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