tech
January 15, 2026
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others
The AI partnerships allow companies to access the org's content, like Wikipedia, at scale.
TL;DR
- Wikimedia Foundation is celebrating its 25th birthday.
- New partnerships have been formed with AI tech companies who are customers of Wikimedia Enterprise.
- Wikimedia Enterprise allows large-scale reuse and distribution of Wikimedia project content.
- New partners include Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity, in addition to previously announced Google partnership.
- These deals provide a revenue stream to sustain Wikipedia in the age of AI.
- Wikipedia is among the top-ten most-visited websites globally.
- The foundation launched a birthday campaign including a docuseries, a time capsule, and a livestreamed event.
- Recent advances in tech infrastructure, AI approach, and new experiments were also highlighted.