{"slug": "spacexai-rebrands-and-releases-grok-4-5", "title": "SpaceXAI Rebrands and Releases Grok 4.5", "summary": "XAI rebranded to SpaceXAI after SpaceX's June IPO, releasing Grok 4.5 with claimed pricing of $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens. Elon Musk stated the model is an \"Opus-class model, but faster, more token-efficient, and lower cost,\" though it lags top models on benchmarks. SpaceX disclosed $12.7 billion in AI capital expenditures for 2025 and plans to deploy \"AI compute satellites\" by 2028.", "body_md": "For practitioners, consolidation of AI teams into capital-rich industrial groups often shifts pricing, deployment, and compute-access dynamics that affect inference costs and procurement choices. Reported events: Business Insider and Yahoo report that xAI has rebranded to **SpaceXAI**, updating its account handle and logo after SpaceX's June IPO; Business Insider notes Elon Musk said in May that xAI would be folded into SpaceX. Gizmodo reports that **`Grok 4.5`** is the first model release under the SpaceXAI name and quotes Musk calling it \"an Opus-class model, but faster, more token-efficient, and lower cost.\" Gizmodo also reports claimed pricing of **$2 per 1M input tokens** and **$6 per 1M output tokens** for `Grok 4.5`, and compares those rates to Anthropic's `Opus 4.8` and Anthropic's `Fable` prices. Gizmodo reports `Grok 4.5` lags top models on many benchmarks despite the efficiency claims. Business Insider and Yahoo additionally report SpaceX disclosed **$12.7 billion** in AI capital expenditures for 2025 and said it aims to deploy \"AI compute satellites\" as early as 2028.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-rebrands-and-releases-grok-4-5", "canonical_source": "https://letsdatascience.com/news/spacexai-rebrands-and-releases-grok-45-9bfbe74a", "published_at": "2026-07-08 20:45:44+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 21:46:02.088065+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["SpaceXAI", "xAI", "SpaceX", "Elon Musk", "Grok 4.5", "Anthropic", "Opus 4.8", "Fable"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-rebrands-and-releases-grok-4-5", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-rebrands-and-releases-grok-4-5.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-rebrands-and-releases-grok-4-5.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-rebrands-and-releases-grok-4-5.jsonld"}}