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Grok Imagine

xAI

Grok Imagine is an image & video generation model line from xAI. The latest release is Grok Imagine Quality Mode (6 May 2026). This page tracks all 3 Grok Imagine releases since 9 Dec 2024, with specs, licensing, and how to access each one. Official site →

Grok Imagine Quality Mode

ClosedPaidOfficial API

Higher realism tier for the Grok Imagine API; stronger text rendering; tighter prompt following; improved world understanding; enterprise-focused (product shots, UGC-style content, brand assets)

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API
Model ID
grok-imagine-image-quality

Enterprise API tier launch. Pairs with grok-imagine-video for combined image+video workflows.

Grok Imagine API

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

Unified image + video generation, editing, and restyle in one API; virtual try-on; product placement; image and video editing from text prompts; topped Artificial Analysis T2V leaderboard at launch

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app
Model Id Video
grok-imagine-video
Resolution Image
2K (up to 10 images/request)
Max Duration Video
15s

Described on launch as 'state-of-the-art video generation, video editing, and image creation, all in one API'. xAI joined SpaceX Feb 2, 2026.

Grok Aurora (Image Generation)

ClosedFreemiumConsumer app

First xAI image generation; codename Aurora; native multimodal input (image editing from input images); available on X platform; strong photorealism and text following

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Consumer app
Architecture
Autoregressive Mixture-of-Experts (trained on interleaved text and image data)

Released on X platform December 9, 2024. Superseded by Grok Imagine API (Jan 2026).

See Grok Imagine in context on the image model timeline, or browse all model families.