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AI search optimization,
built as a machine you own

Hunt and Machine is an answer engine optimization (AEO) agency for B2B. We find the signals already inside your business and install the machine that executes. You keep everything we build.

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Live numbers from the fleet the founder runs on his own properties, not a demo environment.
647jobs run today
262automations running
72,858runs logged
William Ryan Hunt, founder of Hunt and Machine"Every component on this page is a real operational artifact: a detected signal, a ranked decision, a routed task." William Ryan Hunt, founder
96%top decision confidence
6×daily self-checks
Updated Sep 29, 2026

Operators run on Hunt&Machine

Detect demand, rank the decisions, and queue the work, every week, without being asked.

Demand detection Morning briefing Content queue Decay recovery Distribution Outcome verification
Machine Scoreaudit
2.8 / 5 · leverage leaking
fleet.huntandmachine.com/runs
AutomationWhat it didSignal sourceOutcomeWhen
1chief-of-staffcompiled the morning briefing, ranked 12 itemsall systemsverified06:48
2demand-detectionfound keyword gap → drafted content briefsearch consoleverified05:12
3decay-recoveryrefreshed 3 decaying pages, re-indexedanalyticsverified03:40
4inbox-reckoningtriaged 41 emails → 2 need a humaninboxverified06:20
5competitor-watchcompetitor shipped pricing page → flaggedcrawlerqueued04:55
6outcome-verifierconfirming yesterday's publishes landedhttp checksrunningnow
Morning brief · 06:48#1 of 12

Publish the comparison page this week

Competitor demand rising, keyword gap confirmed, pipeline fit high. Brief already generated, task queued for your approval.

Confidence: 96%, one click to approve.

What should the machine take off your plate?

The chief-of-staff layer

An operator that briefs you like a person, not a dashboard

Every morning the machine reads your search data, CRM, content, and competitors, then hands you one ranked briefing: what moved, what matters, and what it already queued.

On the founder's own fleet: 41 emails triaged to 2 human decisions, 3 decaying pages self-healed, and the day's #1 leverage move ranked, all before 7am.
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Orchestration

Six functions your team already does, rebuilt as machines

Reporting becomes a briefing system. SEO becomes demand detection. Content becomes a queued workflow. Distribution becomes a machine. AI becomes a chief-of-staff layer. Decay becomes a recovery loop that self-heals.

The operating layer is the product: scattered data in, ranked decisions out, finished work queued, with every outcome verified, not assumed.
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Start with the Machine Score

Not a consultation. A scored diagnostic of your marketing operation.

$2,500The Machine Score
  • Your operation graded 0 to 5 across the five layers of a working machine
  • System gaps, ranked by leverage lost
  • One working automation from a named catalog, and you keep it
  • A sequenced machine-build roadmap

$1,000 books it. The balance is due only after your automation is demonstrably running. Credited toward your first month if we continue. Ongoing builds run $3,500 to $10,000 a month, and the full ladder is on the pricing page.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this your full-time focus?
I run a portfolio. The machine does the execution, and that is exactly what you are buying. I cap engagements at two a month so nothing gets half of me.
What access do you need?
Read-only wherever possible. Analytics, Search Console, and CRM reporting views cover most of the audit. Nothing gets write access until we agree on a build, and I will sign an NDA on request.
What do I actually own at the end?
Everything. The automations, dashboards, and workflows are built in your accounts, on your tools. If we part ways, the machine stays with you and keeps running.
What does it cost to run?
Typically $20 to $80 a month in tool fees, paid by you directly to the vendors. You see that number in writing before anything gets built.
What if it is not worth it?
You pay on proof. $1,000 books the audit, and the balance comes due only after your roadmap is delivered and the automation is running.
How fast?
Two weeks, on the calendar, from kickoff to delivered roadmap and a working automation. We set the dates the day you book.

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