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The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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236 points inesranzo | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 14:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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postalcoder ◴[11 Dec 25 14:45 UTC] No.46232000[source]▶
buried the lede:

> As part of the agreement, Disney will make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI, and receive warrants to purchase additional equity.

I say this with no snark or disdain: Sam has mastered the art of the flywheel.

Re licensed ai videos, if anyone wants to see the perspective the C-suites are being sold on, check out this episode of Belloni's The Town, in which they discuss the vision for AI + IP https://overcast.fm/+AA4DU9JreIE

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npollock ◴[11 Dec 25 22:52 UTC] No.46238449[source]▶
Disney said "Our IP is $1B for a 3yr license, or we sue"

Altman said "We can pay with equity, but let's frame it as an investment"

No cash exchanged

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richard___ ◴[12 Dec 25 00:52 UTC] No.46239580{3}[source]▶
Disney is actually paying $1B so it makes no sense. OpenAI gets the IP plus $1B.
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javawizard ◴[12 Dec 25 01:17 UTC] No.46239731{4}[source]▶
I'm actually curious, how do we know for a fact that this is the case?
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DANmode ◴[12 Dec 25 03:49 UTC] No.46240691{5}[source]▶
Could you elaborate?

Do you mean to say they’ll never take the payment?

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