Advertising inside an AI chat

People now ask an assistant the questions they used to type into a search box, and that conversation has no banner slots in it. VibeFree sells the two moments it does have - the wait, and the answer - from £1.99 per 1,000 verified views. Campaigns run on the web app and the VS Code extension today, and can be bought for the mobile app and the Windows desktop app now - those impressions start when each one launches.

The two moments a campaign can buy

  • While the assistant works. A Loader Advert holds the loading screen during generation - the one stretch of a conversation where the reader is waiting rather than reading. From £1.99 per 1,000 verified views.
  • Once the answer lands. An In-Response card sits beside the reply and stays on screen with it, next to the thing the reader actually came for. From £12.99 per 1,000 verified views.

What is not for sale

The answer. The model writes the reply, and no campaign can put a product inside it, weight it, or have the assistant recommend anything. Ads are drawn as separate cards, labelled Sponsored, and a higher bid buys a larger share of the rotation - never a mention. This is the line that makes an ad-funded assistant usable at all: if the answer were purchasable, the answer would be worthless, and so would the placement beside it.

Why an in-conversation placement is not a banner

  • First-party, not a slot. VibeFree renders each card itself inside its own interface. There is no ad-network iframe, no tracker script and nothing on a filter list to match - and in the VS Code extension there is no browser for a blocker to run in at all.
  • Nobody is profiled. There is no audience segment, no behavioural profile and no history following the reader around. A campaign chooses which surfaces it runs on; that is the whole of the targeting.
  • The conversation stays private to the reader. Picking which ad to show does not involve reading the conversation, and nothing from it reaches the advertiser.
  • Paid by verified views. A block is 1,000 views that were actually rendered, not 1,000 requests.

Where the conversation happens

  • Web app - the vibefree.dev chat, in any browser.
  • VS Code extension - the chat panel inside the editor.
  • Mobile app - Android and iOS - buyable now, serving from launch.
  • Windows desktop app - the Windows app - buyable now, serving from launch.

What it costs to try

One block of 1,000 verified views - £1.99 - bought by card, with no contract and no sales call. The established developer ad networks charge $3 to $20 per 1,000 impressions and mostly ask for $1,000 up front; the full price comparison lays out both figures side by side, and the ad format and specs covers exactly what you are writing.

Frequently asked questions

Can you advertise inside an AI assistant?

On VibeFree, yes. Campaigns buy one of two moments in the conversation - the loading screen while the assistant works, or a card beside the answer once it lands - across Web app, VS Code extension, Mobile app and Windows desktop app, from £1.99 per 1,000 verified views.

Does the AI mention my product in its answer?

No. The reply is written by the model and nothing in it is for sale. An ad is drawn as a separate card, labelled Sponsored, alongside the answer or on the loading screen - paying more never changes a word of what the assistant says.

What does an ad in an AI chat cost?

£1.99 per 1,000 verified views on the loading screen, £12.99 per 1,000 on the end-of-response card. One block of 1,000 views is the whole minimum - there is no monthly commitment and no insertion order.

How is this different from a banner?

A banner sits beside content the reader came for and is loaded by an ad network into a slot on the page. These placements are drawn by VibeFree into its own interface, in the conversation the reader is waiting on, with no ad-network iframe or tracker script involved at all.

Start a campaign from £1.99, or see how the advertiser dashboard works.

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