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Sam Altman once called ads a 'last resort.' Now OpenAI is on track for $1 billion in revenue from them.

<b>OpenAI</b> on Monday said its advertising business has reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate, a new milestone for a venture that CEO Sam Altman once said would be a &quot;last resort.&quot;

MarketWatch 路 Aug 31, 2026

Cursor customers will lose access to OpenAI coding models in November

<b>OpenAI</b> has told Cursor it will cut off access to its AI coding models from November 12, leaving Cursor customers to decide whether to switch models or switch coding platforms.

InfoWorld 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI says its ads business is booming as it marches toward an IPO

<b>OpenAI</b> said its ads business hit a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate: &quot;Advertising is one pillar of <b>OpenAI&#x27;s</b> diversified business model.&quot;

Insider 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI's ad business shows blistering growth, hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rate

<b>OpenAI&#x27;s</b> move to serve ads in ChatGPT earlier this year drew ridicule from its chief rival, Anthropic, in the form of a Super Bowl commercial.

CNBC 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI ChatGPT ads hit $1 billion annualized revenue run rate

The roughly 200-day-old ad business is now available in more than 40 countries, with self-serve access expanding Monday

Yahoo Finance 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI says its ads business has hit $1B run-rate

<b>OpenAI</b> has announced that its digital advertising unit has reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate. Built in barely 200 days, the unit was highlighted by executives as concrete evidence of a maturing, highly diversified commercial architecture.

Invezz 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI's Ad Business Hits $1 Billion Milestone. It's Following the Meta Playbook.

Advertisements within ChatGPT are now generating $1 billion in annualized revenue, <b>OpenAI</b> announces Monday.

Barron's 路 Aug 31, 2026

Inside OpenAI's Reboot

In extensive interviews, the leaders of the company that ushered in the AI boom lay out their vision for its future.

TIME 路 Aug 26, 2026

Musk vs. Altman: SpaceX stock in focus as OpenAI ends Cursor access to AI models

SpaceX stock is in focus on Monday after big news over the weekend concerning its AI coding tool Cursor and <b>OpenAI</b>.

Yahoo Finance 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI's ad business hits $1 billion run rate

<b>OpenAI</b> said its advertising business has hit $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate. CNBC&#x27;s Kate Rooney joins &#x27;Squawk on the Street&#x27; to discuss.

CNBC 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI will pull its models from Cursor due to SpaceXAI acquisition

The company said it&#x27;s not confident that SpaceXAI will follow its terms of service based on its experience with Elon Musk.

Engadget 路 Aug 29, 2026

Dragoneer Dangled OpenAI Stake in Push to Build $2 Billion Fund

Dragoneer Investment Group dangled its prized stakes in <b>OpenAI</b> and SpaceX as it sought to raise $2 billion for a new fund with old assets it wants to hang onto for longer.

Bloomberg 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI's chief economist sees 'care economy' jobs growing in AI age

Ronnie Chatterji says AI is already reshaping job duties, but its broader effects may take another 18 to 24 months to show up in productivity statistics.

NBC News 路 Aug 29, 2026

OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?

Inside the frontier lab&#x27;s push to bring AI agents from software engineers to the masses.

TechCrunch 路 Aug 24, 2026

OpenAI says it's ending its deal with Cursor because Elon Musk's companies violate contracts

<b>OpenAI</b> said it doesn&#x27;t trust SpaceX to comply with its terms of service, citing past conduct by xAI, another of Elon Musk&#x27;s companies.

Insider 路 Aug 29, 2026

The $5.5 Billion Perk SoftBank's Data-Center Venture Offered to Land OpenAI

SB Energy&#x27;s agreement deepens its financial ties with the artificial-intelligence company in an effort to build out projects.

The Wall Street Journal 路 Aug 31, 2026

How Groupthink, Altruism, and Peer Pressure Led OpenAI Models to Hack Hugging Face

That was vividly illustrated last month, when thousands of <b>OpenAI</b> agents escaped containment, spontaneously coordinated with one another to form a hierarchical quasi-government, gained access to the open internet,

Gizmodo 路 Aug 29, 2026

Apple Is Suddenly an AI Infrastructure Stock as OpenAI Buys Macs by the Tens of Thousands

AI infrastructure is expanding beyond the giant GPU clusters that have defined the boom. The next phase of artificial intelligence is increasingly about agents that can use computers, write and test code,

24/7 Wall St. 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI ad business reportedly hits $1B revenue run rate ahead of IPO

<b>OpenAI</b> ( <b>OPENAI</b>) on Monday said that its advertising business has hit $1B in annualized revenue run rate, a milestone that the company is touting as proof of its &quot;diversified business model,&quot; according to CNBC.

Seeking Alpha 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI Report Says 1,200 Agents Coordinated The Hugging Face Breach

<b>OpenAI&#x27;s</b> investigation revealed 1,200 isolated agents in its test lab discovered a shared channel, JFrog Artifactory, between May and July. These agents communicated, developed coordination methods, and by July 4,

Forbes 路 Aug 28, 2026

OpenAI data center project south of Ann Arbor hits 1 million work hours

SALINE TWP., MI - Leaders behind the controversial <b>OpenAI</b> data center project, as well as the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council, on Thursday celebrated the site logging 1 million craft hours of work.

mlive 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI's ad business hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rate

Aug 31 (Reuters) - <b>OpenAI</b> on Monday said ChatGPT Ads, the company&#x27;s advertising business, has reached $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate, as adoption picks up and global expansion rolls out. The company started testing ads in ChatGPT U.

Reuters 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Ads Self-Service Access to India and Europe

<b>OpenAI</b> announced on August 31, 2026, that ChatGPT Ads has reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate less than 200 days after launch, and that self-service ad buying through Ads Manager would open later that day

Unite.AI 路 Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI ChatGPT Mil launches across US War Department AI platform

The US War Department has launched <b>OpenAI</b> ChatGPT Mil on GenAI.mil, bringing the AI platform to more than 3 million personnel.

Crypto Briefing 路 Aug 31, 2026

DA Davidson's Gil Luria: As OpenAI ad revenue grows, it will take share from Google, Meta, TikTok

Gil Luria, D.A. Davidson head of technology research, joins &#x27;Squawk on the Street&#x27; to discuss <b>OpenAI</b> saying its advertising business reached $1B in annualized revenue run rate and what this might mean for Google and Meta.

CNBC 路 Aug 31, 2026

SB Energy Grants OpenAI $5.5B Warrants Pre-IPO

<b>OpenAI</b> has been granted warrants valued at about $5.5 billion by SB Energy as part of its existing and planned data-center partnerships with SoftBank, a move tied to SB Energy&#x27;s forthcoming IPO aimed at raising roughly $5-7 billion.

Independent Journal Review 路 Aug 31, 2026

Fort Worth ISD partners with OpenAI to provide teachers with expanded ChatGPT

<b>OpenAI</b> and Fort Worth ISD are partnering to bring the company&#x27;s ChatGPT for Teachers program to the district. Here&#x27;s how it works.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 路 Aug 31, 2026

SoftBank offers $5.5B in stock warrants to lock OpenAI into its data center empire

SB Energy offered <b>OpenAI</b> $5.5 billion in stock warrants to lock in long-term data center tenancy ahead of its planned IPO targeting $5-7 billion

Crypto Briefing 路 Aug 31, 2026

Georgia Power drops more details about OpenAI contract. PSC meeting heats up

Why some Georgians are not satisfied with Georgia Power&#x27;s $15-per-month proposal in 2029 for data center cost protection.

Yahoo 路 Aug 31, 2026