xAI releases Grok 4.5 with Cursor
xAI and Cursor have released Grok 4.5, a 1.5-trillion parameter mixture-of-experts model optimized for complex software engineering and agentic workflows. The model is integrated directly into Cursor and is accessible via the xAI API with competitive pricing.
Co-training a foundation model with an IDE represents the next logical step in developer tooling, transitioning from general-purpose assistants to hyper-contextual coding partners.
- –Joint training on Cursor's developer interaction logs allows Grok 4.5 to understand real-world workspace reasoning better than models trained on static codebases.
- –The 1.5-trillion parameter Mixture-of-Experts architecture offers the high-capacity reasoning required for multi-file workspace edits.
- –Immediate native integration in Cursor lowers adoption friction, bypassing typical API-key configuration steps.
- –Competitive API pricing ($2/1M input, $6/1M output tokens) positions it as an affordable alternative for developers building autonomous coding agents.
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2026-07-10
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2026-07-10
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