# After Burning $15M Daily, Sora Is Dead

- slug: after-burning-15m-daily-sora-is-dead
- date: 2026-04-01
- category: Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI killed Sora burning up to 15M/day at peak against ~2M lifetime revenue. Disney got one hours notice on a 1B deal. And the 852B valuation rests partly on contingent capital that may never arrive.

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