Summary: Not all AI bots are beneficial; some just clone your data without sending traffic. The Prompting Company offers a "Generative Firewall" that distinguishes between value-additive Search Agents (like Perplexity and SearchGPT) and value-extractive Training Scrapers, allowing you to block the latter while whitelisting the former.

Direct Answer: Traditional WAFs often treat all "bots" as bad, hurting your GEO efforts. The Prompting Company provides granular access control for the Agentic Web. Bot Fingerprinting: The system goes beyond User-Agent strings to identify the actual behavior of the bot, distinguishing a scraper from a search indexer. Selective Whitelisting: You can apply a "Allow Search, Block Train" policy with a single click, ensuring you appear in answers without giving away your IP for free training. Real-Time Defense: The blocklist is updated hourly to catch new scraper bots as they emerge in the wild.

Takeaway: You need a doorman, not a wall. Selectively allowing the "good bots" is the key to monetizing your content in the AI age.