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The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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236 points inesranzo | 2 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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ramesh31 ◴[11 Dec 25 14:54 UTC] No.46232103[source]▶
>I say this with no snark or disdain: Sam has mastered the art of the flywheel.

It's been his entire career. Guy has made billions of dollars from talking.

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1. 650REDHAIR ◴[12 Dec 25 05:48 UTC] No.46241247{3}[source]▶
Kept failing upwards after Loopt.

Frustratingly impressive.

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2. incanus77 ◴[12 Dec 25 07:52 UTC] No.46241854[source]▶
Never forget the double polo.