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Grok
Versions, pricing, availability and every story about Grok.
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Grok 4.6 Pricing: Performance and Enterprise Readiness
Grok 4.6 claims frontier performance at a 60% discount, with heavy SpaceX use. This analysis examines pricing impact, benchmarks, and enterprise readiness factors like SLAs and data policies. Explore the full breakdown.
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Deals & partnerships · xAI
Partnership
Reflection AI signs ~$6.3B Colossus 2 compute deal with SpaceX
cnbc.com (source, opens in a new tab)Acquisition
SpaceX to acquire Cursor maker Anysphere in $60B all-stock deal
All-stock merger announced June 16, 2026 and closed August 14, 2026 per SpaceX SEC filings; Anysphere shareholders received about 389.3M SpaceX Class A shares. Cursor joins SpaceXAI's coding push.
reuters.com (source, opens in a new tab)Partnership
Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for Colossus compute (~$30B through 2029)
Per SpaceX's SEC filing: about 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs from October 2026 to June 2029, ramping through September at a reduced fee; either side may terminate after Dec 31, 2026 with 90 days' notice (CNBC, Bloomberg).
cnbc.com (source, opens in a new tab)Partnership
xAI to provide Anthropic with Colossus 1 compute
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Partnership
HUMAIN invested $3B in xAI’s Series E
reuters.com (source, opens in a new tab)Acquisition
SpaceX acquires xAI
SpaceX acquires xAI; the company now operates as SpaceXAI.
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Funding
xAI raises $20B Series E
Upsized Series E above the $15B target. Valuation (~$230B) per CNBC report, not confirmed by xAI.
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Partnership
xAI and Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN to build 500 MW+ data center and deploy Grok nationwide
Framework agreement at the US-Saudi Investment Forum: hyperscale GPU data centers in Saudi Arabia anchored by a 500 MW+ flagship site (NVIDIA GB300), xAI's first large deployment outside the US; Grok integrated into HUMAIN ONE. Value not disclosed.
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Partnership
Pentagon CDAO awards Anthropic, Google and xAI contracts of up to $200M each
ai.mil (source, opens in a new tab)Funding
xAI raises $5B equity alongside $5B debt
reuters.com (source, opens in a new tab)
Sources: company announcements & release notes, press reports.
Release timeline
Every Grok model release · 13 releases
Grok 4.7
docs.x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok 4.6
docs.x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok 4.5
docs.x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok 4.3
docs.x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok 4.20
docs.x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok 4.1
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok 4 Fast
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok Code Fast 1
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Show all 13 releases
Grok 4
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok 3
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok-2
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok-1.5
x.ai (source, opens in a new tab)Grok-1 (open weights)
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Sources: company announcements & release notes.
Editor's picks
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Grok 4.6: xAI’s Low-Cost Model Targets Enterprise FinOps
xAI launches Grok 4.6 with aggressive pricing and native Cursor integration to help engineering teams and CFOs cut…
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Grok 4.6 Enterprise Readiness: API, Compliance & TCO Analysis
Grok 4.6 steps into enterprise AI with stronger multimodality and function calling. Explore the compliance gaps, latency SLOs,…
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Perplexity Beats Grok for Enterprise: DOE’s RAG Shift
U.S. Department of Energy and enterprises favor Perplexity over Grok for its citation-first RAG architecture, auditability, and fact-tracing.…
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Grok 4.5 Pricing Forces Shift to Quality-Per-Dollar AI
xAI’s Grok 4.5 undercuts premium LLM rivals, moving enterprise focus from benchmarks to cost efficiency. Discover the impact…
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Grok Downloads Plunge 60%: xAI’s AI Hurdles
xAI’s Grok standalone app downloads have dropped nearly 60% amid competition from free LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Meta AI. Unpack distribution challenges, stakeholder impacts, and…
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xAI Grok Now Available on Google Cloud Gemini Platform
Discover how xAI’s Grok models are integrated into Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, enabling seamless API access for enterprises. Explore the strategic implications and benefits…
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xAI Grok Plugins for Microsoft Office Challenge Copilot
