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      "website": "airbus.com",
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      "slug": "covestro",
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      "website": "covestro.com",
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      "slug": "durr",
      "company": "Dürr",
      "website": "durr.com",
      "industry": "Manufacturing & Industrial",
      "profileUrl": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/company/durr",
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    },
    {
      "rank": 24,
      "slug": "endresshauser-deutschland",
      "company": "Endress+Hauser Deutschland",
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      "industry": "Manufacturing & Industrial",
      "profileUrl": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/company/endresshauser-deutschland",
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    },
    {
      "rank": 25,
      "slug": "knorr-bremse",
      "company": "Knorr-bremse",
      "website": "knorrbremse.com",
      "industry": "Manufacturing & Industrial",
      "profileUrl": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/company/knorr-bremse",
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  "previousMonth": "2026-04",
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  "methodology": {
    "version": "1.0",
    "url": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api-docs#methodology",
    "description": "Visibility Score (0-100) is the share of AI model × candidate-experience-theme combinations within an industry and country where the company was mentioned in AI-generated answers to candidate-style questions. Ranks are computed per industry and country; ties break by mention count, then company name. Responses from other assistants (e.g. Claude, DeepSeek) are collected for research but not included in index scoring.",
    "models": [
      "ChatGPT",
      "Google Gemini",
      "Perplexity"
    ]
  }
}