Sora's app and API are dead but OpenAI hints the video model lives on inside ChatGPT

THE DECODER / 3/25/2026

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Key Points

  • OpenAI is shutting down the Sora app and Sora API, marking the end of that standalone product line.
  • Disney is also backing away from the previously announced billion-dollar deal signed with OpenAI last December.
  • Despite the shutdown, OpenAI suggests Sora’s underlying video model capability will continue in some form, potentially integrated into ChatGPT.
  • The developments signal a strategic shift in how OpenAI commercializes and delivers its video-generation technology, moving away from separate app/API distribution.

OpenAI is shutting down its Sora app and API. Disney is now walking away from the billion-dollar deal the two companies signed just last December.

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