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Grok Bot Release History
Key Points
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source (confidence) |
|---|---|---|
| ~6 weeks before launch (≈ late June 2026) | Grok Bot was "a prototype with a handful of users". By launch, "Most of Cursor now uses it every day" | David Pan's post, quoted by Gigazine (third-party; the date is approximate and derived) |
| 2026-08-11 | Launched in beta ("early beta"). Gigazine says the launch plans were SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra and Cursor Teams Premium, with a business waitlist. At the time, Gigazine said the official docs listed Windows and macOS desktop apps and an iOS app, with "no official desktop app for Linux" (Gigazine's own headline nonetheless lists Linux as compatible) (Linux users could use the Grok Build TUI) and no Android version | x.ai news ("We launched Grok Bot in beta on August 11"); Gigazine 2026-08-12; Davies Meyer |
| 2026-08-11 | Elon Musk posted that the beta would widen after fixing "basic issues" and releasing Grok 4.6 "later this week" | Quoted by Gigazine (third-party) |
| August 2026 | xAI developer release notes, under August: "Grok Bot is now available. Durable AI teammates that work on a persistent cloud computer, with messaging, approvals, connectors, and routines." The same month's notes list Grok 4.6 on the xAI API | docs.x.ai release notes (official; no day given) |
| 2026-08-26 | "Grok Bot is now included with more plans": SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Pro, Cursor Pro+, Cursor Ultra, Cursor Teams Plans (Standard and Premium). Usage is separate from Grok and Cursor plan usage. An enterprise waitlist was opened | x.ai news (official) |
| Undated (2026) | Vellum's breakdown calls it "early-beta". It describes $200/month standalone with a 14-day trial, desktop on macOS and Windows, and an iPhone companion | Vellum (third-party, vendor competitor) |
| As of fetch 2026-10-21 | The docs on both hosts describe a desktop app on macOS, Windows and Linux (x64 and Arm64). The x.ai docs add iPhone/iPad (iOS 18 or later) and Android 9 or later; Cursor's deployment page also lists Android 9 or later, so only Cursor's intro pages omit it. Cursor docs add self-serve Grok Business seats. The x.ai FAQ says "Enterprise access is rolling out". Inference hooks are "in beta for Enterprise teams". Tag @bot on X is available in most countries but not yet in Australia, the UK, the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway | x.ai and Cursor docs (official; the docs don't give when each feature shipped) |
What changed between launch and now
- Plans:
- 2026-08-11 (Gigazine): three top tiers.
- 2026-08-26 (x.ai news): all SuperGrok and Cursor Pro/Pro+/Ultra/Teams plans.
- By 2026-10-21: "every paid individual Cursor plan", the Teams plan and SuperGrok links; Cursor docs also add Grok Business.
- Details: plans and access.
- Platforms: launch-time reports say macOS, Windows and iOS. Linux desktop and Android are documented by 2026-10-21. See mobile app.
- Enterprise: a waitlist in August. As of fetch, the x.ai FAQ says enterprise access is "rolling out", and both teams pages say Enterprise can "Enable Grok Bot for your team from your dashboard". See teams and enterprises.
Gaps
The corpus has no official changelog dedicated to Grok Bot. The only release-notes entry is the August "now available" line. Feature ship dates for Team Bots, tagging @bot, inference hooks, Linux builds and Android are not documented.
Relevant Concepts
grok bot, plans and access, mobile app, tag bot on x, inference hooks, docs map
Source Metadata
| File | Host / URL | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| raw/web_community-release-notes-md.md | https://docs.x.ai/developers/release-notes.md | August section | Official (only the Grok Bot entry is in scope) |
| raw/web_community-grok-bot-is-now-included-with-more-plans-spacexsi.md | https://x.ai/news/grok-bot-more-plans | Aug 26, 2026 | Official news |
| raw/web_community-spacexai-has-released-grok-bot-an-ai-agent-that-works-24-7-i.md | https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260812-spacexai-grok-bot/ | Aug 12, 2026 | Third-party news |
| raw/web_community-grok-bot-xai-s-ai-teammates-with-their-own-computer.md | https://ai-solutions.daviesmeyer.com/en/blog/grok-bot-ki-teammates-xai | undated | Third-party blog |
| raw/web_community-official-grok-bot-breakdown-2026.md | https://www.vellum.ai/blog/official-grok-bot-breakdown | undated (2026) | Third-party, competitor |
| raw/web_community-faq-md.md | https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/faq.md | fetched 2026-10-21 | Official docs |
| raw/web_community-overview-md.md | https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/overview.md | fetched 2026-10-21 | Official docs |
| raw/web_community-grok-bot-md.md | https://cursor.com/docs/grok-bot.md | fetched 2026-10-21 | Official docs |
| raw/web_community-inference-hooks-md.md | https://cursor.com/docs/grok-bot/inference-hooks.md | fetched 2026-10-21 | Official docs |
| raw/web_community-tag-on-x-md.md | https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/tag-on-x.md | fetched 2026-10-21 | Official docs |