# OpenAI officially pulled the plug on its high-profile video platform, Sora.

*genai · news · 2026-04-13 · Times of India*

## Key points

- OpenAI shut down Sora to reallocate scarce computing resources to coding and enterprise AI products.
- Token usage on Sora surged from 6 billion to 15 billion per minute between October and March.
- OpenAI is consolidating ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas into a single desktop 'Superapp' to improve quality.
- Disney's $1 billion investment in Sora, enabling legal use of its characters, is now defunct.

**Companies:** OpenAI
**Countries:** United States

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