What is Grok Bot? A plain guide for business owners
Grok Bot is an AI teammate with its own cloud computer. It uses your apps and websites, learns a job once and repeats it on a schedule, even while your laptop is closed.
Grok Bot is an AI agent from SpaceXSI that does work on its own cloud computer instead of only answering questions. You give a bot a name and a job. It uses your apps, remembers how you like things done and keeps working after you close your laptop.
“Most AI assistants wait for a message, answer it, and stop.”
| Grok Bot feature | What it means for a business |
|---|---|
| Its own cloud computer | A browser, files and a terminal that keep running when your devices are off |
| Connected apps | Email, calendar, CRM and more, connected once for all your bots |
| Computer use | It can work a website like a person where no app connection exists |
| Skills | Show it a job once; it repeats it the same way |
| Routines | Skills that run on a schedule or a trigger |
| Memory | Each bot remembers your preferences, files and browser sessions |
| Bots that work together | Bots message each other, share group chats and hand off tasks |
| Desktop and mobile | The same bots and chats on your computer and phone |
How Grok Bot is different from a chat assistant
A chat assistant tells you what to do. Grok Bot does it, then reports back.
“Instead of suggesting what to do, it can execute the workflow itself.”
How to use Grok Bot in five steps
- Get a plan that includes it: Premium on The X Subscription starts at $30 a month. Compare plans.
- Install the app and sign in.
- Create one bot with one narrow job, like "send me a morning brief".
- Connect the apps that job needs, and only those.
- Run the job together once, save it as a skill, then put it on a routine.
You do not need to code. As one writer in Latent.Space put it, "You don't need to get into the code of the system."
Who makes Grok Bot?
SpaceXSI (SpaceX Super Intelligence), the company behind Grok, sells Grok Bot through The X Subscription and Grok Business, and older Cursor plans such as Cursor Teams include it. Cursor, which SpaceX bought in August 2026, hosts the bots' computers and runs parts of the product. Grok Bot opened in early beta on August 11, 2026.
Where Grok Bot falls short
- Each bot runs one computer-use task on its screen at a time.
- Websites can block automation, expire sessions or ask for a human step.
- All of one person's bots share one computer, its files and its logins.
- Usage comes from a weekly pool, and busy routines drain it fast.
Those limits are why a business bot needs a careful setup. See what goes into a Grok Bot setup, or browse Grok Bot use cases first.
What is Grok Bot: questions
Is Grok Bot the same as Grok?
No. Grok is the chat assistant. Grok Bot is the agent product: bots with their own computers that do work for you.
Is Grok Bot made by xAI?
It comes from SpaceXSI, the company behind Grok, with Cursor hosting the bot computers. Current legal pages name SpaceX Super Intelligence LLC.
Does Grok Bot work on a phone?
Yes. There are apps for iPhone and Android, and your bots and chats sync with the desktop app.
Can I start a task from X?
Yes, by tagging @bot on X, if your X account is connected and the feature is available in your region.
