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Disney Announces $1 Billion OpenAI Investment and Sora Licensing Deal
“Disney on Thursday announced a blockbuster deal with OpenAI to invest one billion dollars. For an equity stake in the Chachapi Teammaker. As part of the deal, OpenAI will license more than 200 characters from Disney, so users can create AI-generated videos in …”
Alex Kantrowitz Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 24:26 OpenAI’s 2026 Priority, Disney’s AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
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Sora reached one million downloads faster than ChatGPT
“Sora spent 20 days, which is not insignificant. At the top of the US App Store and reached one million downloads faster than ChatGPT.”
Alex Kantrowitz Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 47:57 AI’s Unpopularity + Competing With ChatGPT — With Olivia Moore
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Siegler: OpenAI Cut Sora Video Creation Limit From 100 to 30
“And, you know, right now they're rate limiting the creation of Sora videos. They just jumped it down. I saw recently from a hundred in 24 hours. Cause I keep hitting it to now it's 30.”
M.G. Siegler Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 29:47 OpenAI and AMD's Megadeal, Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s Bumpy Start. Meta vs. Apple
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Sora reached number one on the Apple App Store
“It's the number one app on the App Store.”
Alex Kantrowitz Oct 4, 2025 ▶ 2:08 Sora 2 & AI’s Slop Era, Death Of The Creator Economy?, Apple’s SmartGlasses Roadmap
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