Grok Imagine Video 1.5: Cheap Sora Rival Goes Live
xAI pushed Grok Imagine Video 1.5 to wide release on June 17, 2026, topping the image-to-video leaderboard with native audio at about $4.20 per minute, roughly 86 percent below Sora 2.
Grok Build Plugin Marketplace: xAI's Coding Agent Levels Up
xAI shipped the Grok Build Plugin Marketplace on June 11, 2026, a built-in catalog for its terminal coding agent with six partner plugins, open-source distribution, and commit pinning.
Grok Imagine API Gets File Storage and Public URLs
xAI added file storage, public URLs, and a Files-to-Imagine pipeline to the Grok Imagine API on June 10, 2026, removing the upload-download shuffle from automated image and video edits.
Grok Imagine 1.5 Tops Image-to-Video Arena With Audio
xAI Grok Imagine 1.5 takes the top spot on the image-to-video arena leaderboard with 720p generation and synchronized audio output.
xAI grok-build-0.1: Agentic Coding at $1 per Million Tokens
xAI shipped grok-build-0.1: a 256K-context coding model trained for agentic workflows. Free in the Grok CLI, $1/$2 per 1M tokens via Kilo Code.
xAI Adds Grok Build to OpenCode for SuperGrok Subs
xAI on May 21, 2026 enabled SuperGrok and X Premium subscribers to use Grok Build, the company's terminal coding agent, directly inside OpenCode without an API key.
Grok Skills vs Claude Projects, GPTs, Gems: Tested
xAI shipped Skills for Grok 4.3 on May 18, 2026, closing the last persistent-workspace gap with Claude Projects, Custom GPTs, and Gemini Gems. We tested all four head to head on persistence, document tools, file context, connectors, distribution, and pricing for creator workflows.
Grok Connectors: Gmail, Notion, and Drive Integration Guide
xAI launched Grok Connectors on May 7, 2026, giving Grok direct read access to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, OneDrive, Outlook, SharePoint, Notion, Slack, and HubSpot.
Grok Imagine Pro Retires May 15: Upgrade to Quality Mode
xAI is retiring grok-imagine-image-pro and 7 other Grok models on May 15, 2026. The new grok-imagine-image-quality model delivers better realism and text rendering -- here is how to migrate.
xAI Grok 4.3 + Custom Voices Bundle Creator Stack
xAI pushed Grok 4.3 to the public API on April 30 and bundled Custom Voices, a one-minute voice cloning workflow, at no per-voice surcharge. The release consolidates text, voice, and creative agents on a single xAI bill.
Grok Imagine Agent: xAI Bets on Multi-Step Creative AI
xAI quietly shipped Grok Imagine Agent on April 30, 2026, giving Heavy and Super Grok subscribers an autonomous AI that decomposes project briefs into planned multi-asset generation runs.
xAI Launches Grok Voice API: $0.10/hr STT, $4.20/M TTS
xAI launched the Grok Voice Agent API April 18 with standalone speech-to-text and text-to-speech endpoints priced at $0.10 per hour batch STT and $4.20 per million characters TTS.
X Launches Grok-Powered Photo Editor for Posts
X has rolled out a Grok-powered photo editor that lets users modify images through natural language prompts directly in the post composer. Currently available on iOS for Premium subscribers.
Grok Imagine Brings AI Image Templates to the Web
xAI expanded Grok Imagine templates from mobile to web on March 16, letting users transform photos into AI-generated content through one-click template workflows.
xAI Recruits Mistral Co-Founder to Rebuild Grok
Devendra Singh Chaplot, Mistral AI co-founder, joins xAI to work on Grok model training as Musk's third major talent hire in one week.
The AI Coding War: What xAI's Rebuild Means for Creators
When Elon Musk publicly admitted on March 13 that "xAI was not built right first time around, so is being rebuilt from the foundations up," he confirmed what the numbers already showed: the AI coding assistant market has clear winners, and Grok is not among them
Musk Admits xAI 'Not Built Right,' Starts Over
Elon Musk stated on March 13, 2026 that "xAI was not built right first time around, so is being rebuilt from the foundations up." The admission came as 10 of the company's 12 original co-founders have departed, and xAI is now recruiting engineers from Cursor to rebuild its AI coding tools