xAI Announces Imagine Odyssey Winners; $100K Top Prize Goes to All-Grok Film
XFreeze · x · 2026-09-05
xAI announced the winners of its Imagine Odyssey competition, with all entries created using Grok Imagine:
- 1st ($100K, @NemPerez): a 5-minute Odyssey adaptation where Odysseus washes up among the Phaeacians and meets Princess Nausicaa — faces, locations and voices all generated with Grok Imagine.
- 2nd ($50K, @JSFILMZ0412): a self-written ending to The Odyssey, an older Odysseus hoping to watch the next generation grow.
- 3rd ($25K, @MrAllenT): Polyphemus reimagined as pure horror, with the full shot-by-shot creation workflow shared publicly.
- Honorable mention ($10K, @alx): a frog-crew parody that became the most-seen entry.
The contest showcases Grok Imagine's practical strengths in narrative video, character consistency and audiovisual generation.
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