Skip to content
Grok Bot logo

Grok Bot in the Media

30 mentions across press, blogs, and newsletters

Top coverage The Information TechRepublic Gizmodo The Next Web
5 tech media

October 2026

thenewstack.io

Elon Musk’s Grok Bot will pick Claude over Grok when it’s better. One-model loyalty is dead.

I’m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at

Oct 10, 2026
9to5Mac

Grok Bot just got its own email address, here’s how to claim yours

Grok Bot just got a second significant upgrade this week: its own email address. <a class="more-link" href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/09/grok

Oct 9, 2026
TechRepublic Tech Media

Elon Musk Wants Grok Bot to Route Users to Rival AI Models

Elon Musk plans to expand Grok Bot with routing to rival AI models, including Claude. The move raises questions about user privacy and AI competition. The post Elon Musk Wants Grok Bot to Route U

Oct 9, 2026
SocialSamosa

X expands Grok Bot’s search capabilities to monitor posts and track trends

X has expanded Grok Bot's search capabilities, allowing users to search, read, and monitor posts on the platform to trac

Oct 9, 2026
TLDR Dev pick

I Gave Grok Bot a Remote Computer

AI assistants like Grok Bot are already useful day to day. Give one an Upstash Box through MCP and it gets a real remote computer you can drive by voice, including from your phone.

Oct 8, 2026
Newsbytes

SpaceX's Grok Bot will sometimes use rival models for queries

SpaceX has announced a major update to its Grok Bot agent service.

Oct 8, 2026
Gizmodo Tech Media

Grok Bot Is Now a Model Router as SpaceX Continues to Pivot Further Toward AI Infrastructure

Grok now speaks Claude.

Oct 7, 2026
Implicator

Musk Plans to Use Claude Opus 5.5 and Other Services in Grok Bot

Elon Musk named Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno for Grok Bot's planned model routing. Customers can see the serving model, but Enterprise restrictions carry a caveat. The announcement leaves rollout details, provider terms and independent evidence of better task results incomplete.

Oct 7, 2026
The Next Web Tech Media

Musk’s Grok Bot will use Anthropic’s Claude, Midjourney and Suno models

Elon Musk’s Grok Bot will no longer run only on SpaceX’s own AI models. It will also use models from rivals, including Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno, Musk said in

Oct 7, 2026
9to5Mac

Grok Bot just got a lot smarter thanks to Anthropic’s Claude

SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot kicked off the consumer-friendly AI agent app wave this summer. Facing competition from Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Dot, Grok B

Oct 7, 2026
The Information Tech Media

Musk Says SpaceX Will Sometimes Use Rival Models to Power Grok Bot

Elon Musk announced on Tuesday night that SpaceX’s AI unit will now use some AI models from competitors to power Grok Bot, signaling a shift away from relying exclusively on models developed in-house. “Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best back end model for any given task, including Cl

Oct 7, 2026
Newsbytes

Dot.com domain now redirects to Musk's Grok Bot

Elon Musk appears to have taken a dig at OpenAI by the dot.com domain redirecting to the page of xAI's Grok Bot.

Oct 5, 2026

September 2026

Michael Tsai

Grok Bot

SpaceXAI (MacRumors): Grok Bot is in beta and available today for SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, and SuperGrok Heavy; Cursor Pro, Pro+, and Ultra; and Cursor Teams Standard and Premium subscribers on desktop and iOS. Grok Bot comes with its own usage, separate from your Grok and Cursor plans, so anythin

Sep 28, 2026
SocialSamosa

X introduces rewards program for Grok Bot template creators

X has introduced an invite-only pilot <a href="https://help.x.com/en/using-x/grok-bot-template-rewards-pilot?_sp=a0194b2b-3e52-4201-995d-4f51aecdf2d9.1790575654942

Sep 28, 2026
Teslarati

Elon Musk’s AI Grok Bot can now handle banking while your Tesla FSD handles the road

Elon Musk says Grok Bot can manage your finances through linked bank and investment accounts. The post Elon Musk’s AI Grok Bot can now handle banking while your Tesla FSD handles the road appeared first on <a hre

Sep 28, 2026
Dataconomy

Tesla launches Grok Bot in cars for voice-run errands and email

<img alt="Tesla launches Grok Bot in cars for voice-run errands and email" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="720" src="https://dataconomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/tesla-launches-grok-bot-in-cars-for-voice-run-erra.jpg" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 10px

Sep 23, 2026
PYMNTS

SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot Gains Early Traction in AI Agent Push

SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot surpassed 400,000 weekly users about a month after its launch, offering an early measure of demand for the company’s push into artificial intelligence agents, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Sept. 22). Grok Bot reached 418,000 weekly users as of Sept. 14, up 24% from the previous

Sep 22, 2026
notateslaapp.com

Tesla Adds Grok Bot to Vehicles for Hands-Free Errands and Tasks

Your Tesla can now carry out complex external chores and online tasks completely hands-free while you drive, all thanks to Grok Bot Read More

Sep 22, 2026
Teslarati

Tesla integrates Grok Bot into its vehicles for the ultimate personal assistant

Tesla has expanded Grok from an in-car chatbot into a hands-free work assistant. On September 22, Tesla officially launched Grok Bot capability, confirming that drivers can now manage email, calendars, files, chats, and tasks by voice and then hand more ambitious errands to the AI-fueled producti

Sep 22, 2026
FirstPost

OpenAI plans new AI assistant as Grok Bot, Meta Muse and Siri heat up the personal AI race

OpenAI is stepping into the growing personal AI agent race as SpaceX AI, Meta and Apple develop assistants designed to handle more context-aware and everyday tasks.

Sep 21, 2026
The Information Tech Media

OpenAI Develops Features to Counter Grok Bot, Mulls Response to Meta’s Muse

OpenAI pioneered AI that can take over web browsers and other applications on people’s behalf, and its ChatGPT app brought generative AI to consumers. Now that rivals like SpaceX and Meta are pushing the boundaries by launching personal AI agents that handle multistep

Sep 21, 2026
Blockonomi

SpaceXAI Team Launches 72-Hour Startup Challenge Powered by Grok Bot AI Agents

SpaceXAI employees will build a startup live in 72 hours using Grok Bot AI agents. Free worldwide livestream starts September 15 in San Francisco. The post SpaceXAI Team Launche

Sep 13, 2026
The GTMnow Newsletter

Grok Bot for GTM Teams

Where Grok Bot came from, why it’s spreading through the GTM org, and bot set up examples that you can use.

Sep 11, 2026
latent.space

OpenClaw Power, MacBook Simplicity: Five Days With Grok Bot

SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot has the same level of programming power as OpenClaw, but it’s programmable at a different level of abstraction.

Sep 5, 2026
9to5Mac

SpaceXAI expands Grok Bot to iPad as access expands to cheaper plans

Last month, SpaceXAI launched Grok Bot, an iMessage-style AI system that displays agents as teammates. The product originally arrived as an iPhone and M

Sep 4, 2026

August 2026

Toolradar Research

See Grok Bot in context: The SaaS Press Index 2026

We analyzed 6,704 press mentions across 290 outlets to rank which SaaS tools win coverage. Find Grok Bot's position relative to the 488 most-covered tools.

Read the report

Explore Grok Bot

Press coverage is one signal. See the full picture.