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Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite hits the API: workhorse text/image-to-video from $0.02/s at 480p, about a quarter of Video 1.5's list price

On 2026-10-08 xAI shipped grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite in the Grok Imagine API: text/image-to-video with native lip-synced audio, 1–15 s, at $0.02/s (480p), $0.03/s (720p), and $0.14/s (1080p, upscaled from 720p). No reference images, voices, or keyframes; those stay on Video 1.5 ($0.08/s). Batch API supported; no quality evals published.

Key Takeaways

Pricing: $0.02/s 480p, $0.03/s 720p, $0.14/s 1080p
List price: Lite $0.020/s vs Video 1.5 $0.080/s, about 1/4
Specs: text/image-to-video, 1–15 s, native lip-synced audio; 1080p upscaled from 720p
Not supported: reference images (1.5: up to 14), voice refs, first/last frames, keyframes
Access: Batch API, 10 RPS, us-east-1/us-west-2; no quality benchmarks published

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⚡ grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite⚡ grok-imagine-video-1.5🌐 xAI

#Grok Imagine#Video 1.5 Lite#Text to video#Image to video#xAI API#SpaceXAI#Pricing

OpenAI@OpenAI·Collected 67d ago

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OpenAI slashes GPT-4o Batch API rates by 50% for high-throughput offline test generation and auditing

OpenAI announced a 50% price reduction across its asynchronous Batch API for GPT-4o and GPT-4o-mini. The discount enables developers and enterprise engineering teams to run large-scale automated security scanning, unit test synthesis, and codebase documentation over 24-hour non-peak windows at half the standard cost.

Key Takeaways

GPT-4o Batch input rates drop to $1.25/1M tokens, doubling cost-effectiveness for offline jobs.
Handles up to 50,000 asynchronous code review requests per batch within a 24-hour turnaround.
Ideal for repo-wide security audits, dead-code cleanup, and synthetic test generation.

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⚡ GPT-4o 🌐 OpenAI

#OpenAI#Batch API#Gpt 4o#Price cut#Code audit