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Denver press kit — what AI recommends

Free to cite. Everything below is generated from captured AI answers — no opinions, no placement. Take the numbers, the CSV, and a quote.

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The data

Full dataset (every business, mentions, engines, snapshot): download the CSV.

Top 5 family dentists in Denver, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Cherry Creek Family Dentistry6×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
2Raabe Family Dentistry4×Claude, Google AI
3Avenue Family Dentistry3×Claude, Google AI
4Glenn Family Dentistry3×Google AI
5Metropolitan Dental Care3×Claude, Google AI

Top 5 hotels in Denver, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Four Seasons Hotel Denver (Downtown)7×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
2The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, Autograph Collection6×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
3The Crawford Hotel (Union Station / LoDo)6×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
4The Ritz-Carlton, Denver (Downtown)6×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
5Halcyon, a Hotel in Cherry Creek (Cherry Creek North)4×Claude, Google AI

Top 5 hvac contractors in Denver, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Applewood Plumbing, Heating & Electric5×Claude, Google AI
2The Weather Changers Heating and Air Conditioning5×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
3UniColorado Heating & Cooling5×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
4Brothers Plumbing, Heating & Electric3×Google AI, Perplexity
5Ask About Denver & Xcel Rebates2×Google AI

Top 5 personal injury lawyers in Denver, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Super Lawyers7×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
2Bachus & Schanker4×Claude, Google AI
3Denver Personal Injury Lawyers® at3×Perplexity
4Keating Wagner Polidori Free or Parker Lipman3×Google AI
5Ogborn Mihm3×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity

Top 5 plumbers in Denver, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Blue Sky Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric8×Claude, Google AI
2Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup6×Google AI, Perplexity
3No Limits Plumbing & Drains4×Google AI, Perplexity
4Applewood Plumbing, Heating & Electric3×Claude
5Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA)3×Google AI

Top 5 restaurants in Denver, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Alma Fonda Fina (Highlands)6×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
2Guard and Grace (Downtown)5×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
3Sushi Den (Platt Park / South Pearl)5×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
4Fine Dining & Special Occasions (Michelin-Starred)3×Google AI
5Hop Alley (RiNo)3×Google AI

Top 5 roofers in Denver, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Excel Roofing6×Claude, Google AI
2Colorado Superior Roofing & Exteriors5×Google AI
3Elite Roofing & Solar4×Claude, Google AI
4Metro City Roofing4×Google AI, Perplexity
5Bold Brothers Roofing3×Claude, Perplexity

Top 5 things to dos in Denver, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre (Morrison)9×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
2Denver Art Museum, Union Station, and Larimer Square7×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
3Denver Botanic Gardens (York Street)5×Google AI, Perplexity
4Rocky Mountain National Park & Estes Park (~1.5 hours)5×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
5VISIT DENVER (Convention & Visitors Bureau)5×Claude, Google AI, Perplexity

Methodology

EnginesClaude, Google AI, Perplexity, claude, google, grok, openai, perplexity — all queried with identical prompts.Prompts24 real buyer questions, asked verbatim.Sample96 answers captured unedited, with engine and timestamp.Rankingby number of mentions across all answers; ties broken by engines naming it. Mentions ≠ quality.Snapshot2026-10-07 — a dated snapshot; AI answers vary by time, location and phrasing.Independencenothing bought or placed; Memeador is not in any ranking.

Quote

“AI is the new front door, and most businesses can’t see what it says about them. We ran the experiment in my hometown — Reno — and published every answer, unedited. Nothing here is bought or placed.”

— Ellen Drewes, founder, Memeador (Denver native / UNR graduate).

About

Ellen Drewes is the founder of Memeador, a one-person senior product-design studio that ships AI-first products and audits AI visibility. She is a University of Nevada, Reno graduate. AI Thinks That is Memeador’s public AI-rankings project.

Corrections & right of reply

Listed businesses: if a listing is wrong, or you want to be added, corrected or removed, email ina@trymemeador.com. We correct factual errors (name, location, category) and mark corrections. Inclusion is never for sale — that is the whole method — and removal requests are honoured on request.

How to cite

"AI Thinks That (aithinksthat.com), Denver AI rankings, snapshot 2026-10-07. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI queried with the same buyer prompts; answers captured unedited; ranked by mention count."

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