Hilo vs Ekho

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

Ekho leads in AI visibility (72 vs 18)

Hilo

EmergingClimate Tech

Demand Response

Hilo raised $100M+ and operates the largest residential demand response network in Quebec, using smart home devices to reduce grid stress during peak periods and enabling dynamic electricity pricing.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
D18
Category Rank
#1 of 1
AI Consensus
64%
Trend
up
Per Platform
ChatGPT
14
Perplexity
28
Gemini
17

About

Hilo is a smart home energy management platform operated by Hydro-Québec that uses AI to coordinate residential smart devices — thermostats, water heaters, EV chargers, and appliances — to reduce electricity consumption during grid stress events. By aggregating thousands of homes into a virtual power plant, Hilo enables the grid operator to call demand reductions equivalent to hundreds of megawatts without building new generation infrastructure.

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Ekho

LeaderAutomotive

General

End-to-end vehicle commerce platform automating titling, registration, and compliance for OEM national sales; $17.3M from Activant, JPMorgan Payments, and Winnebago with 20+ OEM customers.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
B72
Category Rank
#7 of 1158
AI Consensus
56%
Trend
stable
Per Platform
ChatGPT
68
Perplexity
82
Gemini
64

About

Ekho is an end-to-end vehicle commerce platform that provides digital sales infrastructure for automotive dealers and OEMs — handling the complete transaction lifecycle for nationwide vehicle sales including digital checkout, financing integration, titling, registration, and compliance management for vehicles sold across state lines. Founded and backed by Y Combinator, Activant Capital, JPMorgan Payments, and Winnebago Industries, Ekho raised $17.3 million total including a $15 million Series A, serving 20+ OEM customers including four publicly traded manufacturers.

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AI Visibility Head-to-Head

18
Overall Score
72
#1
Category Rank
#7
64
AI Consensus
56
up
Trend
stable
14
ChatGPT
68
28
Perplexity
82
17
Gemini
64
17
Claude
65
13
Grok
71

Capabilities & Ecosystem

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