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>I mean if you want to go that route then where does it end? Sora debuted as a member of Cover Corp and wasn't moved to the newly created Hololive (Hololy at the time) until a bit after Roboco and Suisei were already a part of it.
I'm not sure you have the correct timeline
Here is the PR announcement for Hololive (the app) back in Dec 21 2017
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000002.000030268.html
So you are correct that Sora predates hololive. But you are not right that she only was featured in the app AFTER these other talent. Here is a contemporary article on the launch of the app
https://www.moguravr.com/hololive-ar/
Sora is the original model of the app and the first one to be used in it.
The app back then was a way to create "Augmented Reality", to showcase your oshi in real life places and Sora was the OG model and voice for that