Building an AI Visibility Optimizer for Next-Gen Search Engines. Creole Studios partnered with LemonAi, a Hong Kong–based startup, to develop a cutting-edge AI Visibility Optimizer. The web platform empowers businesses to track, analyze, and optimize their brand presence across AI-generated search results from platforms like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity. We approached the first release with MVP development first, focusing on prompt tracking, visibility signals, and reporting before expanding into broader automation. With sentiment analysis, competitor tracking, and automated reporting, LemonAi delivers actionable insights for brands in the era of AI-driven discovery.

Hong Kong (Global Use)

75K – 85K USD

7 – 7.5 months

Web (Responsive)

About LemonAi

Optimizing Brand Presence in AI-Generated Search Results

LemonAi is an AI-powered search optimization platform built through a custom MVP software development approach to help businesses stay visible in the rapidly evolving AI-driven search landscape. By focusing on AI Engine Optimization (AEO/GEO), the platform addresses a growing gap left by traditional SEO tools, enabling brands to understand, monitor, and improve how they appear in AI-generated answers.

Project Challenges

Building LemonAi posed several unique challenges as it aimed to pioneer the new domain of AI visibility optimization:

No Existing Tools for AI Visibility At the time of development, most SEO tools only supported traditional search engine results. None of them provided visibility into how brands appeared in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, or Perplexity. Creating a first-of-its-kind tool meant designing custom integrations and processes from scratch.

Real-Time Brand & Competitor Monitoring Unlike traditional SEO, AI-generated responses change frequently and unpredictably. The challenge was to build a system that could capture brand mentions and competitor visibility in near real time, providing businesses with timely insights to act upon.

Sentiment Analysis at Scale Merely knowing how often a brand was mentioned wasn’t enough. LemonAi needed to classify mentions into positive, negative, or neutral categories using natural language processing (NLP). Ensuring high accuracy across different AI platforms and languages was a significant hurdle.

Complex Data Visualization The platform had to distill massive amounts of AI-driven data, prompts, mentions, links, rankings, and sentiment into dashboards and reports that were not only comprehensive but also easy to interpret for digital marketers and brand managers.

Multi-Language & Subscription Management Since the target audience was global, supporting English and Korean out of the box was essential. This required building multilingual support for the interface, sentiment analysis, and reporting. Additionally, implementing scalable subscription plans with robust payment gateways was crucial to monetization.

How did we help?

Creole Studios approached LemonAi’s development with a carefully phased strategy to ensure that each challenge was addressed systematically:

Step 1

Discovery & Scope Finalization

Collaborated with the LemonAi team to define the vision, focusing on prompt tracking, sentiment analysis, competitor insights, and monetization through subscriptions. This phase set the foundation for a market-first product. We validated the MVP scope in a build-measure-learn loop, using early prompt runs and report outputs to refine which visibility and sentiment signals were most useful.

Step 2

Architecture & API Integrations

Designed a scalable architecture capable of handling high data volumes. Integrated Google Search Console, OpenAI, and Perplexity APIs to track AI search results. Special care was taken to manage API rate limits and ensure secure, seamless data flow.

Step 3

Dashboard & Analytics Development

Built dynamic dashboards that displayed key performance metrics: brand mentions, competitor visibility, sentiment trends, and citation frequency. These dashboards were designed for clarity, enabling users to make quick, informed decisions.

Step 4

Multi-Language Support & Subscription Integration

Implemented dual-language support (English and Korean) for both the user interface and sentiment analysis engine. Integrated global payment solutions including Stripe, PayPal, and Toss Payments to handle regional and international transactions.

Step 5

Automated Reporting & Alerts

Developed weekly and monthly AI visibility reports with exportable CSV/PDF formats. Added real-time alerts to notify users about sudden changes in visibility, competitor trends, or sentiment spikes.

Step 6

Testing & Deployment

Conducted rigorous QA cycles, including load testing for high query volumes and validation of sentiment classification. After ensuring compliance with GDPR and CCPA, the platform was deployed for global use.

Tech Stack used

ReactJS

NodeJS

PostgreSQL

OpenAI

AWS Cloud

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Design and flow

We designed LemonAi to make complex AI-generated search data easy to understand and act on. A clean, intuitive dashboard surfaced key metrics such as brand mentions, competitor visibility, citations, and sentiment at a glance. Users could seamlessly switch between AI platforms like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity to compare visibility across ecosystems. Interactive visualizations highlighted trends and changes over time, while multi-language support ensured accessibility for global users. Built with a responsive, user-centric design and dark/light modes, the platform delivered a powerful yet approachable experience for modern marketers.

The outcome

LemonAi successfully launched as one of the first platforms dedicated to AI visibility optimization, giving brands clarity in a previously untracked space. The MVP enabled businesses to monitor real-time brand and competitor presence across AI-driven search platforms, supported by sentiment insights and actionable reporting. Multi-language support and a subscription-based model allowed the product to scale globally while sustaining growth. By validating demand early and building on a scalable foundation, LemonAi emerged as a future-ready solution positioned to grow alongside the rapidly evolving AI search landscape.