tech
January 15, 2026
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
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TL;DR
- Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI are the newest members of the Wikimedia Enterprise program.
- They join Google as partners in this initiative.
- The Wikimedia Enterprise program provides companies with premium access to Wikipedia's API for a fee.
- This program is designed to offer a version of Wikipedia optimized for commercial use and AI companies.
- Funds collected through Wikimedia Enterprise support the Wikimedia Foundation's projects and ensure its sustainability.
- Meta and Amazon are acknowledged as existing partners, while Microsoft, Perplexity, and Mistral AI joined over the past year.