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OpenAI Fumbled Its $1 Billion Deal With Disney

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https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-fumbled-1-billion-deal-disney
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FuklzTheDrnkClwn Mar 25, 2026 +158
Wild that an entire BILLION DOLLARS is a drop in the bucket regarding money burned by this company. Absolute nonsense.
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elreyadr0k Mar 25, 2026 +25
"Oh well." \~ OpenAI
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McCoy818 Mar 25, 2026 +92
burning billions on a product nobody asked for and then losing your biggest client. classic silicon valley speedrun
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Griffisbored Mar 25, 2026 +60
For context OpenAI were spending about $5B per year to run Sora and generating almost no revenue from it. Probably a smart decision to kill it.
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Pendraconica Mar 25, 2026 +28
But if they gave it to Disney, they could use it to churn out c**** remakes and lose $10b a year! Maybe even $20b! They're not thinking big enough!
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BeerForThought Mar 26, 2026 +2
If you keep your financial too long you never have the chance to pull off the ground and stall immediately before making a spectacular fireball.
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Beavers4beer Mar 25, 2026 +1
For additional context, all of these AI companies are spending billions per year. And have almost no revenue to show from it. Yeah, they might make news about a deal with Microsoft or Disney for the next 5 to 10 years. But as we already saw from this shutter, those deals ultimately don't mean shit.
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FuturismDotCom Mar 25, 2026 +46
OpenAI lost its 10-figure deal with the entertainment giant after shuttering its video-generating app Sora on Tuesday — and it doesn't seem to be because Disney wants out of the AI game. Neither party immediately confirmed whether OpenAI’s discontinuation of Sora forced Disney out of the deal, or whether Disney got cold feet about shoveling money into a slop generator. But a statement from a Disney spokesperson, who said the company "will continue to engage with AI platforms to find new ways to meet fans where they are" suggests the former is much more likely.
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Ripclawe Mar 25, 2026 +12
The truth is OpenAi is far behind others with AI video making. SeeDance was the final nuke on it
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MPA_Dad Mar 25, 2026 +6
It’s because they have that sweet, sweet Department of Defense contractor money now.
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Not_software1337 Mar 25, 2026 +12
At least they have the department of war killbots to fall back on.
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ReadytoQuitBBY Mar 25, 2026 +5
Disney CEO reportedly said “Let it Go”
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delcocait Mar 25, 2026 +3
Why would Disney spend money on AI if AI generated content can’t be copyrighted? https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-declines-hear-dispute-over-copyrights-ai-generated-material-2026-03-02/
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Avoidtolls Mar 25, 2026 +4
Cool. I can't afford streaming anymore and will be cutting way back.
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No_Sherbert4143 Mar 25, 2026 +3
YAAAAAAAAARRRRRR\~ >:3 🏴‍☠️
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fdot1234 Mar 25, 2026 +2
But how will we generate new and exciting Star Wars creatures!?
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copperblood Mar 25, 2026 +2
Whoopsie Daisy!! 🤷🏽‍♂️
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ebers0 Mar 25, 2026 +2
Combined with their screw up with Microslop. Things are starting to look shaky for them.
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firephoxx Mar 25, 2026 +1
Oh no. I don’t have the Jon Stewart meme though
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hindusoul Mar 25, 2026 +1
What about the Top Gear meme?
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PanicSwtchd Mar 26, 2026 +1
They didn't tell Disney they were killing Sora and blindsided Disney with it. Some sources were saying that they were planning to have some conversations with Disney to maintain the partnership afterwards to keep the investment but Disney then blindsided them by just cancelling the deal...So now there's a bit of a panic because even though they'll save a bunch of money from operations...there is now a very public and very major investment loss to add to the stack of other circular funding deals that OpenAI has fumbled in the past few months.
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