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Kompalli: ChatGPT will eventually launch its own advertising platform

Phalgun Kompalli · The AI Moat Everyone is Ignoring | Phalgun Kompalli, Founder UpGrad and Bodhium Labs · Aug 27, 2026 · at 14:41

Phalgun Kompalli discusses the future landscape of agentic commerce and AI search monetization.

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“Then there is ads that ChatGPT will launch, and we don't know if there is some play there.”

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