AI Coding Assistants ads in ChatGPT
Ads shown in ChatGPT conversations about AI Coding Assistants. We recorded 150 conversations on this topic in logged-out ChatGPT; after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed 145 ads from 56 advertisers. Most often shown: Cybernews, CircleCI and go.ai.
Our captureLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3–4, 2026
Advertisers shown in AI Coding Assistants conversations
top 25 of 56Ranked by how many of the conversations on this topic ended with their ad on screen; share of the 145 shown ads.
| # | Advertiser | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybernews | 40 | 27.6% |
| 2 | CircleCI | 10 | 6.9% |
| 3 | go.ai | 10 | 6.9% |
| 4 | Legit Security | 6 | 4.1% |
| 5 | DX | 5 | 3.4% |
| 6 | Fireworks | 4 | 2.8% |
| 7 | Atlassian | 3 | 2.1% |
| 8 | Hyperskill | 3 | 2.1% |
| 9 | LaunchDarkly | 3 | 2.1% |
| 10 | Replit | 3 | 2.1% |
| 11 | Bluehost | 2 | 1.4% |
| 12 | CAST | 2 | 1.4% |
| 13 | ChatGPT | 2 | 1.4% |
| 14 | DataCamp | 2 | 1.4% |
| 15 | Hexaware Technologies | 2 | 1.4% |
| 16 | Intranaut | 2 | 1.4% |
| 17 | Jotform | 2 | 1.4% |
| 18 | maia.ai | 2 | 1.4% |
| 19 | Nango | 2 | 1.4% |
| 20 | NineTwoThree | 2 | 1.4% |
| 21 | React Summit US | 2 | 1.4% |
| 22 | TLDR Media | 2 | 1.4% |
| 23 | ActivTrak | 1 | 0.7% |
| 24 | Amplify Security | 1 | 0.7% |
| 25 | Bill Vivino Technology | 1 | 0.7% |
31 more advertisers shared the other 31 shown ads.
Ad formats
| Format | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Text ad (advertiser name and headline) | 145 | 100.0% |
| Shopping ad (product name and price) | 0 | 0.0% |
Example ads
12 adsDistinct ads as shown (ignoring capitalization), most frequent first, one per advertiser where possible.
- CybernewsText ad
Best Vibe Coding Tool 2026
Shown 26 times
- go.aiText ad
Go.AI, On-Premises AI for Regulated Industries
Private AI On-Prem
Shown 10 times
- Legit SecurityText ad
Secure AI Code Fast
Shown 6 times
- DXText ad
Developer intelligence for the AI era
Shown 5 times
- CircleCIText ad
CI/CD Platform Built for Scale
Shown 5 times
- AtlassianText ad
Any agent. Any model. One team.
Shown 3 times
- maia.aiText ad
Matillion Limited
Build Production Pipelines in Minutes
Shown 2 times
- NineTwoThreeText ad
Enterprise AI Solutions
Shown 2 times
- FireworksText ad
A capable coding model without the GPU work
Shown 2 times
- Hexaware TechnologiesText ad
Go For AI That Proves Its Work
Shown 2 times
- TLDR MediaText ad
Code faster with AI
Shown 2 times
- LaunchDarklyText ad
LaunchDarkly - An Industry Leader in Feature Flags
Shown 2 times
Example conversations
12 examplesChosen to cover different advertisers and question types. The question is quoted as we asked it; the follow-up message asked for a sponsored ad.
In a conversation that began “cursor vs windsurf comparison”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Cybernews.
Text ad: “Best Vibe Coding Tool 2026”
Comparison question · Oct 3, 23:53 ET
In a conversation that began “I'm a senior engineer at a 60 person startup and the team is split between copilot and cursor, which should we standardize on and why?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from ActivTrak.
Text ad: “AI Changes Work. Measure How.”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 01:37 ET
In a conversation that began “tabnine enterprise vs copilot enterprise pricing for 300 developers with self hosting”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from GetApp.
Text ad: “Free Top Software List”
Price question · Oct 4, 01:48 ET
In a conversation that began “how to roll out ai coding tools to a team”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from maia.ai.
Text ad: “Build Production Pipelines in Minutes”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 00:19 ET
In a conversation that began “I run a small dev agency building client sites in laravel and react, which ai coding tool speeds up our work the most for the price?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from QCon San Francisco 2026.
Text ad: “Production AI”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 03:18 ET
In a conversation that began “best ai coding assistant for a government contractor that needs fedramp or air gapped options”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from go.ai.
Text ad: “Private AI On-Prem”
Best for question · Oct 3, 23:55 ET
In a conversation that began “our ai agent keeps making changes across too many files at once, how do we keep it focused and safe”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Bluehost.
Text ad: “Run Claude Code, n8n, OpenClaw or Hermes”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 00:49 ET
In a conversation that began “best ai coding assistant for a 50 developer company that needs sso, admin controls and no training on our code”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Moon Technolabs.
Text ad: “Build Powerful AI Solutions Faster”
Best for question · Oct 4, 03:50 ET
In a conversation that began “cheapest way to give a 10 person team an ai coding assistant with admin controls”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from CircleCI.
Text ad: “CI/CD Platform Built for Scale”
Price question · Oct 3, 23:46 ET
In a conversation that began “tabnine”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Hexaware Technologies.
Text ad: “Go For AI That Proves Its Work”
Short search question · Oct 4, 04:55 ET
In a conversation that began “is github copilot worth it for a junior developer or does it slow down learning”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from DataCamp.
Text ad: “Build AI Apps Hands-On”
Worth it question · Oct 4, 01:01 ET
In a conversation that began “cursor teams vs copilot business price for 25 developers”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from NineTwoThree.
Text ad: “Enterprise AI Solutions”
Price question · Oct 4, 04:45 ET
Question types
How the conversations on this topic were asked, and how many of the shown ads came from each kind.
| Question type | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | 30 | 20.7% |
| Comparison | 23 | 15.9% |
| Price | 23 | 15.9% |
| Fix or choose | 19 | 13.1% |
| Long scenario | 22 | 15.2% |
| Short search | 14 | 9.7% |
| Worth it | 14 | 9.7% |
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How this data was captured
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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