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Sam Altman desperately scraping pennies together
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/29/openai-tries-ads-in-chatgpt-but-it-wont-save-them - blog post
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CORRECTION: Meta's 2025 ad revenue was $196 billion per investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2026/Meta-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx
Sources:
A fireside chat with Sam Altman OpenAI CEO at Harvard University youtube.com/watch?v=FVRHTWWEIz4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI Readies Itself for Its Facebook Era theinformation.com/articles/openai-readies-facebook-era
ChatGPT Android app 1.2025.329 beta includes new references https://x.com/btibor91/status/1994714152636690834
OpenAI’s Ads Push Starts Taking Shape theinformation.com/articles/openais-ads-push-starts-taking-shape
Testing ads in ChatGPT openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt
OpenAI Forecasts Advertising to Hit $102 billion by 2030 theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecasts-advertising-hit-102-billion-2030
Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot ft.com/content/c9acd1f7-4864-4bd7-9ada-d2e13f05b906
OpenAI’s First Advertisers Can’t Prove ChatGPT Ads Work theinformation.com/articles/openais-first-advertisers-prove-chatgpt-ads-work
Previously on Pivot to AI:
Cash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — ‘in the spirit of a donation’ pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/03/cash-incinerator-openai-secures-its-6-6-billion-lifeline-in-the-spirit-of-a-donation
OpenAI faces cash crunch in 2026 as bills come due pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/23/openai-faces-cash-crunch-in-2026-as-bills-come-due
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Sam Altman desperately scraping pennies together
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/29/openai-tries-ads-in-chatgpt-but-it-wont-save-them - blog post
Patreon: patreon.com/davidgerard
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/A1529D5
Buy us useful things: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6
Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com
Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com
CORRECTION: Meta's 2025 ad revenue was $196 billion per investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2026/Meta-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx
Sources:
A fireside chat with Sam Altman OpenAI CEO at Harvard University youtube.com/watch?v=FVRHTWWEIz4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI Readies Itself for Its Facebook Era theinformation.com/articles/openai-readies-facebook-era
ChatGPT Android app 1.2025.329 beta includes new references https://x.com/btibor91/status/1994714152636690834
OpenAI’s Ads Push Starts Taking Shape theinformation.com/articles/openais-ads-push-starts-taking-shape
Testing ads in ChatGPT openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt
OpenAI Forecasts Advertising to Hit $102 billion by 2030 theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecasts-advertising-hit-102-billion-2030
Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot ft.com/content/c9acd1f7-4864-4bd7-9ada-d2e13f05b906
OpenAI’s First Advertisers Can’t Prove ChatGPT Ads Work theinformation.com/articles/openais-first-advertisers-prove-chatgpt-ads-work
Previously on Pivot to AI:
Cash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — ‘in the spirit of a donation’ pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/03/cash-incinerator-openai-secures-its-6-6-billion-lifeline-in-the-spirit-of-a-donation
OpenAI faces cash crunch in 2026 as bills come due pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/23/openai-faces-cash-crunch-in-2026-as-bills-come-due
video: youtube.com/watch?v=eaQKJuA3qF8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Full Pivot to AI playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Audio-only podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot-to-ai/id1844698298
Illustration: stock image by Studiostoks
