# ChatGPT ads hit a $1 billion annual run rate in under 200… — QANATONE > On August 31 OpenAI said ChatGPT ads had reached a $1 billion annualised run rate. Ads Manager opened in Europe the same day. Kaynak: https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/chatgpt-reklamlari-1-milyar-dolar/ --- [News](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/) # ChatGPT ads hit a $1 billion annual run rate in under 200 days 31 Aug 2026 1 min read News · Ads On August 31 OpenAI said ChatGPT ads had reached a $1 billion annualised run rate. Ads Manager opened in Europe the same day. ## Where it runs Ads began testing in February 2026. Since August 24 they have been shown to Free and Go users in 31 European markets: the 27 EU states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. OpenAI says ads are live in more than 40 countries; in India budgets start at 725 rupees a day. Brazil and Mexico were due within a week. ## New for advertisers August brought conversion-optimised (oCPC) campaigns, Hightouch and Triple Whale integrations and multi-product carousel tests. The ad appears when the user asks a full question, so targeting leans on knowing which questions customers ask. ## More articles [News · Funding ### a16z raises a $1.1 billion fund for the physical side of AI 28 Aug 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/a16z-machine-age-fonu/)[News · Payments ### Coinbase x402: AI agents made 14 million payments in 30 days 27 Aug 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/coinbase-x402-ajan-odemeleri/)[News · Models ### Ask Gemini arrives in Google Chat as a single command line 26 Aug 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/google-chat-ask-gemini/)[News · Funding ### AI agent Instinct, built by a 23-year-old, hits $2.5 billion 26 Aug 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/instinct-2-5-milyar-dolar/)[News · Infrastructure ### Nvidia reports $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue 26 Aug 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/nvidia-96-milyar-dolar-ceyrek/)[News · Funding ### Salesforce's Agentforce passes $1.5 billion in ARR 26 Aug 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/salesforce-agentforce-1-5-milyar/)[News · Infrastructure ### Emerald AI raises $150 million for grid-flexible data centers 25 Aug 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/emerald-ai-esnek-veri-merkezi/)[News · Infrastructure ### 3.2 GW power contract for an OpenAI data center nears decision 25 Aug 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/georgia-power-openai-3-2-gigavat/)