tech
March 25, 2026
OpenAI announces plans to shut down its Sora video generator
Move comes amid a reported plan to refocus on business and productivity use cases.
TL;DR
- OpenAI is planning to shut down its video-generation app, Sora.
- The announcement followed a Wall Street Journal report and was made via social media.
- More details about timelines and preserving user work will be released soon.
- This move reportedly stems from a company-wide decision to refocus on business and productivity applications.
- The shutdown comes after Disney invested $1 billion in OpenAI for a partnership involving Disney characters in Sora.
- OpenAI initially previewed Sora's advanced photorealistic video generation in February 2024.
- Competitors like ByteDance's SeeDance 2.0 and Google's Veo have also emerged in the AI video space.
Continue reading the original article