A. O. Smith vs Duckie

Side-by-side comparison of AI visibility scores, market position, and capabilities

Duckie leads in AI visibility (25 vs 18)

A. O. Smith

EmergingConstruction Tech

General

Leading water heater manufacturer with $3.5B revenue; heat pump water heaters growing rapidly with IRA tax credits and building electrification mandates.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
D18
Category Rank
#276 of 1167
AI Consensus
65%
Trend
stable
Per Platform
ChatGPT
19
Perplexity
28
Gemini
15

About

A. O. Smith is a global manufacturer of residential and commercial water heaters, boilers, and water treatment products sold under the A. O. Smith, State, American, and Lochinvar brands across North America, China, India, and Europe. Founded in 1874 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, A. O. Smith is listed on the NYSE and generates approximately $3.5 billion in annual revenue. The company is the largest water heater manufacturer in North America, holding approximately 38% market share, and the second largest in China through its Smith brand.

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Duckie

EmergingInfrastructure

IT Operations

SF YC W24 AI support agent builder at 80% resolution time reduction and 71% ticket deflection; $500K from a16z/Greylock/YC/Netflix competing with Intercom Fin for customer support AI workflow automation.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
D25
Category Rank
#18 of 68
AI Consensus
59%
Trend
stable
Per Platform
ChatGPT
33
Perplexity
19
Gemini
36

About

Duckie is a San Francisco-based AI customer support platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, KungHo Fund, Netflix, and 5 additional investors — providing customer support teams with an AI agent builder that translates existing support processes and workflows into predictable, reliable AI automation, achieving 80% reduction in resolution time and 71% ticket deflection for deployed teams. Founded in 2023 and targeting customer support leaders at growth-stage software companies, Duckie enables support teams to deploy AI agents in minutes without engineering dependency.

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AI Visibility Head-to-Head

18
Overall Score
25
#276
Category Rank
#18
65
AI Consensus
59
stable
Trend
stable
19
ChatGPT
33
28
Perplexity
19
15
Gemini
36
13
Claude
31
19
Grok
34

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