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Welcome to the Tech Brew Ride Home for Wednesday, March 25th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today. Open AI is

abandoning SOR to do the big refocus they've been signaling. Meta is starting to rack up the losses

in court. Is China going to block the Manus acquisition by Meta from going through? They've not even

let the founders leave the country. And interesting raises from vertical AI startups.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

OpenAI announced it is discontinuing products that use its SORA models, including the consumer app SORA, a SORA version for developers, and a video feature

inside of chat GPT, quoting the journal.

The move is one of a number of steps.

Open AI is taking to refocus on business and coding functions ahead of a potential initial

public offering as soon as the fourth quarter of this year.

CEO Sam Altman announced the changes to

staff on Tuesday writing that the company would wind down products that use its video models.

In addition to the consumer app, OpenAI is also discontinuing a version of SORA for developers

and won't support video functionality inside a chat GPT either. OpenAI is in the middle of a strategy shift to redirect the company's

computing resources and top talent toward a so-called productivity tool that can be used by

both enterprises and individual users. Last week, OpenAI announced that it was combining

its chat GPT desktop app, coding tool, codex, and browser into one super app.

The company expects the consolidated product to align its employees around a single vision.

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