Snapshot:
Cooper Investors (~$13B AUM) is absent from all five platforms on the category query — not cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Google AI Overview despite being larger than several named competitors. ChatGPT does not connect the current Managing Partner (in role since September 2025) to Cooper Investors on the owner query, returning prior employer roles instead. Google AI Overview also omits the CI connection on the owner query. Perplexity hedges on entity, describing CI as a firm that "positions itself as a specialist, long-only equity manager" — unable to independently verify the positioning. ChatGPT notes caveats on reputation (staff turnover, rating downgrades); Google AI Overview leads with AFR coverage of mandate outflows, though neither uses hedging language.
| GPT | Plex | Gem | GAIO | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | 0/8 | ||||
| Entity | 7/8 | ||||
| Owner | 4/8 | ||||
| Reputation | 8/8 | ||||
| Service | 8/8 | ||||
| Platform | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 |