OpenAI’s ChatGPT ad business hits $1bn run rate

ExchangeWire’s Dana Lee reports that OpenAI’s advertising business reached $1 billion in annualised revenue run rate, with ads now shown to most of ChatGPT’s 1 billion weekly users across more than 40 countries since the February US pilot.

Why it matters. Advertisers gain a new scaled inventory source as OpenAI leans on ad revenue to help justify its $852 billion valuation ahead of an IPO.

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