the pages AI cites for your buyer questions and keep the ranked lists that include a rival but not you, ranked by how often AI cites them and what a spot is worth.
Pitch it in two minutes
Your pitch opens with something useful for the editor, like a broken link or an out of date year, and includes an entry they can paste. You send it from your own inbox.
See proof every Monday
We re-check each list weekly: are you on it, at what spot, did you drop off. Your proof log shows lists won and how often AI names you, as a range.
Why lists, and why position matters
Higher spots get named more
In one published analysis of 12,564 listicles, ChatGPT named the #1 entry far more often than entries ranked 10 or lower. We use that to rank which lists are worth your time.
AI leans on "best of" articles
Ask an AI assistant for the best tool for a job and look at its sources. Many are listicles. Getting onto the ones it cites is one of the few things a small team can actually change.
We flag pay to play
Some lists sell their spots. We point out sponsored labels, listing fees and affiliate pages, so you spend time on editors who add tools on merit.
Honest numbers
AI answers vary. We ask each question more than once and show ranges, not a single score. We use the official OpenAI API, or sources you paste from ChatGPT yourself. We never scrape the ChatGPT app.
We find the lists and draft the pitch. You send it, and editors decide. We do not guarantee listings.
Not sure about one article?
Paste any "best of" link and see if it looks pay to play, whether it is out of date, and who to contact.
Pricing
Monthly plans. Cancel any time from the billing portal.
Free check
$0
One check of the lists AI quotes for your category.
- Up to 5 buyer questions
- The top lists that name your rivals but not you
- Pay-to-play warnings
- 1 ready-to-send pitch
Founder
$19/mo
For one product getting onto its first lists.
- 1 product
- 15 buyer questions, asked twice a week
- 20 pitches a month
- Weekly re-check of up to 50 lists
- Proof log of every win
Growth
$49/mo
For a small team with more than one product or market.
- 3 products
- 40 buyer questions each
- 60 pitches a month
- Weekly re-check of up to 150 lists
- Everything in Founder
Agency
$149/mo
For agencies getting clients onto the lists AI quotes.
- 10 client products
- 25 buyer questions each
- 200 pitches a month
- Weekly re-check of up to 500 lists
- A printable proof page per client