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ExchangeWire Covers Thrad's Global Partnership with DeepAI

ExchangeWire reported on Thrad's new integration with DeepAI, one of the world's top consumer AI apps, bringing paid ads into one of the largest conversational AI products in the market.

-> https://www.exchangewire.com/blog/2026/02/02/thrad-partners-with-top-10-consumer-ai-app-in-the-world-deepai-to-enable-paid-ads-in-llms/

ExchangeWire covered Thrad's global strategic partnership with DeepAI, a consumer-facing AI application used by millions daily.

The integration brings Thrad's advertising stack directly into DeepAI's product, allowing brands to reach users at the moment they're chatting with AI — not by interrupting the conversation, but by showing up as part of it.

As ExchangeWire noted, the model is designed so a well-placed ad functions as a helpful extension of the answer a user is already looking for, rather than a distraction from it — increasingly relevant as more discovery moves into zero-click, conversational interfaces.

What the coverage highlighted

  • Global deployment: native ads rolling out across DeepAI's web and digital properties, reaching its full active user base.

  • Open bidding infrastructure: Thrad's supply-side platform opening DeepAI's conversational and utilitybased ad inventory to competitive bidding from third-party demand sources and programmatic buyers.

ExchangeWire quoted Andrea Tortella, CEO of Thrad, on the partnership:

“DeepAI is one of the most innovative platforms for democratising AI. We are excited to help DeepAI scale their global footprint while giving brands a direct line to the world's most engaged AI users.”

Read the original coverage on ExchangeWire.

Publishers interested in monetizing an AI product with native, in-chat ads can learn more at thrad.ai/publisher.