The studio just beat the labs. utopai studios' custom video model utopai x ranked second globally…
the studio just beat the labs. utopai studios' custom video model utopai x ranked second globally on artificial analysis' text-to-video chart at 1150 elo, per oct 9 reporting, the first studio-built model near the top of a blind ranking.
the film set now ships its own weights.
Context
Utopai Studios introduced Utopai X on Sep 30, 2026, a video generation model inside its PAI production platform. Utopai says it ranked No. 2 globally on Artificial Analysis' text-to-video leaderboard with audio at 1,150 Elo in the Sep 29 results, and is the highest-ranked model from a US-based company.
Artificial Analysis says Utopai X is post-trained on MiniMax H3 and debuted second behind Wan 3.0.
The No. 2 ranking at about 1,150 Elo matches Utopai and Artificial Analysis, whose live table now shows 1,149 with a 10 point interval and no API. The sources date it Sep 30 to Oct 2, not Oct 9. Artificial Analysis describes Utopai X as post-trained on MiniMax H3, not trained from scratch. 'First studio-built model near the top' and 'blind ranking' were not seen in the excerpts read, so unsupported here, not refuted. Utopai's own claim is the highest-ranked US-based model.
'the film set now ships its own weights' is the author's opinion.
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Watch next
- Read Artificial Analysis' launch report for Utopai X.
Sources
- Utopai Studios, Sep 30, 2026utopaistudios.com
- Utopai Studios, Oct 2, 2026utopaistudios.com
- Artificial Analysis leaderboardartificialanalysis.ai
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