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ai morning #47 — grok 4.6 matches the frontier at half the price
xAI shipped Grok 4.6 overnight at frontier scores and a price that undercuts established competitors. The same day, DeepSeek V4 Pro GA went live with massive agentic gains. Two frontier-class releases landed in a single session. The combined price floor would have been unthinkable at the start of the year.
Marcus walks through what happened with Grok 4.6, why the pricing — not the benchmark number — is the real story, and what it means for builders still routing on last quarter's model contracts.
In this episode:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Grok 4.6: Frontier at Half the Price — xAI ships Grok 4.6 at…
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