Seattle, Washington – November 10, 2026 – AI search optimization for universities, a ThriveStack citedby solution now available, shows enrollment and marketing teams which programs ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name when students ask where to study.
AI Visibility Overview in ThriveStack citedby. Sample data for a made-up brand, YourEDU.
EAB surveyed more than 5,000 high school students in October and November 2025 and reported in February 2026 that 46% now use AI in their college search, up from 26% in spring 2025. Eighteen percent have removed a college from consideration based on AI-generated results.
“A student can drop a school after one AI answer, and the school never sees it happen. ThriveStack citedby runs the questions students ask, program by program, and shows which sources AI cites in place of the school’s own site.” said Gururaj Pandurangi, Founder, ThriveStack AI.
ThriveStack citedby measures how often AI names each program across 10+ AI engines, shows the pages and third-party sources behind each answer, and ranks the fixes. Teams can audit one program or a whole institution and track changes on a schedule.
Schools can start with an audit of their own programs. It runs the prompts prospective students type, compares the school with its peers and lists the pages and outside sources the engines cite.
AI search optimization for universities is available now in ThriveStack citedby. Schools can run an audit on their own programs at thrivestack.ai/citedby/for/universities.
About ThriveStack citedby:
ThriveStack citedby is an AI visibility tool for brands and agencies. It measures citation gaps across 10+ AI engines, fixes them and attributes revenue to AI search. Teams use it to audit how AI assistants describe their brand, track prompts and competitors, and tie AI citations to revenue. Learn more at thrivestack.ai/citedby.
About ThriveStack:
ThriveStack is a dual-engine B2B growth platform. ThriveStack citedby improves AI search visibility to capture pipeline. ThriveStack Revenue Intelligence uses CRM, product and billing data to prevent churn and drive expansion. Founder and CEO Gururaj Pandurangi is ex-Microsoft, Oracle and Zscaler.
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