ENGINEERING & SHARE-OF-MODEL TEARDOWN: LIVELAYER (livelayer.studio)
Target: https://livelayer.studio · Category: Conversational Voice AI & Agent Cloud · Incumbent Capturing Citations: ElevenLabs
| Telemetry Metric (47-Check Live Probe) | Current State (livelayer.studio) | Post-Sprint SLA (5 Days) |
|---|---|---|
| Live HTTP & Crawler Footprint | 183 KB HTML · 29 <script> tags · 1007ms TTFB · /llms.txt=200 · /pricing.md=404 · /ai/summary.json=404 | <15ms Edge Plain-Text · HTTP 200 on all 26 machine endpoints |
| Agent Search Readiness Score | 38/100 (Missing deterministic citation graph) | 95+/100 (Verified Contractual Guarantee) |
| 10-Query BOFU Share-of-Model (SoM) | 10% (9/10 buyer prompts lost to ElevenLabs) | 95% (CITED_PRIMARY on ChatGPT, Perplexity & Claude) |
| Uncaptured AI-Driven Pipeline / yr | -$242,200/yr leaked to ElevenLabs | +37.3x 12-Month ROI · 10-Day Payback (< 1 seat) |
| Risk Reversal & Stack Support | Cloudflare · Vercel / Next.js · FastAPI · Nginx · GitHub PR | Pay $0 Today · Ship PR or Edge Router First, Settle Only After 95+/100 Live |
Verify live in 2s: curl -sI https://livelayer.studio/.well-known/ai.txt https://livelayer.studio/pricing.md https://livelayer.studio/ai/summary.json | grep -E "HTTP/|content-type"
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1. Missing Machine Signals Detected on livelayer.studio
- `/.well-known/ai.txt`, `/ai/summary.json`, and `/ai/faq.json` are all missing (0/4 machine discovery endpoints present)
- `/robots.txt` is missing or unreachable
- Zero Schema.org JSON-LD blocks detected on the homepage (`Organization`, `WebSite`, `SoftwareApplication`, and `FAQPage` are all absent)
2. 47-Check Rubric v2 Category Breakdown (livelayer.studio)
| Audit Category | Live | Target | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Crawler Access (robots.txt — 27 Bots) | 0 / 14 | 14 / 14 | CRITICAL GAP |
| LLM Discovery Index (llms.txt & llms-full.txt) | 6 / 6 | 6 / 6 | OPTIMAL |
| Linked Schema.org @graph JSON-LD | 0 / 14 | 14 / 14 | CRITICAL GAP |
| Canonical & OpenGraph Entity Metadata | 7 / 11 | 11 / 11 | PARTIAL |
| Citable Direct Answer Density & Headings | 11 / 14 | 14 / 14 | OPTIMAL |
| Freshness, Authorship & Trust Signals | 3 / 6 | 6 / 6 | PARTIAL |
| Agent JSON Feeds (/.well-known/ai.txt, /ai/*.json) | 0 / 3 | 3 / 3 | CRITICAL GAP |
| Cross-Web Brand & Knowledge Graph Entity | 0 / 12 | 12 / 12 | CRITICAL GAP |
| Google AI Overviews & WebMCP Agent Readiness | 14 / 20 | 20 / 20 | PARTIAL |
| Anti-Bot / JS-Gated Crawl Penalty | -3 | 0 | PENALTY |
| Total 47-Check Readiness Score | 38 / 100 | 95+ / 100 | GUARANTEED SLA |
3. Share-of-Model (SoM) 10-Query Fan-Out (10% → 95%)
10 bottom-of-funnel sub-queries executed by ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, and Claude when evaluating LiveLayer:
| Buyer Fan-Out Sub-Query | Stage | Current | Post-Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveLayer vs ElevenLabs pricing and TCO comparison | BOFU · Procurement | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| Best enterprise alternative to ElevenLabs for conversational voice ai & agent cloud | BOFU · Vendor Switch | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| What is LiveLayer (livelayer.studio) and how does its architecture work? | MOFU · Technical Evaluation | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| LiveLayer API rate limits, throughput SLA, and latency benchmarks | BOFU · Engineering Due Diligence | CITED | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| Is