OpenAI's Sora Video AI App Hits No. 1 on Apple App Store Despite Invite-Only Launch

Oct 03, 2025
TechCrunch
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Summary

OpenAI's Sora video AI app rockets to No. 1 on Apple's US App Store within just three days of its invite-only launch, accumulating 164,000 downloads and surpassing both Google Gemini and ChatGPT despite limited availability in only the US and Canada.

Key Points

  • OpenAI's Sora video AI app reaches No. 1 on Apple's US App Store on its third day, surpassing Google Gemini and ChatGPT despite being invite-only
  • Sora accumulates 164,000 iOS downloads in its first two days with 56,000 day-one installs, matching xAI's Grok performance but trailing ChatGPT's 81,000 launch downloads
  • The app launches exclusively in the US and Canada as an invite-only release, indicating strong consumer demand for AI video creation tools in a social networking format

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