ChatGPT’s ad rollout is revealing something bigger about the future of AI monetization. The opportunity isn’t just putting ads inside AI products. It’s the signal behind them. Conversational AI captures richer, continuous intent than traditional search or display ever could. The next challenge is building the infrastructure to turn that signal into scalable, measurable advertiser demand. We explore what comes next ➡️ velocity.io/blog/what-chatgp…

💡 What if AI could turn user intent into the perfect ad in real time? ⚡ With Velocity, AI platforms can understand the conversation, detect intent, match the right advertiser + campaign, generate tailored creative and copy, and serve it natively in milliseconds. 🎯 The outcome? More monetization for AI platforms. Better targeting for advertisers. More relevant experiences for users. 🚀 Intent → Intelligence → Relevance → Revenue. See Velocity in action 🎥👇

The first phase of the AI boom was about building intelligent products. The next is about building sustainable businesses around them. We’re pleased to share a new TV segment exploring one of the industry’s defining questions: How can AI-native applications support growing free-user audiences when every interaction carries a real computing cost? The segment examines Velocity’s approach to helping AI developers grow beyond subscriptions—using real-time conversational intent to deliver relevant, native advertising experiences while keeping user trust and privacy at the center. The most valuable signal in the AI economy may not be what someone clicked yesterday. It may be what they’re trying to accomplish right now. Watch the full segment below.

We're incredibly excited to welcome @AppLovin as an investor in Velocity. Having one of the world's leading advertising technology companies join us on this journey is a powerful tailwind as we build the monetization and distribution infrastructure and the growth engine for the AI era ✨ Over the past few months we've continued to scale our platform across iOS, Android, and Web, partner with leading advertisers and AI companies, and monetize millions of AI interactions every day. We're still at the very beginning, and couldn't be more excited for what's ahead. Adam Foroughi and the AppLovin team, thank you 🚀

We’re lucky to have partners like you with us! We’re just getting started and excited to keep building the Growth Engine for the AI Era!

Today, we're officially launching Velocity! We're excited to announce our $27M seed round, led by NFX and Red Dot Capital Partners, alongside an incredible group of venture capital firms and angel investors. Velocity is the AI-native monetization and distribution platform for AI-native applications. We transform real-time user intent into monetization, engagement, and distribution opportunities, enabling AI products to build sustainable businesses around their users and experiences, while helping advertisers reach highly relevant audiences through native AI experiences. Our team brings decades of experience and passion, having built some of the world's largest monetization, advertising, distribution, and growth platforms. We're already live with leading AI applications, publishers, and advertisers, powering millions of AI interactions every day across iOS, Android, and Web. Velocity, we're just getting started. 🚀