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