Pinterest’s AI Recommendation and Shopping Ads Boost Revenue in Q2
Pinterest says its recommendation model and AI conversational assistant now power the shopping and advertising layer. It credits open-model efficiency for delivering transaction costs at under 8% of comparable closed models, enabling more assistant expansion. The company reported $1.18B Q2 revenue (+18% YoY) and $270M free cash flow, and advertisers saw a 28% ROAS improvement in shopping ad tests.