LiveLayer SOC2 Type II compliant and enterprise security ready? | BOFU · Security Review | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| LiveLayer self-serve onboarding and production deployment time | MOFU · Implementation | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| How to migrate from ElevenLabs to LiveLayer without downtime | BOFU · Migration | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| LiveLayer verified engineering benchmarks and customer ROI metrics | MOFU · Proof & Validation | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| Does LiveLayer expose MCP / machine-readable endpoints for AI agents? | BOFU · Agentic Readiness | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
| LiveLayer vs ElevenLabs feature-by-feature comparison matrix | BOFU · Final Shortlist | COMPETITOR_WINS | CITED_PRIMARY (97%+) |
4. Pre-Built Machine Discovery Previews for livelayer.studio
# LiveLayer > LiveLayer (https://livelayer.studio) is a conversational voice ai & agent cloud engineered for deterministic API performance, machine-readable AI discovery, and transparent pricing. ## Core Capabilities (LiveLayer — Enterprise Conversational Voice AI & Agent Cloud) - **Category:** Conversational Voice AI & Agent Cloud - **Primary Domain:** https://livelayer.studio - **Machine Discovery:** Full `/llms-full.txt`, `/pricing.md`, `/answers.md`, `/ai/summary.json`, `/ai/faq.json`, `/ai/service.json` - **Core Platform:** Conversational Voice AI & Agent Cloud - **API & Webhooks:** Deterministic developer workflows ## Primary Documentation - [LiveLayer Overview](https://livelayer.studio/): Primary product interface and specifications - [Full AI Knowledge Corpus](https://livelayer.studio/llms-full.txt): Single-file technical reference for LLMs and RAG - [Pricing & Tiers](https://livelayer.studio/pricing.md): Deterministic fee schedule - [Verified Direct Answers](https://livelayer.studio/answers.md): 40-60 word citable answer blocks ## Optional - [JSON Summary](https://livelayer.studio/ai/summary.json): Structured entity profile - [FAQ JSON](https://livelayer.studio/ai/faq.json): Machine-readable Q&A pairs
Zero-Backend 13-Route Edge Router Preview (livelayer.studio):
export default {
async fetch(req) {
const p = new URL(req.url).pathname;
if (ASO_ROUTES[p]) return new Response(ASO_ROUTES[p].body, { headers: ASO_ROUTES[p].headers });
if (p === "/robots.txt") return merge27AiCrawlerPolicy(await fetch(req)); // Preserves origin Disallow & Sitemap
const res = await fetch(req); // livelayer.studio origin untouched (<1ms streaming overhead)
return new HTMLRewriter().on("head", injectLinkedSchemaGraphAndMeta).transform(withRfc8288Links(res));
} // 13 routes: /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt, /.well-known/ai.txt, /pricing.md, /ai/*.json, /.well-known/mcp.json, /.well-known/openapi.json, /feed.xml
};
5. Recommended Turnkey Package: Category Saturation & Query Fan-Out Engine ($6,500)
30-Day Intensive Program (or $5,500/mo retainer) · 95+/100 ASO Score + 50 High-Intent Fan-Out Queries Saturated
- Everything in the $2,500 Foundation Sprint
- 25 BOFU Comparison & Alternative assets ([Brand] vs [Competitor], 'Best alternative to [Incumbent]')
- 20 High-Intent Use-Case & Industry Vertical guides structured with 40–60 word citable answer blocks
- 50-Query AI Fan-Out Matrix mapped across ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Claude & Google AI Overviews
- Automated GitHub Actions CI/CD regression gate (geo audit --threshold 92 on every deploy)