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Wikipedia Monetizes AI Data Usage Through Enterprise Service

Wikipedia Monetizes AI Data Usage Through Enterprise Service

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2026-01-15 10:29:01
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The Wikimedia Foundation has shifted strategy by capitalizing on tech giants' reliance on its open-source content. Microsoft, Meta, and AI startups like Perplexity now pay for structured data access via Wikimedia Enterprise, acknowledging the unsustainable strain of free scraping on the nonprofit's infrastructure.

Training large language models requires ingesting Wikipedia's 65 million multilingual articles—a process that burdens servers and escalates operational costs traditionally funded by small donations. Lane Becker, head of Wikimedia Enterprise, confirms corporations recognize their obligation to financially support the platform's sustainability.

The curated Enterprise service delivers content in machine-optimized formats, solving technical pain points for AI developers while creating a new revenue stream. This pragmatic partnership model demonstrates how open knowledge projects can adapt to the AI era without compromising accessibility.

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