OpenAI is also staffing up to expand ChatGPT’s marketing reach and build in-house ad infrastructure, ADWEEK reported last week.

Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT hit 700 million weekly active users as of August, up from 500 million in March. 

OpenAI’s annual recurring revenue reached $13 billion in August, up from $10 billion in June, with the company on track to surpass $20 billion by the end of the year.