{"id":249892,"date":"2026-08-25T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evertise.net\/?p=136323"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:00:30","slug":"local-ai-registry-launches-first-public-registry-of-ai-business-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2026\/08\/25\/local-ai-registry-launches-first-public-registry-of-ai-business-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Local AI Registry Launches First Public Registry of AI Business Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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IRVINE, California, August 25, 2026 \u2014 Local AI Registry<\/a><\/strong>, the first public registry of what AI assistants say\u00a0about local businesses, launched nationally on July 1st, 2026. Any business in the United States can look up its\u00a0record free at LocalAIRegistry.com and see what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity actually say about it.\u00a0According to Local AI Registry’s scoring data, 73% of\u00a0local businesses are never recommended by AI\u00a0assistants.<\/p>\n

What is Local AI Registry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local AI Registry is a free national public registry that shows local businesses what AI assistants\u00a0say about them. It is not an SEO agency. It checks what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity actually say when\u00a0asked about a business, then records the results. Any business can claim its record with no credit card\u00a0required, and claiming that record is the first step to getting a business into AI answers. Industries tracked\u00a0include plastic surgeons, med spas, cannabis dispensaries, eye doctors, and auto dealers and more across the United\u00a0States.<\/p>\n

What is an AI Score?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The AI Score is a 0 to 100 number that measures how findable and recommendable a business is to AI\u00a0assistants. It is built from eight weighted signals: retrieval\u00a0grounding, off-property attestation, AI visibility,\u00a0reviews and response, backlink and citation authority, Google Business Profile, speed and mobile, and\u00a0content freshness and schema. Local AI Registry enforces a strict no-pay-to-rank policy. Scores cannot be\u00a0bought.<\/p>\n

Why did a former Goog<\/strong>le search engineer build this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steve Lee, Founder and CEO of Local AI Registry, worked early on the team behind Google’s search algorithm\u00a0and held executive roles at Google and Microsoft. He also owns a local med spa. He built Local AI Registry\u00a0because his own business was hard to find in an AI-driven world.\u00a0“I spent years inside the systems that decide what people find, and I still could not see what AI was saying\u00a0about my own med spa,” said Steve Lee, Founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. “Getting\u00a0listed is free and any\u00a0business can claim its record today, but being the one business AI recommends takes ongoing work.”<\/p>\n

Who is behind Local AI Registry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local AI Registry<\/a><\/strong> was founded in 2026 by a team that previously built a multi-million-dollar search technology\u00a0company together. Steve Lee is a serial entrepreneur of more than twenty years with multiple exits and IPOs.\u00a0Eric Sim, Chief\u00a0Operating\u00a0Officer, led more than one hundred teams inside large pharmaceutical companies\u00a0before moving to BitGo, the crypto infrastructure firm safeguarding trillions in digital assets. Clinton Adeleke,\u00a0Chief Product Officer, is an engineer fluent across the modern AI, data, and search stack. Bridgette DeBrino,\u00a0Head of Sales and Marketing, spent more than fourteen years at Allenby Cosmetic Dermatology and served\u00a0as Chief\u00a0Operations Officer of BodySquad in Boca Raton. She then served as Chief Executive Officer of Belvara in Chicago. Kerrie Quinby, VP of People and Partnerships,\u00a0brings twenty-five years in beauty, OTC, and wellness, including work as Director of\u00a0Artistry at Colorescience\u00a0and brand work spanning L’Oreal and Estee Lauder.\u00a0“Owners ask us every day how to show up in AI search, and until now there was no place to even check,” said\u00a0Bridgette DeBrino, Head of Sales and Marketing at Local AI Registry. “Now any business can see its answer in\u00a0minutes, free.”<\/p>\n

How do I get my business into AI answers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting a business into AI answers starts with claiming its free record at LocalAIRegistry.com. The registry\u00a0shows what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity say about the business today and assigns its AI Score, which\u00a0points to the exact signals that need work. Getting listed is free, and any business can claim its record now.\u00a0Being the one business AI recommends is earned over time. According to Local AI Registry’s scoring data,\u00a073% of local businesses are never recommended by AI assistants, so most owners are seeing their record for the first time.<\/p>\n

About Local AI Registry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local AI Registry is the first public registry of what AI assistants say about local businesses. Founded in 2026\u00a0and headquartered in Irvine, California, it covers local businesses across the United States. Any business can\u00a0claim its record and get its free AI Score at LocalAIRegistry.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Media Contact<\/h3>\n

Local AI Registry<\/strong>
\nIrvine, California
\nEmail:<\/strong> press@localairegistry.com<\/a>
\nWebsite:<\/strong> https:\/\/localairegistry.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Bridgette DeBrino<\/strong>
\nVP Marketing & Sales
\nEmail:<\/strong> bridgette@localairegistry.com<\/a>
\nPhone:<\/strong> 561-436-0607
\nWebsite:<\/strong> https:\/\/localairegistry.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IRVINE, California, August 25, 2026 \u2014 Local AI Registry, the first public registry of what AI assistants say\u00a0about local businesses, launched nationally on July 1st, 2026. Any business in the United States can look up its\u00a0record free at LocalAIRegistry.com and see what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity actually say about it.\u00a0According to Local AI Registry\u2019s scoring [\u2026] Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[718,1494,719,1571,720,155,721,385,391,57,717,613,20,386,723,724,387,388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afp","category-ann","category-ca","category-demo","category-evertise-internal","category-featured","category-goinvest","category-gomedia","category-internal","category-ips","category-maple-media","category-mobiritz","category-press-release","category-qm","category-rwa","category-rwe","category-si","category-vm"],"yoast_head":"\nLocal AI Registry Launches First Public Registry of AI Business Recommendations - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2026\/08\/25\/local-ai-registry-launches-first-public-registry-of-ai-business-recommendations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local AI Registry Launches First Public Registry of AI Business Recommendations - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IRVINE, California, August 25, 2026 \u2014 Local AI Registry, the first public registry of what AI assistants say\u00a0about local businesses, launched nationally on July 1st, 2026. 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