OpenAI Sora Shutdown: $15M/Day Compute Costs, Disney's $1B Deal Collapse, and the Hard Economics of AI Video - April 15, 2026

OpenAI Sora Shutdown: $15M/Day Costs, the Disney $1B Deal Collapse, and the Hard Economics of AI Video - April 15, 2026 OpenAI's Sora video generation tool burned $15 million per day in compute against just $2.1 million in total lifetime revenue, leading to its shutdown on March 24th. The collapse torpedoed Disney's planned billion-dollar partnership and raises fundamental questions about whether consumer AI video generation can ever be economically viable. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The D...