Sora

OpenAI’s Sora was shut down on March 24, 2026 — six months after launch. The estimated $15M/day peak inference cost against $2.1M in total lifetime revenue made the product commercially unviable. The Sora app goes dark April 26, 2026; the API remains accessible until September 24, 2026. OpenAI has redirected Sora’s compute toward world simulation for robotics.