About · Last updated July 23, 2026
About Kudu
Kudu shows law firms what ChatGPT, Google's AI answers, and Perplexity say about them, tested with the questions people actually type when they need a lawyer.
Who runs this
Kudu is built and run by one person, not an agency. Every report is checked by hand before it goes out. You can reach us directly at hello@kudu.legal.
What Kudu does
Two things. The free check takes a few minutes and shows, question by question, which firms each AI tool named, in what order, whether yours was one of them, and which websites the answers cited. The full audit goes further: every practice area you handle, a source-by-source breakdown, and a written action plan, delivered privately within a few business days. Both are described on the services page.
Alongside the checks, the learning center publishes free guides so any firm can understand how AI search works, whether or not they ever pay us.
Why Kudu exists
When someone needs a lawyer today, they increasingly ask ChatGPT, Google, or Perplexity instead of reading ten search results. Those tools answer with a short list of firm names. If your firm is not on that list, that client never hears about you.
Kudu grew out of years of SEO audit experience with law firms, where the same question kept coming up: what does the AI actually say about us? Most firms had no way to see those answers. Kudu exists to show them: which firms the AI tools name, which get named instead of you, and which websites the answers come from.
How we measure
- We write the questions a real client would type, for your practice area and city.
- We ask ChatGPT, Google's AI answers, and Perplexity each of those questions.
- We record which firms get named and which websites the answers cite.
The questions go to the AI models themselves, and the supporting search data comes from DataForSEO. Nothing in a report is an estimate; it is what the tools said when we asked. The method is explained step by step in our learning center, starting with the guide to answer engine optimization for law firms.
How we keep it honest
- We do not control what the tools say, so we show you their real answers instead of promising placements. Anyone selling a guaranteed mention is selling something they do not own.
- We are independent: not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI, Google, or Perplexity.
- Every report is dated. It shows what the tools said when we asked, so you can track how your visibility changes over time.
Get in touch
Everything on this page is easy to claim and easy to test. The fastest test is to see the answers for your own firm, then write to us about anything in the report through the contact page.