The developers of the Sora neural network, which produced short videos based on textual descriptions, said goodbye to her.
“We say goodbye to Sora,” the team said in a statement on
The account creators promised that they would soon share more information, “including the app’s age and API, as well as how to save your content.” The reason for the project’s closure was not explained.
The fact that OpenAI is planning to discontinue Sora as well books The Wall Street Journal. According to the newspaper, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman informed employees of the changes on March 24. Some employees, according to the Wall Street Journal, were surprised by the amount of computing resources the company invested in this project – especially given the lack of clear signs of demand for the product.
Sora’s closure is one of several steps OpenAI is taking to refocus on business solutions and programming tools ahead of a potential IPO, the Wall Street Journal writes.
Sora is an AI model that can create short videos based on a text request. OpenAi introduced it in February 2024, and released the new Sora 2 model in fall 2025.