Disney → OpenAI: $1B investment
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI and licenses characters to Sora. Disney takes a $1 billion stake (plus warrants) and licenses over 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters for Sora and ChatGPT Images for three years.
This deal is 100% of everything Disney pays and 1% of everything OpenAI receives in this database.
- Date
- Dec 11, 2025
- Paid by
Disney- Received by
OpenAI- Type
- Investment
- Amount
- $1B
- Status
- announced
- Note
- plus warrants, 3-year license
Sources
All deals between Disney and OpenAI
- Dec 11, 2025 Disney → OpenAI · Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI and licenses characters to Sora $1B
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