OpenAI’s Sora Only Made $2.1 Million After Burning Billions…

Yeah… pretty clear why OpenAI shut down Sora. It made almost no money while being a money black hole.

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1: https://x.com/soraofficialapp/status/2036546752535470382
2: https://deadline.com/2025/12/disney-openai-deal-sora-1236645728/
3: https://deadline.com/2026/03/sora-shut-down-disney-investment-1236764689/
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9: https://x.com/billpeeb/status/1984011952155455596
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13: https://medium.com/@shubhamnv2/openai-sora-shutdown-15m-day-costs-2-1m-revenue-the-full-story-088380118243

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