06/19/2026
"Step back, and the pattern that matters most to publishers is this: OpenAI is becoming another large, self-serve, automated, closed-loop ad platform, taking its place alongside Meta, Google, Amazon, and increasingly Netflix and Pinterest," INMA's Advertising Initiative Lead Gabe Dorosz writes.
Last month, OpenAI debuted its cost-per-action ads, and they are now courting local small businesses. Which ad businesses are at risk and what should they do?