xAIReleased on Jan 2026

Grok Imagine Video: Benchmarks, Pricing & Context Window

Grok Imagine Video is a video generation model from xAI, released in January 2026.

xAI's video generation model capable of generating videos from text prompts, images, or editing existing videos. Supports 1-15 second videos with multiple aspect ratios and resolutions.

Grok Imagine Video benchmarks

Video Arena Performance

Performance by category and language

Where Grok Imagine Video is strongest across prompt themes and languages. Conservative TrueSkill score (μ − 3σ), only axes with 3+ votes.

Leaderboard Rankings

Quality Tracker

Similar Models

How Grok Imagine Video compares to its closest neighbors on each video arena it competes in.

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Community Benchmarks

How Grok Imagine Video ranks in community-created evaluations.

Grok Imagine Video API

POST/v1/generations
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Image-to-video: use this frame as the first frame.

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Use it in your code

OpenAI-compatible endpoint through the LLM Stats gateway.

import requests

# Create the generation. wait="auto" long-polls (up to 60s) so most short
# jobs return as "completed" in a single round-trip.
res = requests.post(
    "https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/generations",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
        "model": "grok-imagine-video",
        "input": {"prompt": "A timelapse of clouds moving across the sky"},
        "wait": "auto",
    },
)
job = res.json()

# If it didn't finish inside the wait window, poll the same resource.
while job["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
    res = requests.get(
        f"https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/generations/{job['id']}",
        params={"wait": 60},
        headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    )
    job = res.json()

if job["status"] == "completed":
    print("video:", job["output"]["media"][0]["url"])
else:
    print("Failed:", job["error"]["message"])

Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.

Grok Imagine Video license

Grok Imagine Video is released under the Proprietary license.

License
Proprietary

Grok Imagine Video examples

Recent arena outputs from Grok Imagine Video, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Grok Imagine Video release date

Grok Imagine Video was released on January 29, 2026 by xAI.

Released
January 29, 2026
2026-01-29
Creator
xAI

FAQ

Common questions about Grok Imagine Video.

What is the Grok Imagine Video release date?

Grok Imagine Video was released on January 29, 2026 by xAI.

Who created Grok Imagine Video?

Grok Imagine Video was created by xAI.

What is the license for Grok Imagine Video?

Grok Imagine Video is released under the Proprietary license.

Is Grok Imagine Video multimodal?

Yes, Grok Imagine Video is a multimodal model that can process both text and images as input.