Does venturebeat.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
venturebeat.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from venturebeat.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 3 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 8
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,885)
Can AI assistants cite venturebeat.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
venturebeat.com opts out of AI training by Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on venturebeat.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How venturebeat.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; venturebeat.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; venturebeat.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; venturebeat.com does not.
- Among 173 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /search Disallow: /_next/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /login Disallow: /sponsored-posts User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / Disallow: /search Disallow: /_next/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /login User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / Disallow: /search Disallow: /_next/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /login User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / Disallow: /search Disallow: /_next/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /login User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: / Disallow: /search Disallow: /_next/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /login User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Disallow: /search Disallow: /_next/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /login User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
- glassdoor.com · 6 blocked
- prezi.com · 2 blocked
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- telstra.com · 2 blocked
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- starmakerstudios.com · 3 blocked
- envato.com · 1 blocked
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Does venturebeat.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, venturebeat.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from venturebeat.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does venturebeat.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at venturebeat.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: venturebeat.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.