Ads are critical for OpenAI. OpenAI projects $2.5B in ad revenue for 2026, scaling to $100B (!) by 2030, banking on 2.75B weekly users and the unique advantage that chatbot users explicitly state what they want to buy. "The projections assume OpenAI's products reach 2.75 billion weekly users by 2030 and capture a share of the global ad market dominated by Google, Meta, Amazon and TikTok." Via Axios. As we know: The move puts OpenAI in direct contrast with Anthropic, which has committed to keeping Claude ad-free. [Translated from EN to English]

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