Discover xAI’s new Grok-powered plugins for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, automating tasks like turning research papers into presentations. Explore the enterprise implications against Microsoft Copilot,…
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SpaceX IPO Rumors: Ties to Grok AI and X Ads
Explore unverified reports linking SpaceX IPO access to mandatory Grok AI subscriptions and X advertising. Analyze impacts on investors, regulators, and the AI market. Discover potential…
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Grok xAI: X Premium Bundling and Enterprise Challenges
xAI’s Grok is bundled exclusively with X Premium subscriptions, using social media as a Trojan Horse for AI dominance. This analysis explores the strategy’s consumer success…
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Grok AI on X Premium: Consumer Access vs Enterprise Gaps
xAI bundles Grok AI with X Premium subscriptions for massive consumer reach, but lacks essential enterprise features like compliance and APIs. Discover why this strategy boosts…
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xAI’s Grok Finance: AI for Market Analysis and Insights
xAI is hiring finance experts to build Grok Finance, a specialized LLM for market analysis, investment decisions, and regulatory compliance. Explore how this move challenges incumbents…
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xAI Trains Grok with Finance Experts for Precision AI
xAI is hiring bankers and lenders to train its Grok LLM on complex financial processes like loan syndication and credit underwriting. This move highlights the shift…
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xAI’s Grok Strategy: Real-Time Data Edge on X
Discover how xAI integrates Grok with the X platform to leverage real-time data for a competitive AI advantage. Explore the distribution flywheel, monetization potential, and impacts…
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Grok AI Race: Musk’s Strategy, Data Moats & Enterprise Readiness
Explore Elon Musk’s bold strategy positioning xAI’s Grok to lead the AI race with unique data moats from X and focus on enterprise readiness. Uncover the…
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xAI Leadership Shake-Up and SpaceX Merger Implications
Explore the recent exits of xAI co-founders and rumors of a SpaceX merger. Analyze impacts on Grok development, talent retention, and Musk’s AI strategy in this…
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xAI Reorganization: Talent Exodus and AI Implications
Explore xAI’s recent reorganization amid a talent exodus, its effects on the Grok model, and implications for the AI race against OpenAI and others. Gain insights…
Versions & specs
Model · date · context · max output · price per 1M tokens (in/out, cached) · modalities · cutoff · license
| Model | Released | Context | Max output | Price in / out (per 1M) | Modalities | Knowledge cutoff | License / access | Spec source |
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| Grok 4.7 | Sep 21, 2026 | 500K | — | $2 / $6 cached $0.5 Higher rate above 200K context; also on Vertex AI and Microsoft Foundry. | Text, image in → text out | May 2026 | Proprietary (API & app) | docs.x.ai |
| Grok 4.6 | Aug 12, 2026 | 500K | — | $2 / $6 cached $0.5 Higher rate above 200K context. | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | docs.x.ai |
| Grok 4.5 | Jul 8, 2026 | 500K | — | $2 / $6 cached $0.3 Higher rate above 200K context. | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | docs.x.ai |
| Grok 4.3 | Apr 30, 2026 | 1M | — | $1.25 / $2.5 cached $0.2 Higher rate above 200K context. | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | docs.x.ai |
| Grok 4.20 Grok 4.20, Grok 4.20 Multi-agent | Mar 10, 2026 | 1M | — | $1.25 / $2.5 cached $0.2 Higher rate above 200K context. | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | docs.x.ai |
| Grok 4.1 | Nov 17, 2025 | — | — | — | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | x.ai |
| Grok 4 Fast | Sep 19, 2025 | 2M | — | $0.2 / $0.5 cached $0.05 Prompts ≥128K: $0.40 in / $1.00 out. | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | x.ai |
| Grok Code Fast 1 | Aug 28, 2025 | 256K | — | $0.2 / $1.5 cached $0.02 Launch price; model id now aliased to grok-build-0.1 ($1/$2). | Text in → text out | — | Proprietary (API) | x.ai |
| Grok 4 Grok 4, Grok 4 Heavy | Jul 9, 2025 | 256K | — | — | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | x.ai |
| Grok 3 Grok 3, Grok 3 mini (Think) | Feb 19, 2025 | 1M | — | — | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | x.ai |
| Grok-2 Grok-2, Grok-2 mini | Aug 13, 2024 | — | — | — | Text, image in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | x.ai |
| Grok-1.5 | Mar 28, 2024 | 128K | — | — | Text in → text out | — | Proprietary (API & app) | x.ai |
Vendor benchmark claims
- Grok 3: AIME 2025 93.3% (Grok 3 Think, cons@64, vendor claim) · GPQA 84.6% (vendor claim) · LiveCodeBench 79.4% (vendor claim)
Benchmarks as published by the vendor at launch; not independently verified by i10x.
Sources: company announcements & release notes. Prices = standard API list price in USD per 1M tokens at time of release or current docs; batch is typically 50% off.
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