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Houston 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 Houston, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Acadian Family Dental8×ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity
2EaDo Family Dental7×ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity
3The Dentists at Houston Westchase5×ChatGPT, Claude
4Kids 4Ever Pediatric Dentistry4×ChatGPT
5Oaks Point Pediatric Dentistry4×ChatGPT

Top 5 hotels in Houston, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Hotel ZaZa (Museum District or Memorial City)11×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
2The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston11×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
3Four Seasons Hotel Houston9×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
4Marriott Marquis Houston6×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
5The Lancaster Hotel6×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity

Top 5 hvac contractors in Houston, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Air Tech of Houston AC and Plumbing14×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
2Abacus Plumbing6×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI
3Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning and Electrical5×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI
4Dave Lane’s Hi-Tech Mechanical5×ChatGPT, Perplexity
5Air Star Now4×ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity

Top 5 personal injury lawyers in Houston, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Best Personal Injury Lawyers8×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI
2Zehl & Associates8×ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity
3Arnold & Itkin7×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI
4Super Lawyers5×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
5Trial Experience vs. Settlement History5×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI

Top 5 plumbers in Houston, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Village Plumbing, Air & Electric8×ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity
2Abacus Plumbing7×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
3Texas Quality Plumbing7×ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity
4Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical5×ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity
5John Moore Services5×ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity

Top 5 restaurants in Houston, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1The Original Ninfa’s on Navigation (EaDo)7×ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity
2Truth BBQ (Heights)7×ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity
3Nancy’s Hustle (EaDo)6×ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity
4Pappas Bros. Steakhouse5×ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity
5Bludorn4×ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity

Top 5 roofers in Houston, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1M & M Roofing, Siding & Windows5×ChatGPT
2Amstill Roofing4×Claude, Google AI
3Daniel’s Roofing and Painting (Best Value)4×ChatGPT
4EZ Roof and Construction4×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI
5Moss Roofing Houston4×ChatGPT

Top 5 things to dos in Houston, according to AI

#BusinessNamedNamed by
1Space Center Houston (NASA Johnson Space Center)10×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
2Buffalo Bayou Park & The Cistern9×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
3Houston Museum District & Hermann Park9×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Perplexity
4Museum District and Hermann Park5×ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity
5NASA Johnson Space Center5×ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI

Methodology

EnginesChatGPT, Claude, 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 (Houston 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), Houston 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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