The AI Daily Brief · Thursday, July 9, 2026
xAI has released Grok 4.5, its first model specifically trained for coding and agent use cases. The model is designed to excel in large codebases and handle long-running tasks, marking a new direction for the company after its acquisition of Curser.
“And Grok 4.5, the first output of the new collaboration between Space XAI and Curser.”
“Space XAI called this their first model trained specifically for coding and agents, and really emphasize that those engineering type use cases.”
“Grok 4.5 they wrote was built for real-world engineering and excels in large codebases and handles long-running tasks that span multiple repositories, hundreds of skills and a variety of tools.”
“Curser for their part tweeted, it's our most powerful model yet and the first we've built for more than software engineering.”