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markets28 days ago•13 min saved

Reddit Stock Slips on AI-Data Deals Doubt Amid Strong Revenue Outlook

Reddit shares slumped as much as 24% intraday after the company did not announce new data-licensing deals, despite expectations for AI-data licenses to diversify revenue beyond ads; executives said licensing opportunities are expanding beyond Google and OpenAI and talks are ongoing. The results showed a current-quarter revenue guide of $860–$870 million, above estimates, and Q2 sales of $805 million, up 61% on advertising. Reddit also highlighted 130 million daily active users and more than $1 billion in free cash flow over the past year, funds it plans to reinvest in growth, potential M&A, and talent, while the stock has fallen about 40% year-to-date.

via finance.yahoo.com|

#advertising #ai #data-licensing

business29 days ago•3 min saved

Reddit Q2 Beats Estimates Despite Traffic Worries and Google Ties

Reddit topped Q2 estimates with $805 million in revenue (up 61% YoY) and $1.25 per share, as net income reached $253 million, and the company guided Q3 revenue to $860–$870 million with adjusted earnings of $385–$395 million. Growth was aided by international ad expansion and higher data-licensing revenue (OpenAI and Google), but management warned that search referrals from Google were choppy and traffic remained volatile, prompting an after-hours stock drop.

via CNBC|

#business #data-licensing #earnings

business1 month ago•3 min saved

Truth Social Debuts Real-Time Data API for Financial Markets

Trump Media & Technology Group will launch a paid Truth API offering real-time access to posts from its top 10 trending accounts to financial-services firms, with several customers signed ahead of the August 1 rollout. The API is designed to deter scraping and could expand to more accounts and even be used by AI companies for language-model training, marking a shift toward recurring licensing revenue despite the company’s small size and ongoing losses.

via Axios|

#business #data-licensing #financial-services

technology2 months ago•3 min saved

Google Seeks Real-World App Code to Train Its AI Coding Tools

Google reportedly invited Play Store app developers to join a confidential pilot to sell access to their production and archived code to help train Google's AI coding tools, with non-exclusive licenses and 100% IP retention; the program signals Google's push to secure high-quality training data as rivals expand in AI-assisted coding.

via 404 Media|

#ai #data-licensing #developers

business4 months ago•3 min saved

Reddit rides ad growth and data licensing to Q1 beat

Reddit delivered a Q1 beat with revenue of $663M (up 69% YoY) and EPS of $1.01, guiding Q2 revenue to $715–$725M and adjusted earnings of $285–$295M; DAU climbed 17% to 126.8M, ARPU was $5.23 overall and $9.63 in the U.S., with 'Other revenue' up 15% to $39M as data-licensing partnerships with Google and OpenAI support growth. The company highlighted a capital-light model with minimal capex and posted a seven-quarter streak of 60%+ revenue growth; shares rose about 9% in after-hours trading.

via CNBC|

#advertising-revenue #business #daily-active-users

technology7 months ago•3 min saved

Wikipedia signs paid-data deals with AI firms to fund its infrastructure

The Wikimedia Foundation has begun paid data-access deals with AI firms including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity to monetize Wikipedia’s data and help cover rising infrastructure costs from automated scraping, signaling a shift from donation-based funding to enterprise partnerships; the foundation also envisions AI tools to assist editors and a conversational search experience that cites verified text.

via TechSpot|

#ai-training-data #data-licensing #large-language-models

finance2 years ago•3 min saved

"Reddit's Post-IPO Surge: Investors Ignore Hold Rating, Drive Stock Up 9%"

Reddit's stock continued its post-IPO rally, climbing 8.8% despite receiving a hold rating from analysts. The company's shares closed at $65.11, marking a 92% increase since its debut on the stock market. New Street Research issued a neutral rating with a $54 price target, anticipating volatility leading up to the first earnings report. Reddit's market cap has reached about $12.3 billion, with ongoing interest in potential data licensing deals and an expanded partnership with Google. However, an FTC inquiry into Reddit's data licensing business could pose a challenge. Despite this, Reddit users and employees are capitalizing on the stock's surge, with some expressing regret for not buying more shares.

via CNBC|

#analysts #data-licensing #finance

technologyregulatory2 years ago•3 min saved

"FTC Investigates Reddit's AI Data Deals Ahead of IPO"

Reddit discloses that it is being investigated by the FTC over its data licensing practices for AI training ahead of its IPO. The investigation follows a $60 million per year deal with Google, raising concerns among privacy advocates and regulators. Reddit's foray into AI and cryptocurrency comes as it seeks to tap into the growing market for these technologies, but the regulatory challenges it faces could impact its business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.

via Decrypt|

#ai #data-licensing #ftc

technology2 years ago•2 min saved

"FTC Investigates Reddit's AI Data Deals Before IPO"

Reddit's sale of user data for AI training, including a recent deal with Google, has drawn an inquiry from the FTC, which has previously shown concern about data passing in the AI market. Reddit has been licensing data for years, but its move into AI-related purposes has sparked controversy, including the shutdown of free apps and add-ons for reading or enhancing Reddit. The FTC's inquiry raises concerns about unfair competition and user protests, potentially impacting Reddit's upcoming IPO.

via WIRED|

#ai #data-licensing #ftc

businesstech2 years ago•3 min saved

"FTC Investigates Reddit's AI Data Practices Ahead of IPO"

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is conducting a non-public inquiry into Reddit's data-licensing practices related to training AI models ahead of its IPO, with the company disclosing a letter from the FTC in its updated prospectus. Reddit, which relies heavily on advertising, is also exploring data licensing as a revenue stream. The company's revenue rose 20% last year, with 98% from advertising and 2% from data licensing. Reddit has entered into data-licensing deals and expects to recognize at least $66.4 million from these agreements in 2024. The FTC's interest in Reddit's data-licensing business comes amid the company's plans to go public and expand its partnerships, including an expanded partnership with Google.

via CNBC|

#ai #businesstech #data-licensing

technology2 years ago•3 min saved

"Reddit's Lucrative AI Deals: $203M in Training Fees and $60M Google Partnership"

Reddit has disclosed in a recent SEC filing that it will earn $203 million from licensing its vast corpus of posts and comments to AI companies over the next three years, with Google's deal estimated to be worth $60 million a year. The company acknowledges the legal uncertainty surrounding AI companies' use of its data for training purposes and the potential for continued unauthorized scraping, but also sees these licensing agreements as potentially influencing legal battles over data scraping. Additionally, Reddit views large language models as both a revenue opportunity and a competitive threat, as it prepares for its upcoming IPO.

via Ars Technica|

#ai #data-licensing #google

technology3 years ago•1 min saved

Microsoft's Data Restrictions on Rival AI Search Tools

Microsoft has warned its customers that using its Bing search index to feed their AI chat tools violates the terms of their contract and has threatened to cut off access to its internet-search data if they do not stop using it as the basis for their own artificial intelligence chat products. The company may also terminate licenses providing access to its search index. Microsoft had said in February it was revamping its Bing search engine and Edge Web browser with artificial intelligence.

via Reuters|

#ai #bing #data-licensing