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Disney Teams Up With OpenAI in Billion-Dollar Deal

Fans will be able to generate short videos with more than 200 Disney characters in early 2026.
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Disney Teams Up With OpenAI in Billion-Dollar Deal
A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 14, 2017. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Jacki Thrapp
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The Walt Disney Company on Dec. 11 announced plans to invest $1 billion in OpenAI as part of a three-year licensing agreement.

Disney will collaborate with OpenAI to stream “curated selections” of artificial intelligence-generated videos on Disney+ starting in early 2026.

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Jacki Thrapp
Jacki Thrapp
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Jacki Thrapp is an Emmy® Award-winning journalist based in Nashville. She previously worked at The New York Post, Fox News Channel and has written a series of Off-Broadway musicals in NYC. Contact her at [email protected]