Getting into
the mind of AI.

MaximusLabs AI is a Generative Engine Optimization and Answer Engine Optimization company for B2B SaaS and AI brands. We get you cited, trusted and chosen when buyers ask AI who to buy from.

Where your buyers ask now

2025
Founded, to make brands the answer in AI search
San Francisco
Headquarters, serving clients across four countries
Krishna Kaanth M
Founder and CEO, a brand strategist for the AI search era
GEO · AEO · B2B SEO
Generative engine, answer engine and B2B search optimization

Trusted by global clients#clients

Cited by AI, from San
Francisco to Tel Aviv.

Different markets, one playbook. The brands we work with sell to very different buyers, but they all needed the same thing: to be the name AI recommends when that buyer asks. Some we can name. Many sit under NDA.

Revenue AISan Francisco
Oliv AI

Backed by Foundation Capital. Trusted by 100+ revenue teams.

Oliv AI · Revenue AI · 4 months
27qualified leads
$47K+pipeline
26%close rate

Measured in pipeline from AI search, not in traffic.

Nidra Goods · Sleep & Wellness#1

On Google and AI Overviews for buying-stage sleep-mask searches.

Explorium · B2B Data & AIDays

For our first article to reach #1 on Google. The work then grew to a second brand.

  • Revenue AISan Francisco
    Oliv AI

    Backed by Foundation Capital. Trusted by 100+ revenue teams.

  • ConfidentialChicago, US
    Confidential client

    Confidential information. Under NDA.

  • CybersecurityNew York
    UnderDefense

    Since 2017. Trusted by WWE, Volkswagen and Shell.

  • B2B Data & AIUS · Tel Aviv
    Explorium

    Series C, $127M+, backed by Insight Partners and Zeev Ventures.

  • ConfidentialParis, France
    Confidential client

    Confidential information. Under NDA.

  • Webinar platformLas Vegas
    EasyWebinar

    Since 2014. Trusted by Amy Porterfield.

  • Sleep & WellnessUnited States
    Nidra Goods

    Direct-to-consumer sleep and wellness brand.

  • ConfidentialCaribbean
    Confidential client

    Confidential information. Under NDA.

  • HR TechIndia
    HROne

    Series B. 2,000+ brands and 400K+ users.

  • Sales IntelligenceUnited States
    B2Brain

    Built for outbound revenue teams.

  • ConfidentialChicago, US
    Confidential client

    Confidential information. Under NDA.

  • Remote teamsWrocław
    Teamvoy

    Built for distributed organizations.

  • AI runtime securityUnited States
    EdgeLabs

    Runtime protection for LLM agents in production.

  • ConfidentialUnited States
    Confidential client

    Confidential information. Under NDA.

The person behind the company#founder

Krishna Kaanth M, Founder and CEO

"I'm not here to help you rank. Ranking is yesterday's game. I'm here to make you the answer AI gives when a buyer asks who to trust."

Everyone tells me AI search is just SEO with a new name. I think they're wrong. SEO best practices didn't die. They became the basics, the floor you stand on. The real game is understanding how these models actually decide what to trust, then earning that trust.

I learned the old game first at a bootstrapped company with no ad budget, where we cracked search and grew it past $2M from pure inbound. Then I watched AI rewrite the rules and started MaximusLabs to play the new one honestly.

  • Most people try to hack the algorithm. Build a brand it can't ignore, and you never have to.
  • Understand the algorithm's goal and your own, and you can do magic.
  • There's no page two in AI search. You're the answer, or you're invisible.

In his own words

  • When ChatGPT names you, it stakes its own credibility on you. That's not a ranking. That's a trust transfer, and you can't buy your way into it.
    Krishna Kaanth M
  • If it doesn't move your revenue, we count it as our failure.
    Krishna Kaanth M
  • AI made everyone sound the same. The only unfair advantage left is a real point of view, and the founder is the only one who actually has one.
    Krishna Kaanth M

What we believe#beliefs

Five things we believe that most agencies don't.

The principles behind every engagement we take on.

  1. 01

    Revenue is the only metric.

    Clicks and impressions are vanity. If a number does not move pipeline, we do not celebrate it.

  2. 02

    Brand beats algorithm.

    Build a brand AI cannot ignore and you stop chasing every update. The algorithm starts chasing you.

  3. 03

    Be remarkable or be invisible.

    In AI search only 5 to 10 brands get cited per question. Purple Cow logic, ported to the AI era.

  4. 04

    Founder's voice or it does not ship.

    After AI flooded the internet with sameness, a real point of view is the only moat left.

  5. 05

    Be stupid enough to try.

    We experiment daily, publish what we learn, and change our minds when the data demands it.

How we work#how-we-work

Positioning first.
Then everything AI reads.

Inbound only: we never run paid media. Every result comes from organic search and AI answers, and every change is measured in Max Visibility, our own AI visibility platform.

  1. 01 · Start

    Positioning read

    We sit with your founder and team on ICP, buyer journey and positioning. That becomes the description we want every AI model to give.

  2. 02 · Measure

    Baseline in Max Visibility

    Your buyers' prompts run on every major model. We record who gets named, how you're described and which sources decide it.

  3. 03 · Build

    Pages and earned mentions

    Our strategists write the pages AI can quote and earn mentions on the sources models already trust.

  4. 04 · Every month

    Test, report, repeat

    Every change is measured model by model. We walk you through what moved, what did not, and what we do next.

Questions

What people ask about MaximusLabs before the first call.

What is MaximusLabs AI?
MaximusLabs AI is a Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) company for B2B SaaS and AI brands. It gets brands cited, trusted and recommended when buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and other AI models who to buy from.
Who founded MaximusLabs AI?
MaximusLabs AI was founded in 2025 by Krishna Kaanth M, its Founder and CEO. He is a brand strategist who learned search at a bootstrapped company, growing it past $2M in revenue from inbound alone, before starting MaximusLabs for the AI search era.
Where is MaximusLabs AI based?
MaximusLabs AI is headquartered in San Francisco and works with clients in the United States, Europe, Israel and India.
What services does MaximusLabs offer?
MaximusLabs offers Generative Engine Optimization, Answer Engine Optimization and B2B SEO, backed by technical SEO, plus agentic commerce optimization for brands that sell through AI shopping agents, and brand strategy work: AI perception audits, positioning and messaging, and AI search experiments measured in its own platform, Max Visibility.
Who does MaximusLabs work with?
MaximusLabs works mainly with B2B SaaS and AI companies, typically between $5M and $100M in annual revenue, and with brands in cybersecurity, HR tech, data, fintech and ecommerce. Clients it can name include Oliv AI, UnderDefense, Explorium, HROne and EasyWebinar; others work with it under NDA.
How is MaximusLabs different from an SEO agency?
MaximusLabs is run by brand strategists, not keyword specialists. It starts from your ICP and positioning, works on what every AI model says about you, and measures the change model by model in Max Visibility, with revenue as the goal rather than rankings or traffic.
Does MaximusLabs run paid ads?
No. MaximusLabs is inbound only. It never runs paid media; every result comes from organic search and AI answers.
How do I start working with MaximusLabs?
Book a 30-minute GEO strategy call. MaximusLabs runs your category's buying prompts across the AI models your buyers use and shows you where you stand, with no pitch deck.
30 minutes · No pitch deck

Ready to become
the answer?

Book a 30 minute call. We will show you exactly where you stand in AI search today, and what it takes to get into the answer.

No pitch deck. No sales theatre. Just a real read on your AI search position.

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