xAI: Grok Build 0.1

xAI: Grok Build 0.1

x-ai · Released May 20, 2026
Intelligence #393 / 756
30.7 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #560 / 772
$1.00 per 1M tokens
Output Price #478 / 772
$2.00 per 1M tokens
Context #327 / 772
256,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

Grok Build 0.1 is an early xAI model variant focused on practical application building. The available product data shows a 256K context window, vision, file-aware multimodality, tool use, and function calling, which gives it a useful foundation for agent and workflow prototypes.

Those features suit internal assistants, document routing, visual intake, and lightweight tool-driven automation. However, no benchmark results are provided for this specific model, so reasoning reliability, coding depth, instruction precision, and long-run agent performance remain unverified. That uncertainty matters for client-facing or autonomous production systems.

Listed input and output prices are attractive for experimentation and volume workloads. Use it for controlled pilots and low-risk automation, then require task-specific evaluation before making it a primary client model.

Assessed September 7, 2026

Editorial notes

Grok Build 0.1 combines tool use, function calling, vision, and a 256K context window at low listed prices, but it has no model-specific benchmark data for quality validation.

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DFO Verdict

Grok Build 0.1 combines tool use, function calling, vision, and a 256K context window at low listed prices, but it has no model-specific benchmark data for quality validation.

#393 of 756 overall Up 96 this week

How xAI: Grok Build 0.1 compares

Its 256K-token context window is larger than 58% of the models we list. At $1.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 27% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 48% of models #393
Price: cheaper than 27% of models #560
Context: larger than 58% of models #327
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok Build 0.1 $1.00 in $2.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra $10.00 in $50.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
xAI: Grok Build 0.1 256K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0Technical0Value7Content5.5
Performance profile

Strongest on business fit. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $1.00 $0.001000
Output $2.00 $0.002000

What would xAI: Grok Build 0.1 cost your business?

Pick the job that looks most like yours, then fine-tune with the sliders. Estimates update live.

A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

$0/mo xAI: Grok Build 0.1

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DFO AI AUTOMATION

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We route routine calls to cheap models and save xAI: Grok Build 0.1 for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.

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About xAI: Grok Build 0.1

Grok Build 0.1 is SpaceXAI’s fast coding model trained specifically for agentic software engineering workflows. It supports text and image inputs with text output, and is optimized for interactive coding..

Frequently asked questions about xAI: Grok Build 0.1

How much does xAI: Grok Build 0.1 cost?

xAI: Grok Build 0.1 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of xAI: Grok Build 0.1?

xAI: Grok Build 0.1 has a context window of 256,000 tokens (256K).

What can xAI: Grok Build 0.1 do?

xAI: Grok Build 0.1 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created xAI: Grok Build 0.1?

xAI: Grok Build 0.1 is developed by xAI and was released on May 20, 2026.

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