xAI · Grok Imagine line · image & video
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite was released by xAI on October 1, 2026, as an image & video model in the Grok Imagine line.
A lighter Grok Imagine video model on the xAI API that makes text-to-video and image-to-video clips with audio at a quarter of the per-second price of Grok Imagine Video 1.5, reaching 1080p by upscaling 720p.
Compared with Grok Imagine Video 1.5 · the full-size video model in this line
Costs a quarter as much per second of video as Grok Imagine Video 1.5
Price per second of video — what developers pay on the xAI API
$0.02 / second
▲ vs $0.08 / second for Grok Imagine Video 1.5 · 75% cheaper
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Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.
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