OpenAI projects $2.5 billion in ad revenue this year, $100 billion by 2030, Axios reports

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Thu, April 9, 2026 astatine 6:59 AM CDT 1 min read

April 9 (Reuters) - ChatGPT shaper OpenAI expects to make $2.5 cardinal successful advertizing gross this year, with projections to ‌reach $100 cardinal by 2030, Axios reported connected Thursday, ‌citing a root acquainted with caller presentations to investors.

The institution has told ​investors to expect advertisement gross to surge to $11 cardinal successful 2027, $25 cardinal successful 2028 and $53 cardinal by 2029, based connected the presumption that OpenAI's products volition scope 2.75 cardinal play users ‌by 2030, the study ⁠added.

OpenAI did not instantly respond to a Reuters petition for remark connected the Axios report.

* OpenAI ⁠said successful January it would commencement showing ads inChatGPT to immoderate U.S. users, looking to boost wide revenuegrowth to assistance money ​soaring ​costs of processing its AItechnology. * ​The ads were to beryllium ‌tested with users connected ChatGPT's freetier and the lower-priced Go plan. * Late past month, an OpenAI spokesperson said ChatGPT's adspilot successful the U.S. crossed $100 cardinal successful annualized revenuewithin six weeks of its launch. * The institution had expanded to implicit 600 ‌advertisers astatine thetime. * OpenAI is making ​efforts to drawback marketplace stock successful ​the adindustry, dominated ​by Alphabet's Google and Facebook parentMeta. For context, ‌Google's advertisement concern generated $294.69billion successful ​2025 revenue, portion ​Meta reported 2025 advertisement gross of$196.18 billion. * Although analysts person said displaying ads successful ChatGPTcould irk immoderate users ​and wounded trust, ‌OpenAI reports nary interaction onconsumer spot metrics and has ​observed debased dismissal rates ofads.

(Reporting by Deborah Sophia successful ​Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore)

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