TechCrunch OpenAI discontinued its AI video‑generation tool Sora just six months after launch. The service peaked at roughly one million users before falling below half a million, while burning about $1 million daily in compute costs. Facing a costly, under‑utilized product and competition from Anthropic’s Claude Code, CEO Sam Altman decided to shut Sora down, freeing resources for other projects. A planned $1 billion partnership with Disney also collapsed when the shutdown was announced.
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