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href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/openai-begins-offering-cost-per-click-ad-campaigns-on-chatgpt\/\">advertising operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mood internally is incredibly positive,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>This came after a Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-28\/openai-hits-back-at-growth-fears-says-firing-on-all-cylinders\">fallen short<\/a> of several internal targets as competitors encroached on its territory. The same story described tension between company CEO Sam Altman and Sarah Friar, OpenAI\u2019s finance chief.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI told Bloomberg the report was \u201cprime clickbait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/openai-sees-8-chatgpt-driving-consumer-subscribers-122-million-year?rc=nqem4s\">report<\/a> from The Information said OpenAI is projecting a giant shift in subscription revenue.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-1172594611\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the last three years, that report noted, the startup has pulled in the bulk of its revenue from consumers\u2019 $20-per-month ChatGPT subscriptions. Now, however, the company is anticipating that a cheaper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/openai-projects-steep-advertising-growth-targeting-100-billion-by-2030\/\">ad-supported subscription tier<\/a> will attract new users but also lead existing subscribers to downgrade.<\/p>\n<p>The report, citing internal projections, said OpenAI is hoping it will generate more revenue by selling ads to more users than depending on its existing flagship monthly subscription service, ChatGPT Plus.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the year, OpenAI had projected that consumer subscribers to ChatGPT Go would see a 36-fold jump to 112 million this year, The Information said. Executives have thus forecast that the number of subscribers to ChatGPT Plus will drop 80% to about 9 million. Subscribers to the most expensive Pro plan will double but will still account for less than 1% of the total.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the company sees revenues more than doubling to $30 billion this year and reaching $284 billion in 2030, with ads bringing in more than a third of its revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The Information argued that these forecasts illustrate how reliant OpenAI is on consumers, even as it focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/openai-taps-consultants-to-help-land-enterprise-ai-clients\/\">landing enterprise clients<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other AI news, PYMNTS wrote earlier this week about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/ais-free-ride-is-over-and-the-tab-is-big\/\">forecasting problem<\/a> confronting enterprise customers of AI providers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraditional software costs tracked headcount,\u201d that report said. \u201cAI costs track activity. 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