California: who AI recommends
When a California customer asks an AI assistant who to hire, the assistant answers with names. AI Syndicate Local records those answers — the same consumer questions, put to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and 8 more AI assistants on a weekly cadence — so businesses can see a channel that is otherwise invisible.
California metros we track
Each metro runs 20 category question sets weekly. Open a metro for its category rankings.
Los Angeles
Long Beach, Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Monica
20 categories tracked
San Diego
Chula Vista, Oceanside, Carlsbad, La Jolla
20 categories tracked
San Francisco
Oakland, Daly City, South San Francisco, San Mateo
20 categories tracked
San Jose
Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto
20 categories tracked
Sacramento
Elk Grove, Roseville, Folsom, Rancho Cordova
20 categories tracked
Fresno
Clovis, Madera
20 categories tracked
Bakersfield
Delano, Tehachapi, Shafter
20 categories tracked
Anaheim
Irvine, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa
20 categories tracked
Riverside
San Bernardino, Ontario, Corona, Moreno Valley
20 categories tracked
Categories tracked in every California metro
Plumbers · HVAC & Air Conditioning · Electricians · Roofing · Pest Control · Auto Repair · Moving Companies · Personal Injury Lawyers · Real Estate Teams · Med Spas · Cosmetic Dentists · Garage Door Repair · Water Damage Restoration · Solar Installation · Window & Door Replacement · Restaurants · Hotels · Business Litigation Lawyers · Criminal Defense Lawyers · Speeding Ticket Lawyers — the identical set in every metro, so rankings compare cleanly across markets and over time.
Measured, never curated
Every figure comes from one weekly pipeline: fixed unbranded questions per metro and category, identical wording to all five assistants, answers recorded append-only, names resolved to verifiable businesses, and a hard sample floor below which we say "recording" instead of publishing noise.
Run a business in California?
The index publishes California as its measurements clear the floor — but the assistants are answering your customers now. Find out whether they name you, and what it takes to change that.