Grok 2

xAI's web-aware preview family for chat, coding, and synthesis tasks tied closely to the xAI ecosystem.

Capabilities

Modalities: textimage→text
Capabilities: reasoningwebSearchimageInputbatchSupportfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths: Native web-connected use cases, Competitive coding value
Tradeoffs: Still treated as preview infrastructure, Fewer enterprise host options

Official Links

Intro

Docs

Pricing

Release note

Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes
LiveCodeBench	2026-Q1	52.3 pass@1	Feb 5, 2026	xAI docs	Preview-family benchmark evidence.

Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
Grok 2	grok-2	Preview	Aug 13, 2025	—	—	Current xAI preview family for API customers.

Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
xAI API	first-party	128.0K	Reference access and preview rollout cadence.	Native xAI web integration

Migration Guidance

Useful for teams that want xAI's native web-connected experience and are comfortable with preview-state operations.

Breaking changes: Preview-state behavior, limits, and pricing can change faster than stable families.

Change Events

Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
Aug 13, 2025	preview_started	Preview launched	Grok 2 launched in preview for API customers.	xAI changelog