Reddit's Relationship with OpenAI is the partnership the two companies announced on May 16, 2024, giving OpenAI access to Reddit's Data API and letting Reddit build AI-powered features on OpenAI's models.
According to Reddit's announcement, OpenAI will bring Reddit content to 📝ChatGPT and new products by accessing Reddit's Data API, "which provides real-time, structured, and unique content from Reddit." Reddit said this will enable OpenAI's AI tools "to better understand and showcase Reddit content, especially on recent topics."
The same announcement says the partnership will let Reddit bring new AI-powered features to redditors and mods, "building on OpenAI's platform of AI models," and that "OpenAI will become a Reddit advertising partner." OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said the company was "thrilled to partner with Reddit to enhance ChatGPT with uniquely timely and relevant information." Reddit co-founder and CEO 📝Steve Huffman said including Reddit in ChatGPT "upholds our belief in a connected internet, helps people find more of what they're looking for, and helps new audiences find community on Reddit."
Reddit said the partnership "is consistent with other content arrangements" and does not change its Data API Terms or Developer Terms, under which content accessed through the Data API cannot be used for commercial purposes without Reddit's approval. Neither company disclosed an amount; Search Engine Land estimated in February 2025 that OpenAI pays about $70 million a year. 📝Reddit's Data Licensing Deals covers the wider licensing picture, and 📝Reddit's Relationship with Google covers the agreement Google announced in February 2024.