OpenAI's Ad Revenue Projections Questioned
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-07-14
Gary Marcus reposted and commented that OpenAI's narrative is "slowly crumbling."
The quoted content mentions that OpenAI told investors it expects to reach $100 billion in ad revenue by 2030; however, Emarketer estimates the total size of the US chatbot advertising market at only $5.41 billion. This discrepancy is used to question whether their revenue expectations are overly optimistic.
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