OpenAI Shuts Down Sora, Redirects GPUs to Codex
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- OpenAI is shutting down Sora and redirecting its compute to a new model code-named 'Spud' and to Codex, after Sora operated apart from OpenAI's research team since its launch.
- Sora reportedly burned $1 million per day while losing half its users in record time, and OpenAI walked away from a billion-dollar Disney deal ahead of its IPO.
Why it matters: OpenAI is killing a product it once called its most hyped since ChatGPT — six months after launch, with $1M/day burn, half its users gone, and a $1B Disney deal scrapped — to free GPUs for Codex and a new flagship model ahead of a reported IPO, while Chinese rival Kling reportedly posted $300M in revenue the same week.
