OpenAI announced a partnership with Disney on December 11th, 2025.

As part of the partnership with Disney, Sora users would be able to pay a fee to create AI-generated videos using Disney's characters such as Star Wars and Marvel.

OpenAI is preparing for an IPO later in 2026.

OpenAI was founded in 2015.

OpenAI announced that Disney would make a $1 billion equity investment into OpenAI and receive warrants to purchase additional equity.

On February 27th, 2026, OpenAI published a press release announcing a $110 billion funding round.