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“Grok Build improves almost every day”
Elon quote-posts Grok Build /timeline sidebar toggle note with short product cadence claim (Jul 18 2026).
“Yeah, Grok 4.6”
Elon confirms next Grok product label as Grok 4.6 in reply (Jul 18 2026).
“Our 2T model, which is better than our 1.5T in every way, will finish initial training next week. It might be able to exceed Kimi, but with speed and token efficiency close to our 1.5T (aka Grok 4.5).”
Elon on xAI next model scale: 2T finishes initial training next week; aims past Kimi with Grok 4.5-like speed/cost (Jul 18 2026).
“Grok has the best value for coding”
Elon quote-posts Cognition FrontierCode leaderboard (mergeable-code scores including Grok 4.5) with short value claim (Jul 17 2026).
“Grok 4.5 is arguably #1 when taking speed and cost into account”
Elon quote-posts cost/speed efficiency framing for Grok 4.5 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index tasks (Jul 17 2026).