About
Founder-led. Boutique by design.
The methodology was built on a real operating brand before being productized for clients. Founder-led, USA-based, boutique by design.
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Why this exists
Where it started.
ANTE started inside Bloom Jewelry, the founder's own DTC brand. In late 2025, the customer service inbox started filling with a new kind of message. "I asked ChatGPT for a recommendation and..." More and more of them. Some of those shoppers found us. Most didn't.
The brand wasn't getting cited.
That turned into months of building. A way to measure where a brand stands in AI search. A way to fix the structural reasons AI engines pick some brands and not others. A pipeline to get brands into the third-party lists AI engines cite. Bloom was the test track.
The methodology now runs across DTC categories. Beauty, food and drink, jewelry, apparel, home, wellness. The work is the same shape every time: measure what AI engines do, fix the structural reasons they pick some brands and not others, get into the third-party lists they cite. The DTC origin matters because that is where customer AI behavior is furthest along, and where every wrong move costs revenue immediately.
What you're hiring
Four things you actually get.
Speed
Ship in days, not quarters
No procurement theater. No discovery deck. Foundation work ships in week 1. Monitor live by week 4.
Cap
10 clients max
We cap the roster at ten. Below that we deliver well. Above that we would be hiring out, which defeats the point.
Access
Founder on every Slack
The person on the demo is the person doing the work. No relay calls, no I'll-check-with-the-team.
Accountability
Walk-away guarantee
If month 2 isn't working, you walk. No notice period, no claw-back, no contract to escape from.
What we believe
The takes that matter.
Specific data beats vibes.
Our reports show "this week your citation count went from 4 to 6, here are the three queries where you newly appeared, here is the screenshot of each citation." Not "we expect growth."
Listicle inclusion is the highest-leverage AEO lever.
40-72% of all AI citations come from third-party listicles, depending on the engine. Most agencies treat listicle PR as out of scope. They are missing the dominant lever.
Boutique agencies should publish their pricing.
Hidden pricing signals "we will inflate the quote based on what your team can pay." Ours is on the homepage. The math is, too.
The engagement
What it's like to be a client.
- Slack channel for async work. Response within 24 hours weekdays.
- Monthly 30-minute strategy call. Recorded if you want.
- Weekly LLM citation digest, every Monday morning.
- Monthly performance report, first business day of each month.
- All deliverables shipped as docs, code, or merge-able PRs.
That is the whole engagement model. No upsell tricks, no hidden tiers, no surprise scope creep.
Two ways to start
$3,000/mo for two months. Then $5,000/mo.
Questions? hello@myanteagency.com
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