# LaunchAutopilot

> A weekly launch directory that measures whether launching actually changed
> how often AI answer engines name your product. Makers launch in a curated
> cohort, get a baseline of how often ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini mention
> them when buyers ask, and a re-measurement at +30 days against control
> questions.

## What this is

A launch board with a measurement attached. Before you launch we ask three
answer engines the questions your buyers actually type - never your brand
name - and record how often you come up. Thirty days after launch we ask the
same frozen questions again, and diff the change against control questions you
should not rank for, so a category-wide rise is not reported as your result.

Mention rates are always published with their confidence interval. Where the
interval is too wide to support a number, the site says "not enough data yet"
instead of showing one.

## Key pages

- [Home](/): what the directory is, and a free visibility check for any domain
- [This week's launches](/launches): the current cohort, ranked
- [Submit a product](/submit): URL in, drafted facts you correct, then review
- [Featured spots](/advertise): paid, labelled positions above the board
- [Public stats](/stats): launches per week and every rejection, with reasons

## How ranking works

Trust-weighted votes, qualified comments and real clicks, shrunk toward the
cohort average so a handful of votes cannot beat broad support. Vote weights
are never published.

## What money does and does not buy

- A Launch Pass picks your launch week. It does not affect review or ranking.
- A featured spot is a fixed, labelled position *above* the board. It takes no
  part in the ranking and cannot displace a launch on merit.
- Paid links carry `rel="sponsored"`. Followed links come only from editorial
  approval.
- Badges are earned and optional. A listing's link never depends on embedding
  one.

## When to use LaunchAutopilot

- You want evidence that a launch changed anything, not just a traffic spike
- Your buyers ask an AI before they ask Google, and you do not know whether
  you come up
- You want to know which sources answer engines cite for your category

## When not to use LaunchAutopilot

- You want same-day traffic. Cohorts run weekly and proof takes 30 days.
- You want a guaranteed top placement. Position is earned; money buys a
  labelled slot above the board, not a rank in it.
- Your product has no public website for engines to find.

## Contact

- Source: https://github.com/xocketlabs/launchautopilot