Securities Times: Sora's hype is over, AI video is moving from showing off to getting real.

Just read a Securities Times piece saying the Sora hype has basically died down, and the whole AI video space is moving past the flashy demos and getting practical. Honestly, this shift makes sense—everyone was blown away by those slick demos at first, but when you actually need to use it daily and produce deliverable videos, stability and cost become the real deal.

When they say “practical” for a product, I take it as controllable, editable, and tweakable on repeat—not just gacha-style re-rolling until you get one mind-blowing clip and calling it done. Now that the field’s at this stage, it’s actually a sweet spot for tool builders. Who do you all think will step up next?

Demo being mind-blowing and actually usable on a daily basis are two different things.

Being able to control and edit is what makes it actually productive.

Gacha-style generating images costs way too much.

Finally, people are starting to take stability seriously.

The hype’s dying down, leaving only the real needs behind - that’s a good thing.

Front row seats for the show.

“Gacha-style re-rolling” hits the nail on the head—you burn through a dozen duds just to get one usable one, and when you add it all up, it’s not cheap at all.