xai dethrones seedance 2.0 in image-to-video arena after 3.5 months

xai just dethroned bytedance in the image-to-video arena – first time in 3.5 months (since feb 12) that seedance 2.0 isn't #1

the new rankings:

1. xai – usa (1473)
2. bytedance – china (1467)
3. alibaba-ath – china (1443)
4. google – usa (1397)
5. shengshu – china (1360)
6. klingai – china (1358)
7. alibaba – china (1326)
8. pixverse – china (1301)
9. minimax – china (1258)
10. pruna – germany/france (1243)

note: xai's score is still marked preliminary – so this lead could shift. also hard to ignore: 7 of the top 10 are chinese labs