xAI Weekly

xAI Weekly follows xAI and Grok: model releases, API changes, infrastructure buildout, and how xAI is positioning itself in the frontier AI race. It is written for technology leaders tracking the competitive AI landscape. Published weekly by Kevin Kaminski of Big Hat Group.

Latest edition

October 5, 2026

xAI Weekly: Imagine Lands, SpaceX Seeks $40B, Pact Holds

xAI Weekly covers Imagine Video 1.5 and its $0.02 Lite tier, disputed SpaceX integration reports, a $40 billion chip plan, and AI safety commitments.

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September 21, 2026 Voice Transcribe 2.0 Launches, GrokBot Expands, and Antitrust Ends
September 13, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok 4.7 Slips, Grok Bot Galaxy, Microsoft Copilot
September 6, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok 4.7 Targets September 12 Launch
August 30, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok Bot Meets X, Grok 4.6 Hits Google & Microsoft
August 26, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok 4.6 Goes Universal, $60B Cursor Deal
August 19, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok 4.6 Lands on GitHub Copilot, Grok Bot Beta Goes Live, SpaceX Data Training Plan Sparks Controversy
August 14, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok 4.6 Ships at Half the Price, Grok Bot Brings AI Teammates to Cursor, Imagine Image 2.0 Hits #2 Arena Ranking
August 5, 2026 xAI Weekly: SpaceX First Earnings Call Reveals $2.56B AI Revenue, Grok 4.6 Imminent, Grok 5 to Train on All SpaceX Data
July 29, 2026 xAI Weekly: Musk Targets August for Grok 4.6 and 4.7, Grok Imagine Pledges Full-Length Odyssey Film, and New Enterprise Connectors Land
July 22, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok Build Goes Open Source After Privacy Scandal, Grok 4.6 Nears Completion, and Tesla Gets Deep Grok Integration
July 15, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok 4.5 Lands at Half the Price, Meta Fires Back with Muse Spark, and EU Blocks Loom
July 8, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok 4.5 Launches as Opus-Class Contender, SpaceXAI Rebrand Goes Live, and Voice Platform Expands
July 1, 2026 xAI Weekly: The Path to Grok 5, Enterprise Expansion, and Colossus 2
June 24, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok Gov Model Enters Defense, 'Macrohard' Unveiled, and Imagine Video 1.5 Launches
June 17, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok V9-Medium, Skills, Build 0.1, and the Race for Grok 5
June 12, 2026 xAI Weekly: SpaceX IPO, $30B Google Compute Deal, and the Colossus Noise Lawsuit
June 3, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok Build 0.1 API, Kilo Code Integration, and V9-Medium Training Complete
May 27, 2026 xAI Weekly: SpaceXAI, Grok Build, and Anthropic's $45B Compute Deal
May 12, 2026 xAI Weekly: Grok 4.3 Launches as Cost-Effective Frontier Model, Custom Voices Arrive, Imagine Quality Mode Goes Enterprise
May 6, 2026 xAI Weekly: Imagine Agent Goes Live, X Rebuilds Ad Stack on xAI, Grok's Enterprise Push Gains Steam
April 29, 2026 xAI Weekly: Pentagon's $200M Grok Deal, Voice AI Launch, and Enterprise Expansion
April 15, 2026 Grok 4.20 Leads Medical and Legal AI Benchmarks — What Enterprise Teams Should Know