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Reddit: 'We Are in the Early Stages of Monetizing Our User Base' (www.404media.co)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Reddit said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission that its users’ posts are “a valuable source of conversation data and knowledge” that has been and will continue to be an important mechanism for training AI and large language models. The filing also states that the company believes “we are in the early stages of monetizing our user base,” and proceeds to say that it will continue to sell users’ content to companies that want to train LLMs and that it will also begin “increased use of artificial intelligence in our advertising solutions.”

On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Reddit has entered a contract with Google, which will license its content for $60 million a year in order to train Google’s AI models.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

company exists for 19 years.
is still in the "early stages" of figuring out how to even make money.

Yup, that is DEFINITELY a solid buy for institutional investors during the ipo!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

figuring out how to even make money

Which, to be crystal clear, they have never accomplished

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Paying pigboy 193M wasn't a great first step.