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id: "entity-sora"
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canonicalName: "Sora"
aliases: []
source_timestamps: ["00:02:00", "00:02:25"]
tags: ["product", "video-generation"]
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# Sora

## Profile

[[entity-openai-d17]]'s flagship AI **video generation** model. In this scenario it is publicly shut down approximately six months after launch.

## Why It Matters

Sora is the canonical worked example of the [[concept-inference-wall]]. It is positioned as a technological marvel that died on **unit economics**, not on quality or demand:

- ~$15M/day inference burn
- ~$2.1M total lifetime revenue
- Daily burn exceeded total lifetime revenue by ~7x

See [[claim-sora-economics]] for the validated claim and [[contrarian-sora-failure]] for the reframe of why it actually failed.

## Validation Note

The specific financial figures are partially supported — the inference-economics thesis is corroborated by CBRE/BRG analysis, but the precise $15M/$2.1M numbers are not independently confirmed in public sources.

## Related
- [[entity-openai-d17]]
- [[claim-sora-economics]]
- [[concept-inference-wall]]
- [[contrarian-sora-failure]]
- [[quote-burn-exceeds-revenue]]