Grok Imagine (image & video generation)

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xAI
xAI

Overview

xAI's image-and-video generation product, built into the Grok apps and API. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 launched May-June 2026 and topped the Image-to-Video Arena leaderboard on release; Musk declared the product 'done' on July 5, 2026, and a July 31 update added native 1080p output, voice/face-consistent references and up to seven-image multi-reference scene control.

Moved from preview to full general availability June 16, 2026; the July 31, 2026 update added 1080p text-to-video, image-to-video and reference-to-video generation with up to seven simultaneous visual anchors per clip.

Key Specs

Leaderboard Position

#1 on the Image-to-Video Arena leaderboard at launch, priced ~86% below OpenAI's Sora

Video Output

Native 1080p, 6-15s clips with audio, up to 7 reference images per generation