# xAI API x\_search: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/xai-api-x-search/
Covers: May 2025 to Sept. 21, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "xAI API x\_search: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/xai-api-x-search/, updated 2026-11-11

> xAI API x\_search is on the social monitoring map. We record 5 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 21, 2026.

Server-side tool in the Grok Responses API that does keyword, semantic and user search plus thread fetch on X, with handle and date filters and optional image/video understanding. An agent gets X answers with citations in one call. Source: [docs.x.ai](https://docs.x.ai/overview).

## Facts

- Site: [docs.x.ai](https://docs.x.ai/)
- Founded: [2023](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAI_(company))
- Category: Search APIs
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-xai-api-x-search)

Server-side tool in the Grok Responses API that does keyword, semantic and user search plus thread fetch on X, with handle and date filters and optional image/video understanding. An agent gets X answers with citations in one call. Source: [docs.x.ai](https://docs.x.ai/overview).

- Category: Search APIs
- Price: X Search billed at $5 per 1k posts fetched and $10 per 1k user profiles fetched, in addition to model token costs (since 2026-09-21; before that $5 per 1k calls).
- Platforms: X and News
- Scale: Enterprise incumbent: nine-figure revenue or public-company scale (xAI was acquired by SpaceX in Feb 2026 in a $1.25T all-stock merger; parent is nine-figure-plus scale.)
- Founded: [2023](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAI_(company))

Sources: [docs.x.ai](https://docs.x.ai/overview), [docs.x.ai](https://docs.x.ai/developers/pricing) and [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAI_(company)).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### X Search is billed at $5 per 1k posts fetched and $10 per 1k user profiles fetched

Pricing change, Sept. 21, 2026. x\_search moves from $5 per 1k calls to per-item billing; parent and quoted posts count.

Source: [xAI docs (Wayback)](https://web.archive.org/web/20260909192257/https://docs.x.ai/developers/tools/x-search). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-xai-api-x-search).

### Live Search API will be deprecated by December 15, 2025

Deprecation, Dec. 15, 2025. Live Search (search\_parameters, $25/1k sources) retired in favour of agentic tool calling.

Source: [xAI docs (Wayback)](https://web.archive.org/web/20251202201739/https://docs.x.ai/docs/guides/live-search). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-xai-api-x-search).

### Server-side tools web\_search, x\_search, code\_execution available

Launch, October 2025. x\_search generally available in the xAI API: keyword, semantic, user and thread search over X with citations.

Source: [xAI release notes](https://docs.x.ai/docs/release-notes). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-xai-api-x-search).

### Tools are now generally available

Launch, October 2025. Server-side agentic tools web\_search, x\_search and code\_execution become generally available.

Source: [xAI release notes](https://docs.x.ai/developers/release-notes). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-xai-api-x-search).

### Live Search is available on API

Launch, May 2025. Grok API can search X, web and news sources in completions; $25 per 1,000 sources used.

Source: [xAI release notes](https://docs.x.ai/developers/release-notes). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-xai-api-x-search).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology