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Katzenberg-led Startup Negotiates Deep Sora Access and Customization Rights with OpenAI

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A startup co-founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, former Sora lead Bill Peebles, and ex-Dropbox CFO Sujay Jaswa is negotiating deep access to OpenAI's shuttered Sora video model. The proposed deal would allow the startup to heavily customize Sora and sell software built on it to filmmakers, in exchange for an undisclosed equity stake for OpenAI.

LATEST/A startup co-founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, former Sora lead Bill Peebles, and ex-Dropbox CFO Sujay Jaswa is negotiating deep access to OpenAI's shuttered Sora video model. The proposed deal would allow the startup to heavily customize Sora and sell software built on it to filmmakers, in exchange for an undisclosed equity stake for OpenAI.

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  1. Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai)T2·68 pts
    • Jeffrey Katzenberg and former Sora lead Bill Peebles co-founded a startup focused on AI video tools for filmmakers.
    • The startup is negotiating for deep customization rights and commercial sales privileges over OpenAI's discontinued Sora model.
    • The potential deal structure involves OpenAI receiving an undisclosed equity stake rather than traditional cash licensing fees.