OpenAI Sora (v1)
2024 - 2026, 2 years old
OpenAI's standalone text-to-video app and web product, killed less than five months after its public launch.
OpenAI previewed Sora in February 2024 with cinematic demo clips that briefly defined the state of the art for AI video. The consumer product opened to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers on December 9, 2024, then launched a dedicated iOS and Android app and the sora.com site. Usage peaked near one million users before falling below 500,000, while OpenAI was reportedly spending close to a million dollars a day on inference for the model. On March 24, 2026, OpenAI told users it was exiting standalone video generation; the sora.com site and the mobile apps were shut on April 26, 2026, with the API set to follow on September 24. A pending content deal with Disney was abandoned as part of the wind-down.
- Founded
- 2024-02
- Shut down
- 2026-04-26
- Funding raised
- Undisclosed
- Years alive
- 2
- Founders
- OpenAI