OpenAI shutting down Sora app

websku 48 points 3 comments March 24, 2026
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timpera

Other comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508871 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508652

ChrisArchitect

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508246

bko

Serious question, but when companies like OpenAI and Google roll out something like this they likely get millions of users overnight. I get why it's a distraction, money sink and they don't want to work on it. But presumably it's worth something? The user base alone. Why don't they ever sell these things? Keep a good chunk of the equity w/ some exclusive deals to use their models, but spin it off. How much could a social network like this be worth?

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