xAI releases Grok Imagine API on January 29, 2026. The tool enables developers to create AI-generated videos. It competes with Google Veo and OpenAI Sora.
Elon Musk’s company focuses on speed and quality. Users can quickly turn text or images into videos.
Key Features of Grok Imagine API
The API offers five model endpoints. Developers use them for different video tasks.
- Text-to-video generation – create clips from written prompts
- Image-to-video conversion – animate still pictures
- Video editing tools – add, remove, or swap objects
- Cinematic motion and style transfer – make professional looks
- Native audio with synced dialogue – multiple characters speak naturally
- Supports 480p and 720p resolution
- Fast response time – tops benchmarks for speed
xAI says Grok Imagine beats Runway Aleph in human tests. It wins 64.1% in editing and 57.4% in following instructions.
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Benchmarks and Early Integrations
The API shows strong results against rivals. It leads in latency for 8-second 720p videos.
- 64.1% win rate over Runway Aleph in editing
- 57.4% better at instruction following
- 63.1% higher output consistency
- Fastest end-to-end API time
Integrations already work with fal.ai, InVideo, HeyGen, ComfyUI, and Flora. Developers can easily add video features to their apps.
xAI announces the launch after a $20 billion funding round. Investors include Valor, Fidelity, Qatar, Nvidia, and Cisco. The tool builds on beta tests from 2025.
The Grok Imagine API enables developers to quickly create AI videos. It accelerates the video generation race.
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