Anyone optimizing for Google AI Mode specifically? It feels different from ChatGPT.

Three months tracking and Google AI Mode behaves differently from ChatGPT / Perplexity in ways that confuse my mental model:

• AI Mode pulls from sites that rank well in regular Google organic results. Almost like a re-ranking layer on top of classic SEO.
• ChatGPT seems to weight 'fresh + structured' more.
• Perplexity loves Reddit and HN threads disproportionately.

So when my GEO score climbs in ChatGPT, it doesn't always lift in AI Mode. And vice versa.

Questions:

• Anyone else seeing this divergence?
• Is there an 'AI Mode-specific' optimization beyond just being good in classic SEO?
• For a B2B product team picking ONE engine to optimize first — which would you bet on for buyer-intent queries in 2026?

Genuinely uncertain here.