# Stratalize AI Citation Leaders by Category

> Stratalize AI Citation Leaders by Category is a paid API for AI agents from www.stratalize.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns vendors ranked by unprompted mention frequency in AI-generated content for a given category, sourced from the Stratalize AI citation index.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.stratalize.com/api/x402/category-ai-leaders
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stratalize-ai-citation-leaders-by-category-2db868e1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Ig1wHMvM5uI2-9UwBdt2a

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability stratalize-ai-citation-leaders-by-category-2db868e1
```

Example prompt: Which vendors are mentioned most by AI platforms in the cloud security category — can you pull the AI citation leaders and rankings for that space?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to understand which vendors dominate AI-generated recommendations within a specific product or industry category — particularly for brand visibility audits, competitive positioning research, or go-to-market analysis focused on AI mindshare rather than traditional search or social metrics.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or unsupported category returns empty results or an error
- Category string too vague or misspelled leads to no matching data
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks the request
- Rate limiting if too many calls are made in quick succession
- Cryptographic signature verification failure at trust.stratalize.com

## How this service works

Stratalize — attested finance, legal, healthcare, and compliance intelligence. Signed, independently verifiable receipt on every call (trust.stratalize.com/verify). AI citation leaders by category — vendors ranked by unprompted mention frequency across major AI platforms. Source: Stratalize AI citation index. Use when assessing brand visibility in AI-generated recommendations or researching category leaders

## Output

A ranked list of vendors by unprompted AI mention frequency within the specified category, drawn from the Stratalize AI citation index. Each response is ML-DSA-65 cryptographically signed and includes a verifiable receipt accessible at trust.stratalize.com/verify.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "category": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: category"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stratalize-ai-citation-leaders-by-category-2db868e1/health.json
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