What's new in AI Syndicate?
Customer-visible changes from June to September 2026, newest first, in plain words, with the real date each one shipped.
Recent highlights, newest first: a new plan lineup where every self-serve plan is the same full platform (September), AI attribution showing which AI engine sent each visitor (September), Grok 4.6 and the public AI Syndicate Local index (August), public pages for all 15 features (July), and Siri and Alexa in the Prompt Simulator (June).
How is this changelog put together?
Every entry is a change that was merged into our main code branch, which is what ships to the live site and platform. The date is the day it merged. We list only what a customer or visitor can see: new features, new AI engines, new public pages, AI Syndicate Local launches, public plan and pricing changes, and published case studies. Internal work, security fixes, billing plumbing and anything not yet switched on are left out.
Each change is rewritten in plain words. "Where to see it" links to the live page, or says "in your dashboard" when the change is inside the product.
What changed in September 2026?
| Date | What changed | Where to see it |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2026 | The dashboard's sidebar is regrouped under Find, Read and Trust, with a new conversational Home led by Caite, our AI helper. | In your dashboard |
| 3 Sep 2026 | New plan lineup on every public page. AI Pulse, AI Pro and AI Max are now the same complete platform, differing only in tokens, seats and markets, and each can be paid yearly with two months free. | Pricing |
| 3 Sep 2026 | AI Managed is now priced as a range, $3,000 to $8,500 a month, set by scope. | Pricing |
| 3 Sep 2026 | AI attribution: see which AI engine sent each visitor, whether they converted, and the answer that sent them. | Leads |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Platform work on each plan is now metered in tokens, shown on every plan. | Pricing |
What changed in August 2026?
| Date | What changed | Where to see it |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Aug 2026 | Grok 4.6 added, and the AI model names shown across the platform refreshed for August 2026. | Prompt Simulator |
| 23 Aug 2026 | AI Syndicate Local adds California, covering 9 metro areas. | AI Syndicate Local index |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Case study published: Proper, a restaurant in Inlet Beach, Florida, and its client-reported result on our Local software. | Proper Restaurant case study |
| 18 Aug 2026 | AI Syndicate Local: Florida goes live, and the index adds restaurants, hotels and three legal specialisms. | AI Syndicate Local index |
| 17 Aug 2026 | AI Syndicate Local launches: a public, state-by-state index of which local businesses AI assistants recommend. | AI Syndicate Local index |
| 11–13 Aug 2026 | Three new guides: which AI crawlers to allow, how to track AI search traffic, and what to do when AI is wrong about your business. | AI crawlers, AI traffic, Wrong AI answers |
What changed in July 2026?
| Date | What changed | Where to see it |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 2026 | Public benchmarks page: anonymized figures on AI visibility, measured from real public pages. | Benchmarks |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Hand AI Access fixes to a coding agent such as Cursor, Claude or Codex, which writes them into your own code. | AI Access |
| 21 Jul 2026 | One page for all 15 features, grouped by what each one does, plus a new page for the Social Media Manager. | Features, Social |
| 16–20 Jul 2026 | A public page for each feature, from AI Access, SEO Access, Security Access, Hallucination Watch and Brand Intel (16 Jul) through AI Chatbot, Local, Reputation and Authority (17 Jul), Leads and Competitors (19 Jul), to PR & Press, Prompt Simulator and AI Search Console (20 Jul). | Features |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Team seats: invite teammates by email, each with a role. | In your dashboard |
| 16 Jul 2026 | AI Chatbot on every plan. | AI Chatbot |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Platform comparison page: Otterly.AI, Semrush, Profound, Peec AI and Scrunch AI run through the same AI Access audit we use on customers. | Compare |
| 6 Jul 2026 | New pages on GEO for hospitality groups and consulting firms. | GEO for hospitality, GEO for consulting |
What changed in June 2026?
| Date | What changed | Where to see it |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2026 | Prompt Simulator adds Siri and Alexa. Neither has a public answer API, so both run as clearly labelled reconstructions. | Prompt Simulator |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Accuracy Watch becomes Hallucination Watch, switched on by default: it checks what AI engines say about you against your verified facts. | Hallucination Watch |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Buyer's guide: the best GEO agencies and platforms in 2026, ranked against five published criteria. | Best GEO agency |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Research brief: The State of AI Search 2026, with every figure sourced to a named third party. | GEO research |
Sources
- Pricing — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- Platform features — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- Prompt Simulator — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- Leads — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- Case study: Proper Restaurant, Inlet Beach, FL — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- llms.txt (describes AI Syndicate Local) — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- AI visibility benchmarks — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- AI visibility platforms, audited — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- Hallucination Watch — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
- The State of AI Search 2026 — AI Syndicate. Read Sep 24, 2026.
Common questions
Which AI engines does the Prompt Simulator run?
Twelve: ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Siri, Alexa, Grok, Meta AI, DeepSeek and Mistral. Siri and Alexa run as labelled reconstructions.
Did the September plan change remove any features?
No. AI Pulse, AI Pro and AI Max are the identical platform with every feature; they differ only in monthly tokens, seats and markets.
What is AI Syndicate Local?
A public, state-by-state index of which local businesses AI assistants recommend. It launched on 17 August 2026, with Florida live on 18 August and California added on 23 August.
How often is this page updated?
When customer-visible changes ship. Every date on it is the day the change merged into our main branch.
Related pages.
See what AI says about your business.
Enter your domain and the free AI visibility check shows where ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI answers mention you — and where they don't.