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The Walt Disney Company
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OpenAI

Deal Value

$1.0B

Announced

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Deal Details

Disney becomes Sora’s first major content licensing partner and commits a $1B equity investment in OpenAI as part of a three-year AI content and enterprise technology partnership.

A strategic partnership for joint development or market expansion.

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