Illuminant Surgical vs Hey Telo

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

Hey Telo leads in AI visibility (35 vs 24)

Illuminant Surgical

EmergingHealthcare

General

Medical device company projecting CT/MRI anatomy directly onto patients during surgery for real-time guidance; YC-backed $500K raised at $750K-$900K revenue with SIGGRAPH 2025 research presentation.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
D24
Category Rank
#935 of 1167
AI Consensus
71%
Trend
stable
Per Platform
ChatGPT
26
Perplexity
32
Gemini
32

About

Illuminant Surgical is a medical device company developing Skylight — a real-time anatomical projection system that displays medical imaging data (CT scans, MRI, ultrasound) directly onto the patient's body surface during surgery, giving surgeons continuous visual guidance about subsurface anatomy without looking away from the operative field. Founded in 2022 and backed by Y Combinator with $500,000+ raised from YC, the US National Science Foundation, and angel investors, Illuminant generated $750,000-$900,000 in revenue in 2024 with an 18-person team and presented Skylight research at SIGGRAPH 2025.

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Hey Telo

EmergingHome Services

General

German craftsman AI voice agent answering calls and scheduling 24/7 for 1M+ Handwerk businesses; YC-backed targeting phone automation for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical trades in Germany.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
D35
Category Rank
#608 of 1167
AI Consensus
73%
Trend
stable
Per Platform
ChatGPT
30
Perplexity
27
Gemini
30

About

Hey Telo is a Berlin-based AI voice agent company building phone-answering and administrative automation specifically for Germany's 1 million+ independent craftsman businesses (Handwerksbetriebe) — HVAC technicians, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and other skilled trades — who lose significant revenue daily to unanswered calls and administrative burden. A Y Combinator-backed startup, Hey Telo provides voice AI agents that answer calls professionally 24/7, schedule appointments, and provide quotes while the craftsman is on-site working.

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AI Visibility Head-to-Head

24
Overall Score
35
#935
Category Rank
#608
71
AI Consensus
73
stable
Trend
stable
26
ChatGPT
30
32
Perplexity
27
32
Gemini
30
25
Claude
32
21
Grok
39

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