OpenAI's advertising business has reached an annualized revenue run rate of $1 billion, according to the company.

Two hundred days in, OpenAI has something Google and Facebook needed years to assemble: a billion-user surface, a self-serve pipe and a billion-dollar pace.

OpenAI's move to serve ads in ChatGPT earlier this year drew ridicule from its chief rival, Anthropic, in the form of a Super Bowl commercial.