A Bloomberg Tech In Depth newsletter reports that user and creator excitement around OpenAI’s Sora video generator has cooled after an initial wave of viral clips, with production workflows and licensing uncertainties limiting mainstream adoption. The piece notes that while Sora remains powerful for certain studios and advertisers, sustaining engagement will require clearer business models, safeguards and integration into everyday creative tools. ([bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-05/enthusiasm-for-openai-s-sora-fades-after-initial-creative-burst))
OpenAI and NEXTDC entered a multi-year agreement under which OpenAI will anchor a hyperscale AI campus and GPU supercluster at NEXTDC’s S7 facility in Sydney to support large-scale AI inference and enterprise workloads.
OpenAI agreed to acquire neptune.ai to integrate its experiment‑tracking and training‑monitoring tools into OpenAI’s frontier model training stack.
OpenAI provides custom holiday tools built on ChatGPT to enhance NORAD’s annual Santa‑tracking program as a public‑facing AI partnership.
OpenAI acquires an equity stake in Thrive Holdings in exchange for dedicated AI research and integration support to modernize Thrive’s accounting and IT services portfolio.
OpenAI is acquiring an equity stake in Thrive Holdings and embedding its teams to deploy AI across Thrive’s accounting and IT services portfolio companies.



