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xAI Pushes Grok Video Generation as Meta Builds Prediction Markets App

June 24, 2026 at 12:15 EDT

Media Generation
Infra & Chips
Foundation Models

On June 24, 2026, The Information's "TITV" highlighted four developments: xAI's deepening focus on video and image generation, Meta's work on a prediction markets app, the launch of a Vista-backed AI inference cloud, and OpenAI's progress on advertising. Together they map the industry's main currents, from core technology to consumer services, infrastructure and monetization.

AI Industry · Generation, Monetization & Inference

Three fronts at once: sharper generation, new revenue bets, inference-first compute

xAI expands its Grok Imagine video API, Meta builds a Polymarket-style prediction app called "Arena," and a new cloud reorients hardware around AI inference rather than training.

15s

Max Grok Imagine clip length, up to 2K with audio

$0.02

Starting price per image, up to 10 per request

$3.5B

VC2 compute commitment to SambaNova

50+

US cities targeted for VC2 inference cloud rollout

VC2 — One inference cloud, three chip classes stacked

CPU

Intel Xeon

GPU

NVIDIA Blackwell

RDU

SambaNova SN40

A disaggregated architecture marks the shift from training-centric to inference-optimized computing.

xAI · Grok Imagine API

Text-to-video, image-to-video and image editing in a single API — pitched on speed, low latency and cost against Sora, Veo and Kling.

Meta · "Arena"

A standalone prediction-markets app, points-based at first with possible real-money later. Still in development — some inside say it may never ship.

OpenAI · ChatGPT Ads

Executives touted ad progress at Cannes Lions, signaling monetization for paid users and new pricing.

The same playbook, run in parallel.

Across the industry, companies are advancing on three fronts at once — more advanced generation features, monetization through new products, and build-out of inference infrastructure.

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