SaaS distribution in 2026 is a technical problem, not a marketing problem - and this episode is the execution manual, not the philosophy. It opens with the tool → smart recommendations → AI agent sequence that every breakout SaaS follows (and why skipping straight to agents is commercially suicidal). Then: Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) — why AI crawlers treat your landing page like a JSON payload, why semantic HTML and JSON-LD schema markup are now mandatory, and the Princeton study showing LLMs cite earned media over owned content. The Hacker News architecture: 69 points triggers a 10-hour spike of ~60,000 visitors, and post-surge up to 50% of sustained referral traffic now comes from ChatGPT at 2x the conversion rate of Google. The 14-day Reddit ramp protocol with the 3:1 non-promotional ratio rule and subreddit-specific tactics for r/Sa ...