// the channel

The next ad platform is a conversation.

What ChatGPT ads are, how the auction works, and why the operational window is open right now. Everything below is public-record.

// how fast this happened

Jan 16

Ad principles published

OpenAI sets the rules: labeled, answer-native, no health or politics.

Feb 9

First ads ship

Managed beta with a handful of launch advertisers.

Mar 26

$100M ARR run rate

Faster to nine figures than any prior ad platform.

May 5

Self-serve opens

Anyone with a card can buy. US, CA, AU, NZ.

UK + EU rollout

Announced, undated. More inventory categories to follow.

all dates from OpenAI public announcements

// the format

An ad that arrives as part of the answer.

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in-answer placement

One sponsored unit, rendered as part of the answer, with a brand header plus creative card. Relevance is the targeting.

always labeled

'Sponsored' sits with the brand identity. Disclosure is platform-enforced, so the ad competes on usefulness, not disguise.

the creative card

Headline, body, and image in one click-out card. Engagement is measured per conversation context.

format mock · not an OpenAI screenshot

// the mechanics

What you can buy, and what you can't.

targetable

What you can target

✓ conversation context categories
✓ geography + language
✓ device + daypart
✓ competitor-adjacent contexts

excluded

What's off-limits

✗ health + medical contexts
✗ politics + elections
✗ minors' conversations
✗ user-level identity targeting

auction

How pricing works

✓ second-price auction per slot
✓ CPM + CPA bidding
✓ context-level bid control
✓ hourly reporting via API

availability

Where it's live

✓ US · CA · AU · NZ self-serve
✓ UK announced, undated
✗ EU pending DSA review
✓ min spend: none

// the window

The easy era ended in weeks.

Early buyers got cheap reach because nobody else was in the auction. That's over, and CPMs have climbed steadily since self-serve opened. From here, operational skill decides who wins: bid discipline, context selection, creative rotation, pacing.

Skill compounds. Waiting doesn't.

indexed CPM · platform-wide directional · no client data

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