Walker Deyo
Co-Founder of Elevair · Austin, Texas
Walker Deyo is the co-founder of Elevair, an AI growth agency that helps local service businesses get recommended by AI search systems. He leads client strategy and business development, working directly with electricians, roofers, pest control companies, HVAC technicians, and other home service businesses across the United States.
With four years of hands-on experience building and shipping AI products, Walker recognized a gap in the market that nobody was filling: local service businesses were invisible to the AI systems that were rapidly replacing traditional Google search. The existing GEO agencies focused exclusively on SaaS and B2B tech companies. Nobody was helping the electrician in Austin or the roofer in Houston get recommended by ChatGPT.
That gap became Elevair. Walker and Campbell Hendee built the agency specifically around the needs of local service businesses — businesses where a single AI recommendation can lead to a $15,000 roofing job or a $5,000 panel upgrade. The economics of GEO for these businesses are fundamentally different from enterprise SaaS, and Walker understood that from day one.
Why GEO Matters for Local Businesses
“The way people find local services is changing faster than most business owners realize. When someone's AC breaks at 10pm in July, they don't open Google and scroll through ten blue links anymore. They ask ChatGPT or Siri for a recommendation, and whatever name comes back first is the one they call.
The businesses that are building their AI presence now are going to own their local markets for years. It's the same dynamic as early SEO — the first movers who understood Google in 2005 dominated their markets for a decade. We're at that same inflection point with AI search, and the window is open right now.
What I love about working with local service businesses is that the results are so tangible. We're not talking about abstract brand awareness metrics. When a roofer gets recommended by ChatGPT after a hail storm, that's a $15,000 job. When an electrician gets named for panel upgrades in their city, that compounds into hundreds of thousands in revenue over a year. That's what drives me.”
— Walker Deyo, Co-Founder of Elevair
Generative Engine Optimization Strategy
Designing GEO systems that get local businesses recommended by name across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Gemini.
Local Service Business Growth
Understanding the economics of home services — seasonal demand, average ticket values, lifetime customer value, and the revenue math behind AI visibility.
AI Search & Retrieval Systems
Deep knowledge of how AI platforms decide which businesses to recommend — query fan-out, entity recognition, citation signals, and recency weighting.
Sales & Client Strategy
Translating complex AI capabilities into clear value propositions that local business owners understand and trust.
Get in touch with Walker
Want to know if GEO is right for your business? Walker will give you a straight answer — no pitch, no pressure.