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SpaceXAI launched Grok Bot in early beta on August 11, offering software that can carry out assignments inside the apps and websites a customer already uses. Access is available through Cursor Premium Teams at $120 per seat per month. SpaceXAI says an agent can finish work in the destination tool rather than stop after producing an answer.
What Changed
- SpaceXAI launched Grok Bot in early beta on August 11 as a cloud agent that works inside signed-in apps and websites.
- Access starts with Cursor Premium Teams at $120 per seat per month; Cursor Ultra costs $200 monthly and SuperGrok Heavy costs $300 monthly.
- The public terms do not state included Bot task allowances or the full rates for additional use.
- The launch has no independent reliability benchmark, and tester Matt Shumer criticized its automatic model router.
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A computer that keeps working
Grok Bot runs in the cloud, so an assignment can continue after a user closes a laptop. A Bot can sign into software, inboxes and websites, including services that lack an application programming interface. It returns when the work is complete or a person must approve a step.
Users can send instructions from a phone or desktop and resume the same conversation on either device. The Bot retains prior discussions and preferences. A person can also demonstrate a recurring job, save the observed steps as a routine and correct that routine before the next run.
Several Bots can share context in a thread, pass assignments and coordinate in a group chat. SpaceXAI described one internal arrangement in which a chief-of-staff Bot directs specialists for recruiting, expenses and bug fixes. Other company examples include a sales Bot updating customer records and an operations Bot processing invoices received in Gmail.
Three plans, no standalone price
At the August 11 launch, access comes with three paid subscriptions. Cursor Ultra costs $200 a month for an individual, while Cursor Premium Teams costs $120 per seat each month and adds centralized billing, shared analytics and single sign-on. SuperGrok Heavy subscribers pay $300 a month and also receive access.
Cursor is the AI coding company SpaceX agreed to acquire in June. Grok Bot uses Cursor accounts for sign-in, while Cursor Ultra and Cursor Premium Teams are the two Cursor-branded buyable tiers and SuperGrok Heavy is the third eligible tier. Enterprise customers cannot buy a generally available plan yet and must join a waitlist.
The public terms do not state how many Bot tasks each subscription includes. They also omit the rates for additional use, even though the product materials say extra consumption is billed according to token cost. Buyers therefore have list prices but no published basis for calculating the cost of continuous work.
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The launch evidence stops inside the company
The product announcement describes internal sales, marketing, finance and engineering jobs. It also carries testimonials from early users. It does not provide an independent reliability test from an outside company or benchmarks showing how often a Bot completes a workflow correctly.
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The launch material does not fully explain how credentials are stored or how access is separated in each user’s shared cloud environment. Grok Bot is designed to work inside signed-in accounts.
The examples include changing customer records, preparing outreach and processing invoices. The company says Bots return for approval when needed, but the launch material does not define which actions trigger review or document recovery when an automated job fails.
Early praise meets a routing complaint
AI entrepreneur Matt Shumer tested Grok Bot for several weeks before the August 11 release. He created separate researcher and writer Bots, then asked a chief-of-staff Bot to coordinate them. “It worked out of the box,” Shumer wrote in an X post.
His main complaint concerned automatic model selection. Users cannot choose or pin the model handling a task, and the public documentation does not identify which models the router selects. The model router “wasn’t great” during his testing, Shumer wrote in an X post, though he said he was subsequently told it had improved.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Grok Bot?
Grok Bot is SpaceXAI’s early-beta agent software. It works from a cloud computer, signs into apps and websites, remembers routines and can coordinate work among multiple Bots.
How much does Grok Bot cost?
At the August 11 launch, Cursor Premium Teams costs $120 per seat per month, Cursor Ultra costs $200 per month and SuperGrok Heavy costs $300 per month. Enterprise customers must join a waitlist.
Can Grok Bot work with sites that lack an API?
Yes. SpaceXAI says a Bot can operate signed-in software and websites even when they do not provide an application programming interface.
What has SpaceXAI not disclosed?
The launch materials do not provide independent reliability benchmarks, full extra-usage rates, detailed credential-storage rules, default approval thresholds or failure-recovery procedures.
Can users choose which AI model Grok Bot uses?
No public control for choosing or pinning the underlying model is documented. Early tester Matt Shumer said the automatic model router was not strong during his testing, though he later said he was told it had improved.
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