{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/grok-imagine-video-1-5/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/grok-imagine-video-1-5/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"grok-imagine-video-1-5","name":"Grok Imagine Video 1.5","org":"xAI","family":"Grok Imagine","released":"2026-05-30","status":"current","type":"video-gen","modality_in":["text","image"],"modality_out":["video"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":{"per_second":0.08,"unit":"per second of generated video","source":"https://docs.x.ai/docs/models"},"price_line":"$0.08 per second","access":[{"provider":"xAI API","model_id":"grok-imagine-video-1.5","endpoint":"https://api.x.ai/v1/videos/generations","docs":"https://docs.x.ai/docs/guides/video-generation"},{"provider":"xAI API (Lite variant, $0.02/s)","model_id":"grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite","endpoint":"https://api.x.ai/v1/videos/generations","docs":"https://docs.x.ai/docs/models"},{"provider":"Web app","url":"https://grok.com"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Image-to-video up to 15 s","detail":"Animates a source still (URL/base64) or prompt into clips up to 15 seconds; async job polled via GET /v1/videos/{request_id}.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://docs.x.ai/docs/guides/video-generation"},{"name":"Per-second pricing, text or image input","detail":"Text- or image-to-video at $0.08 per generated second (legacy grok-imagine-video $0.05/s).","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://docs.x.ai/docs/models"}],"entry":null,"notes":"Snapshot alias grok-imagine-video-1.5-2026-05-30. A cheaper grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite ($0.02/s on docs.x.ai, checked 2026-10-09) appeared in early Oct 2026; third-party trackers date it Oct 1 (llmreference) or Oct 8 (llmgateway), no xAI announcement found. Legacy grok-imagine-video still available at $0.05/s. Resolution/audio details not verified.","verified":"2026-10-09","body_md":"Short video generation from text or an image.\n\n```bash\ncurl -X POST https://api.x.ai/v1/videos/generations -H \"Authorization: Bearer $XAI_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"grok-imagine-video-1.5\",\"prompt\":\"A paper boat drifting down a rainy street\",\"duration\":8}'\n# then poll: curl https://api.x.ai/v1/videos/$REQUEST_ID -H \"Authorization: Bearer $XAI_API_KEY\"\n```\n\nSources: https://docs.x.ai/docs/models/grok-imagine-video-1.5 , https://docs.x.ai/docs/guides/video-generation","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/grok-imagine-video-1-5/","standing":{"kind":"video generation","newer_count":12,"newer":[{"id":"gemini-omni-1-2-flash","name":"Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash","org":"Google DeepMind","released":"2026-11-05","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-omni-1-2-flash/"},{"id":"flux-3-max","name":"FLUX 3 Max","org":"Black Forest Labs","released":"2026-10-19","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/flux-3-max/"},{"id":"kling-4-0","name":"Kling 4.0 (and 4.0 Flash)","org":"Kuaishou","released":"2026-10-15","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/kling-4-0/"},{"id":"tavus-griffin","name":"Tavus Griffin (Human Interaction Model)","org":"Tavus","released":"2026-10-01","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/tavus-griffin/"},{"id":"heygen-video-1","name":"HeyGen Video 1","org":"HeyGen","released":"2026-09-30","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/heygen-video-1/"}],"before":null,"after":null,"weights":"closed","licence":"proprietary","licence_permissive":false,"summary":"Closed weights; access is hosted only."}}