The OpenAI Sora app is currently limited to the United StatesOpenAI has rolled out Sora 2, the latest generation of its video model, alongside a brand-new app called Sora. Much like Instagram or TikTok, this app is designed for creating and sharing AI-generated videos, but with a twist. Powered by Sora 2’s upgraded realism, physics, and instruction-following, users can generate strikingly life-like clips straight from text prompts.
One of the key features is the ability to design AI avatars of yourself, which OpenAI calls cameos. These cameos can be dropped into any scene you imagine — from wrestling an elephant to playing volleyball on a sunny beach. OpenAI introduced the app with a promotional video featuring CEO Sam Altman, who described Sora 2 as “the most powerful imagination engine ever built.”
Sound on. pic.twitter.com/QHDxq6ubGt
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 30, 2025
Within hours of the announcement, Sora 2 took over X, with creators and tech enthusiasts experimenting with the tool. Popular YouTuber iJustine showcased an entire explainer video generated only through text prompts. Her cameo delivers the narration exactly as instructed. She wrote, “Testing out Sora 2 and the new Sora app… thought I’d try to make an entire video using only prompts and have my cameo avatar say what I tell it to. What do you think?”
Testing out Sora 2 and the new Sora app.. thought I’d try to make an entire video using only prompts and have my cameo avatar say what I tell it to. What do you think?@OpenAI pic.twitter.com/LnKDgM8nkv
— iJustine (@ijustine) September 30, 2025
Other users joined the trend with their own wild creations. One clip reimagined Rick and Morty through Sora 2, while another showed Sam Altman at a train station, making everyone around him break into dance.
Rick and Morty generated by Sora 2 my god pic.twitter.com/9j49K8UjKT
— Ibrahim Ahmed (@atbeme) September 30, 2025
sora 2: sam altman goes into train station and makes everyone dance with him pic.twitter.com/XZdxMvqf5f
— gabriel (@GabrielPeterss4) September 30, 2025
The Sora app is currently limited to the United States, and available only on iOS, with no Android release yet. Here’s how the process works:
OpenAI Sora App trends on Google
The buzz isn’t limited to social media. Searches for the OpenAI Sora app have spiked on Google, with over 20,000 people looking it up in the last 24 hours.


