AI lab · updated 22 October 2026
Is xAI winning the AI race?
Not right now. xAI is #7 of 10 on the AI Race index, 23.5 points behind the leader, Meta.
#7 70.8 −0.1 in 24h
xAI at a glance
- Flagship model
- Grok 4.7, released 2026-09
- Based in
- Palo Alto, US
- Valuation
- Part of SpaceX (Nasdaq: SPCX; acquired Feb 2026 at $250B; IPO Jun 2026) · SpaceX market cap ≈ $1.98T, 16 Oct 2026
- Attention, 24h
- 46/100 · 50 stories, 0 HN points (not counted in the index)
The late entrant that built the biggest clusters the fastest.
What the score is made of
| Component | Weight | xAI |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 55% | 80.0 |
| Release velocity | 25% | 28.2 |
| Compute & capital | 20% | 99.0 |
The index is a 7-day average. Capability comes from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and LMArena, release velocity from model launches on OpenRouter, and capital from valuations or market caps. News attention is shown but never counted. How the index works.
Latest xAI models
- Grok 4.7 · 21 September 2026
- Grok 4.6 · 12 August 2026
- Grok 4.5 · 8 July 2026
- Grok Build 0.1 · 20 May 2026
- Grok 4.3 · 30 April 2026
xAI in the news
- US court allows lawsuit over xAI data centre power plant to proceed · Digital Watch Observatory
- Bithumb Lifts Trading Caution Designation for Xai (XAI) · bloomingbit
- Claude Duet vs Grok Bot: who acts without asking, and when · OrcaRouter
- US federal judge rejects Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI · JURIST News
- best grok image to video nsfw with consent and age verification · 北陸地方整備局
- best grok nsfw image to video with consent and age verification · 北陸地方整備局
- best can grok generate porn with consent and age verification · 北陸地方整備局
- INSIGHT: Grok says #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson's ideas are "a few light-years ahead." · KuCoin
How xAI compares
| # | Lab | Index | 24h | Flagship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta | 94.3 | −0.1 | Muse Wonder |
| 2 | Anthropic | 91.6 | −0.1 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
| 3 | Google DeepMind | 89.7 | −0.1 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 4 | Alibaba Qwen | 80.6 | −0.1 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| 5 | OpenAI | 80.4 | ±0.0 | GPT-6 Astra |
| 6 | DeepSeek | 73.8 | −0.1 | DeepSeek V4.1-Flash |
| 7 | xAI | 70.8 | −0.1 | Grok 4.7 |
| 8 | Moonshot AI | 58.8 | ±0.0 | Kimi K3 |
| 9 | Mistral AI | 56.5 | ±0.0 | Mistral Large 4 |
| 10 | Apple | 50.1 | ±0.0 | Siri AI (iOS 27) |
Head to head: OpenAI vs xAI · Anthropic vs xAI · Google DeepMind vs xAI