OpenAI Killed Sora After Burning One Million Dollars a Da

OpenAI shut down Sora on March twenty-fourth, just six months after launch, and the numbers behind the decision are staggering. The AI video generator was burning through roughly one million dollars a day in compute while generating just two point one million in total lifetime revenue.

In this episode: the financial reality that made Sora unsustainable, how Disney's billion-dollar partnership collapsed with less than an hour's notice, why developers are questioning OpenAI's reliability as a platform, and how competitors like Runway, Kling, and Pika are thriving where Sora failed. The big takeaway: in AI, a stunning demo and a viable business are two very different things, and the companies that figure out the economics first are the ones that will survive. New episodes every weekday. Share this with someone navigating the AI landscape.