ChatGPT Ads Hit $100 Million ARR in Six Weeks: The AI Advertising Era Just Got Real
OpenAI’s ChatGPT advertising pilot crossed $100 million in annualized recurring revenue in just six weeks. That number, confirmed by an OpenAI spokesperson to Reuters on March 26, 2026, makes it one of the fastest advertising products to reach nine figures in history. For context: Google Ads took roughly four years to hit $100 million ARR. Facebook Ads crossed that threshold in about two years. TikTok’s advertising platform needed approximately 18 months. ChatGPT did it in 42 days. ...