"In addition to the previously announced partnership with Google in 2022, the organization shared publicly for the first time that it has formed other partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity over the past year. Other partnerships, like Ecosia, Pleias, and ProRata, have been mentioned before, but are also included in this announcement, along with Nomic and Reef Media."
"These deals give Wikipedia another way to sustain itself in an age where much of its content is being picked up and reused by AI models and other technology products and services to provide quick, factual answers to consumers' queries. As an enterprise product, Wikimedia Enterprise isn't just about getting tech companies to pay for their use; it also provides them access to Wikimedia projects at a volume and speed designed to meet their data needs."
"The foundation also noted in a blog post that Wikipedia today is among the top-ten most-visited websites globally, where audiences view more than 65 million articles in over 300 languages, nearly 15 billion times per month. "Wikipedia shows that knowledge is human, and knowledge needs humans. Especially now, in the age of AI, we need the human-powered knowledge of Wikipedia more than ever," noted Wikimedia Foundation's CPO/CTO, Selena Deckelmann, in a statement."
Wikimedia Foundation marked its 25th anniversary by naming multiple customers for Wikimedia Enterprise, its commercial product for large-scale reuse and distribution of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project content. New partners include Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, Perplexity, Google, Ecosia, Pleias, ProRata, Nomic, and Reef Media. Wikimedia Enterprise provides paid access at the volume and speed needed by tech companies and AI services. These commercial deals aim to create revenue to help sustain Wikipedia while its content is widely reused by AI models. Wikipedia receives massive traffic, with audiences viewing over 65 million articles in 300+ languages nearly 15 billion times monthly.
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