Getty Images Signs Multi-Year Deal to Display Images in ChatGPT

Getty Images announced a multi-year agreement with OpenAI on June 21 to bring its licensed photographs into ChatGPT search and discovery experiences. The arrangement allows ChatGPT to surface Getty images when responses call for visuals rather than generated approximations. Getty shares rose as much as 200 percent in premarket trading before settling lower.

The stock opened near $1.40, reached an intraday high of $2.66, and closed around $1.19. Over the prior year the shares had fallen more than 50 percent. Getty trades below one dollar per share, with roughly 17 percent of its float sold short and days-to-cover near 4.6.

The company reported trailing revenue of about $981 million but carries heavy debt and a negative net margin. Getty had sued Stability AI, alleging unauthorized scraping of roughly 12 million images to train an image generator. In November 2025 the UK High Court largely rejected Getty's central copyright claims against Stability AI.

Getty also renewed a multi-year U.S. Soccer contract extending into the 2026 World Cup and extended its agreement with the Tribeca Festival. Forbes reported the announcement and market details.