PendingOrbital satellites become lowest-cost AI compute
“Satellites with localized AI compute... will be the lowest cost way to generate AI bitstreams in <3 years.”
“And Grok 4.6 comes out in a week”
— Elon Musk · Jul 30, 2026 · Elon Musk on X (Jul 30 2026) ↗
See his original post on XLoads Elon's actual tweet, right here.
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The fine print
Posted July 30 2026 replying to a post about Grok 4.5 ranking #1 on LaurenBench; in a separate reply the same day he added 'Grok 4.6 is a significant improvement.' 'In a week' from Jul 30 = ~Aug 6 2026. Any public release to any user tier = delivered per L13. Watch x.ai/news, docs.x.ai release notes, and @xAI.
The Progression
Jul 30, 2026
The promise: “And Grok 4.6 comes out in a week” · Elon Musk on X (Jul 30 2026) ↗
Today · Jul 30, 2026
Status: Pending · 7 days left. Still waiting.
On July 30, 2026, replying to a post noting Grok 4.5's top ranking on the LaurenBench leaderboard, Elon Musk said xAI's next model, Grok 4.6, would come out 'in a week.' In a separate reply the same day he called it 'a significant improvement.' The claim is a near-term, dated release promise that resolves once Grok 4.6 is publicly available.
Receipts
LAST CHECKED 2026-07-30- [TWEET] Elon Musk on X (Jul 30 2026)
- [TWEET] Elon Musk on X — 'significant improvement' (Jul 30 2026)
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