"The partnerships are part of Wikimedia Enterprise, an initiative launched in 2021 that gives large companies access to a premium version of Wikipedia's API for a fee. Lane Becker, the Wikimedia Foundation's senior director of earned revenue, tells The Verge that the program offers a version of Wikipedia "tuned" for commercial use and AI companies. "We take feature requests, we build features and functionality, and sort of try to structure the data in ways that support what these companies' needs are," Becker says."
"The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Perplexity, and Mistral AI joined the Enterprise program "over the past year." Though the company lists Meta and Amazon as "existing" partners, this is the first time they've been announced publicly. The funds collected as part of Wikimedia Enterprise go toward supporting the nonprofit's projects, which Becker says can help it establish a more sustainable business."
Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Google, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Wikimedia in paying for access to Wikipedia content through Wikimedia Enterprise. Wikimedia Enterprise launched in 2021 and provides a premium, commercial-grade version of Wikipedia's API for a fee. The program is tuned for commercial use and AI companies, accepts feature requests, and builds functionality to structure data to meet partner needs. Several companies joined over the past year, and Meta and Amazon are now publicly listed as partners. Revenue from Enterprise subscriptions funds Wikimedia projects and supports the nonprofit's long-term sustainability.
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