Foreign media: OpenAI spends up to $15 million daily on Sora video generation, with annualized losses possibly exceeding $5 billion

ChainCatcher News, according to Forbes, although OpenAI's video generation application Sora has surpassed 4 million downloads, its operating costs are extremely high, spending approximately $15 million per day to generate AI videos, with annualized expenditures exceeding $5 billions. Analysts estimate that generating a 10-second video costs about $1.3 on average, which is much higher than the current level of free usage by users.

The report points out that OpenAI is still in an aggressive expansion phase and is not yet focused on profitability, aiming to expand its user base and acquire video training data. Company executives admit that Sora's economic model is "completely unsustainable at present," and in the future, free usage may be reduced while exploring monetization paths such as charging fees or advertising.