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The customer journey has split into multiple paths, and traditional search alone can no longer capture every qualified prospect who raises their hand.",{"type":17,"tag":18,"props":1483,"children":1484},{},[1485,1487,1494],{"type":22,"value":1486},"According to",{"type":17,"tag":40,"props":1488,"children":1491},{"href":1489,"rel":1490},"https://learn.g2.com/g2-2026-ai-search-insight-report",[44],[1492],{"type":22,"value":1493}," G2's 2026 Answer Economy Insight Report",{"type":22,"value":1495},", 51% of B2B software buyers now begin their purchasing research inside an AI chatbot rather than a traditional search engine. These buyers are bypassing search results entirely, using structured prompts to command large language models (LLMs) to synthesize vendor shortlists on their behalf. 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