OpenAI shuts down Sora app and API, Disney exits partnership

OpenAI announced it is shutting down its Sora video generation app and API just months after launch. Disney has walked away from the billion-dollar partnership the companies signed in December 2025 following the shutdown.

OpenAI's shutdown of Sora app and API

• ▪The Sora app and API shutdown occurred just months after launch.
• ▪OpenAI is shutting down its Sora app and API.

Disney's exit from the OpenAI partnership

• ▪Disney's exit from the OpenAI partnership followed the shutdown of the Sora app and API.
• ▪Disney and OpenAI signed a billion-dollar partnership deal in December 2025.
• ▪Disney is walking away from its partnership deal with OpenAI.

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