Flagship · Analysis

Sora Is Gone. Here's What the Numbers Actually Mean.

Sora's shutdown wasn't just a product failure — it's a proof of concept for why consumer AI video is structurally broken. The numbers make the case.

APR 20 6 MIN FLAGSHIP Read the piece →

Six-number post-mortem of Sora's shutdown: $15M per day peak inference cost, $2.1M total app revenue over six months, 1% 30-day retention, 66% download collapse from 3.33M to 1.13M monthly, $1B Disney deal announced but not exchanged, 15-month total lifespan from December 2024 launch to March 24 announcement.

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Six numbers from the April 17 roundup: 3 Alibaba video AI products in market (Wan, HappyHorse, Happy Oyster), Wan 2.7 unifying 5 task types in one model, SkyReels V4 at 32 FPS and 1080p with native audio, Grok Imagine Pro confirmed at 1080p, HappyHorse benchmark updated to Elo 1,361, and 70 free monthly credits on the SkyReels V4 platform.

Roundup · Weekly

AI Video Weekly Roundup — April 17, 2026

Alibaba launches Happy Oyster world model for 3D environments. Wan 2.7 brings Thinking Mode to open-source video. SkyReels V4 ships joint audio-video. Grok Imagine Pro teases 1080p.

APR 17 · 7 MIN

Six numbers from the April 11 roundup: HappyHorse debuting at Elo 1,333 atop Artificial Analysis, Alibaba's stealth model anonymous for 3 days before reveal, 700+ AI-generated images in the TAKE IT DOWN Act's first criminal conviction, 24+ AI apps used by the Ohio defendant, 46 US states with enacted AI-media legislation, and the May 19 platform compliance deadline.

Roundup · Weekly

AI Video Weekly Roundup — April 11, 2026

Alibaba's stealth video model tops the global leaderboard. Seedance 2.0 lands in US CapCut. TAKE IT DOWN Act gets its first conviction. Google cuts Veo 3.1 Fast pricing.

APR 11 · 7 MIN

Six numbers from the April 4 roundup: 10 free Veo 3.1 clips per Google account per month, $0.05/sec Veo 3.1 Lite pricing at 720p, 1,000 monthly Veo cap for Google AI Ultra subscribers, $10B Meta AI ad run-rate in Q4 2025, 65% of Meta advertisers scaling on Advantage+, and Sora app consumer access ending April 26.

Roundup · Weekly

AI Video Weekly Roundup — April 4, 2026

Google floods both the consumer and developer tiers with free Veo access. Meta shows the first real monetization model for AI video at scale. Sora counts down.

APR 04 · 6 MIN