Grok 4.7 landed as a mid-cycle bump: better than 4.6, same price, same speed. No keynote. No rename. Just a quieter ship.

That pattern is underrated. The industry still treats model releases like product launches, so the ones that improve the floor without renegotiating the stack get less attention than they deserve.

Operators notice these first. You do not rewire the harness for a half-point version. You keep the loop and take the surplus.