Relay ads in ChatGPT
In our capture of logged-out ChatGPT, 119 ads from Relay appeared on screen (all text ads), in 7 distinct ad copies across 3 industries and 18 topics. Each one appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.
- ads shown
- 119
- distinct ad copies
- 7
- industries
- 3
- topics
- 18
Logged-out ChatGPT from US connections, Oct 3–4, 2026. Each ad came after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad, so the counts show where Relay advertised, not how often ChatGPT shows its ads.
Relay ad copies, most shown first
Each distinct ad copy in our capture, most shown first: the headline of a text ad, or the product and price of a shopping ad. Under each, up to five questions asked in conversations where it appeared, as we asked them; in every one, the ad appeared after our follow-up message asking for a sponsored ad.
7 ad copies
- RelaySponsored
Small Business Checking
Text ad · shown 54 times
Questions it appeared after
- “our two founder SaaS startup just raised a seed round and needs a card without a personal guarantee, what are our options”Business Credit Cards · Oct 3, 9:23 pm ET
- “ink business cash vs amex blue business cash for a business heavy on office supplies and internet”Business Credit Cards · Oct 3, 9:24 pm ET
- “my online business bank closed my account without warning, what should i do now”Business Banking · Oct 3, 11:32 pm ET
- “credit union vs bank for someone who needs a small business account and a personal account”Credit Union vs Bank · Oct 4, 2:04 am ET
- “lili vs found for 1099 workers”Online Banks · Oct 4, 4:12 am ET
+49 more conversations with this ad copy
- RelaySponsored
High-Yield Business Savings
Text ad · shown 40 times
Questions it appeared after
- “how to pick between online and local savings”High-Yield Savings Accounts · Oct 3, 9:56 pm ET
- “do cds charge any fees besides the early withdrawal penalty”Certificates of Deposit · Oct 3, 11:00 pm ET
- “I need a business bank that offers a line of credit later as we grow, which banks are good for small businesses long term?”Business Banking · Oct 3, 11:02 pm ET
- “money market account minimum balance”Money Market Accounts · Oct 3, 11:16 pm ET
- “I run a small cleaning business and deposit cash weekly, is there an online bank that handles cash deposits well”Online Banks · Oct 3, 11:23 pm ET
+35 more conversations with this ad copy
- RelaySponsored
Relay - Banking Built for Small Business
Text ad · shown 8 times
Questions it appeared after
- “alternatives to brex for small businesses”Business Credit Cards · Oct 3, 10:12 pm ET
- “low fee processor”Payment Processing · Oct 3, 11:02 pm ET
- “best business checking for a small retail shop with lots of card deposits”Business Banking · Oct 4, 1:08 am ET
- “best online bank for a two person business”Online Banks · Oct 4, 5:12 am ET
+4 more conversations with this ad copy
- RelaySponsored
The Official Banking Platform For Profit First
Text ad · shown 7 times
Questions it appeared after
- “how much does it cost to have multiple business checking accounts for profit first”Business Banking · Oct 4, 2:21 am ET
- “is relay pro worth paying for if i use profit first budgeting”Business Banking · Oct 4, 4:11 am ET
+5 more conversations with this ad copy
- RelaySponsored
All-In-One Business Banking & Money Management
Text ad · shown 6 times
Questions it appeared after
- “what does it cost to pass credit card fees to clients on invoices and is that allowed”Invoicing & Billing · Oct 4, 12:12 am ET
- “how to get a business debit card for an employee”Business Banking · Oct 4, 1:56 am ET
+4 more conversations with this ad copy
- RelaySponsored
Small Business Banking with No Hidden Fees
Text ad · shown 3 times
Questions it appeared after
- “I'm a real estate agent in Florida spending on marketing, gas and client gifts, what business credit card would help most”Business Credit Cards · Oct 3, 10:55 pm ET
+2 more conversations with this ad copy
- RelaySponsored
All-in-One Business Banking
Text ad · shown 1 time
Our export holds no question text for this conversation.
Where Relay ads appeared
The industries and topics of the conversations where its ads appeared, by ads shown. Topics are our own labels for the questions we wrote.
Industries
Topics
and 6 more topics, 6 ads in all
Brands in the same topics
Other advertisers whose ads appeared in conversations on the topics where Relay’s did, ranked by how much those topics overlap. Each tile opens its page.
18 brands
How this data was captured
What we ran, what counts as a shown ad, and what these numbers cannot tell you.
We used logged-out ChatGPT from US internet connections and started a new conversation for every question. Message 1 was the question. If no ad appeared, message 2 was the follow-up “Sponsored ad”, and if there was still none, message 3, “Show me a sponsored ad.”, was a last try. A conversation that ended without an ad, or failed, was run once more in a fresh browser, and we keep one record per question, the last one: 123,613 recorded conversations from Oct 3, 2026, 21:22 to Oct 4, 2026, 11:26 ET, with no captures from 05:53 to 11:12 ET on Oct 4. Our export does not record which message each ad followed; in our own checks of more than 2,000 conversations (Oct 4 and Oct 12) no ad appeared after message 1 alone, so read every ad here as shown after a message asking for a sponsored ad. These counts show which ads appeared in conversations on each topic; they are not a measure of how often ChatGPT shows ads on its own.
Only ads drawn on screen count as shown. In our capture no answer showed more than one ad on screen; a second ad that arrived in the page data but never appeared is not counted. Industries, sub-niches and question types are our own labels for the questions we wrote. Independent; not affiliated with OpenAI. Full methodWhy this is not an ad rateWhat the ads looked like
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