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Be first on OpenAI ads.

OpenAI is becoming the next major advertising surface. Abakus is one of the early-stage agencies implementing, launching, optimizing and scaling brand presence on it — so you don't have to figure it out alone.

ChatGPT billboard advertisement on a city street — OpenAI as a new advertising surface
Why now

A new surface. A short window.

Every major paid channel has had a moment where early operators captured outsized returns before the rest of the market caught up. OpenAI is in that moment now.

First-mover advantage

OpenAI's ad surface is being built right now. The brands that learn its physics early will set the CPA benchmarks everyone else has to beat.

Native to conversational

Static and vertical-video playbooks don't translate. We're building hooks, prompts and offers engineered for how people actually use ChatGPT.

One operating system

OpenAI doesn't get treated as a side experiment. It runs through the same creative engine, data layer and weekly read as your TikTok and Meta spend.

Trusted implementation partner

From pixel and event wiring to brand-safety policy, we handle the unglamorous work so your team can focus on the offer and the upside.

Sponsored product card from a brand placed inside a ChatGPT answer
Native to conversation
Ads inside the answer, not around it.
OpenAI mobile app — the next major paid surface
The next paid surface
Where attention is moving next.
Our POV

How ChatGPT ads actually work.

Four principles shape how we build, measure and scale on this surface. They're why our launches read as native — and why they compound instead of plateau.

01

Chatbot ads aren't search ads.

Keyword-matched intent is the wrong mental model. ChatGPT is a multimodal, conversational surface — winning here means tethering creative to the context of the conversation, not bidding on isolated queries.

02

Creative is the only lever left.

On every modern ad platform, targeting and bidding are black boxes. The one input you still fully control is the creative. We build, test and iterate it at platform scale so that lever actually moves the number.

03

Lean-in attention converts.

ChatGPT is a high-intent, attention-rich environment — closer to mobile gaming and premium streaming than to passive feeds. Done right, ads inside the answer earn more attention per impression than almost any surface on the open web.

04

Most conversations aren't monetizable — that's the opportunity.

The majority of prompts have no commercial intent. The brands that win are the ones engineered to show up in the slice that does — with creative built for that exact moment, not retrofitted from a Meta or Google playbook.

A couple consulting ChatGPT on a phone next to a car with the hood up on a rural road
This is the new moment of intent — a person, a problem, and ChatGPT in between.
Day 1
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Optimization cadence
AI-engineered creative testing intelligence
Limited intake

Get on the OpenAI ads shortlist.

We're onboarding a small group of launch partners. Tell us about your brand and goals — we'll come back with a tailored OpenAI launch plan and timeline.