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Grok✓ ReviewedAnnounced 11 August 2026Reviewed 11 October 2026

Grok Bot keeps working after you close the laptop. Every Bot you own shares one computer.

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Grok Bot keeps working after you close the laptop. Every Bot you own shares one computer.

xAI's Grok Bot runs on its own cloud machine with a browser, files and a terminal, so it can carry on with a job while you are away. Create a second Bot and it works on that same machine, which means a login one Bot makes is a login the other one finds.

What changed

xAI launched Grok Bot in beta on 11 August 2026. Each Bot gets a persistent cloud computer with a browser, file system and terminal, signs in to your existing tools, and keeps going when your own computer is off. Eligibility has widened further: xAI's Grok Bot FAQ, current as of 20 September 2026, now states Grok Bot is included with every paid individual Cursor plan and the Cursor Teams plan, and that an individual SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus or SuperGrok Heavy subscription can also be linked. Free Grok remains excluded. Self-serve Cursor Teams Standard and Premium seats include it directly; enterprise access is described as rolling out rather than a waitlist, with administrative controls varying by organisation. Grok Bot subscriptions include weekly usage, and eligible accounts can add on-demand usage billed from model and token cost. Some consequential actions can be held for approval, and xAI documents Auto-review rules for that.

Why it matters

The persistence is the appeal and the shared machine is the catch. Calling one Bot Reporting and another Marketing does not give them separate accounts: they share the same files, browser sessions and logins. Deleting a Bot can leave files and logins on that computer, so signing out and clearing up is your job, not its.

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Bit’s takeaway

What not to assumeDo not assume that naming Bots separately, or deleting one, separates or clears their work; they share one computer and the tidying up is manual.

The human take

A person decides which single job is safe to hand over, which actions must stop for approval, and does the sign-out and cleanup the Bot will not do.

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  • xAI launched Grok Bot in beta on 11 August 2026, giving each Bot a persistent cloud computer with a browser, file system and terminal that keeps running while the user's own computer is off. Eligibility has widened further: xAI's Grok Bot FAQ, last updated 29 September 2026, states Grok Bot is included with every paid individual Cursor plan and the Cursor Teams plan, and that an individual SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus or SuperGrok Heavy subscription can also be linked; free Grok remains excluded. Self-serve Cursor Teams Standard and Premium seats include it directly; enterprise access is described as rolling out, with administrative controls varying by organisation, rather than a waitlist. Grok Bot subscriptions include weekly usage, and eligible accounts can add on-demand usage billed from model and token cost.
    Technical record

    [grok-bot-access-fact; official_fact; product_fact; reviewed 2026-10-12; sources: xAI news (https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot); xAI Grok Bot documentation (https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/faq)] xAI launched Grok Bot in beta on 11 August 2026, giving each Bot a persistent cloud computer with a browser, file system and terminal that keeps running while the user's own computer is off. Eligibility has widened further: xAI's Grok Bot FAQ, last updated 29 September 2026, states Grok Bot is included with every paid individual Cursor plan and the Cursor Teams plan, and that an individual SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus or SuperGrok Heavy subscription can also be linked; free Grok remains excluded. Self-serve Cursor Teams Standard and Premium seats include it directly; enterprise access is described as rolling out, with administrative controls varying by organisation, rather than a waitlist. Grok Bot subscriptions include weekly usage, and eligible accounts can add on-demand usage billed from model and token cost.

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  • xAI documents that all Bots belonging to one user share the same cloud computer, so its files, browser sessions and logins are shared between them, and deleting a Bot removes its profile, conversation and routines but files and logins on that computer may remain.
    Technical record

    [grok-bot-shared-computer-fact; official_fact; product_fact; reviewed 2026-10-18; sources: xAI Grok Bot documentation (https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/faq)] xAI documents that all Bots belonging to one user share the same cloud computer, so its files, browser sessions and logins are shared between them, and deleting a Bot removes its profile, conversation and routines but files and logins on that computer may remain.

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