Grok Bot Adds Microsoft Teams Integration
Grok Bot now searches, reads, and sends Microsoft Teams chats and channel messages. The new plugin connects the agent directly to enterprise workplace communications.
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Grok Bot now searches, reads, and sends Microsoft Teams chats and channel messages. The new plugin connects the agent directly to enterprise workplace communications.
Grok Bot now connects to Salesforce, HubSpot, Gong, Clay, and Granola to automate account research and follow-ups. xAI also released its internal sales team’s bot configurations as installable templates. These templates include pre-configured context, connectors, and routines to help sales teams manage pipelines and close loops directly within the Grok Bot interface.
Grok adds a Coinbase connector for direct portfolio management and trading within the chat interface. The integration supports checking balances, analyzing data, and placing or canceling trades for any available asset. Every trade requires explicit human confirmation before execution.
Grok Bot adds inline message drafting for human approval before sending and one-click account switching. The update introduces a native iPad application, support for over 20 languages, and direct mobile file sharing. A more efficient harness increases included usage by 10% on average, with heavy users receiving up to 35% more capacity.
xAI updated Grok Build to support fully transparent backgrounds. The /theme transparent command enables this display option within the terminal interface. This addition provides a new visual customization for the agentic coding environment.
Grok Bot now completes forms and handles logins directly within the chat interface. The AI agent integrates with password managers to automate authentication, allowing the always-on teammate to access tools and websites without requiring manual input or leaving the chat environment.
The xAI team optimized the Grok Bot harness, improving routing, caching, and dynamic context usage. These efficiency gains provide users with 10% more included usage on average, with heavy users receiving up to 35% more capacity. The team continues to refine these systems to further extend usage limits.
xAI launched a marketplace for Grok Bot templates, featuring its in-house procurement agent, Haggle Bot. The agent negotiates vendor contracts, identifies unused SaaS seats, and price-checks recurring purchases by accessing internal systems like Slack and Ramp. In its first week, Haggle Bot identified over $100,000 in direct savings for the company.
Grok integrates Plaid to provide secure financial account insights. The assistant answers questions regarding monthly spending, investment performance, and cart affordability based on connected data. This capability is available to all users in the U.S. and to both free and paid users in Canada.
xAI released Grok Bot for Android, bringing the always-on AI agent to the platform. The application is available for download on the Google Play Store. This release makes the agent accessible on Android devices, adding to its existing presence on desktop and iOS.
xAISep 1xAI reports that LatchBio’s independent evaluation ranks Grok 4.6 as the strongest frontier model for biosecurity safety. In testing, the model correctly refused 59.2% of hazardous, obfuscated queries while completing 64.8% of routine biological tasks. Grok 4.6 achieves this by reasoning over task intent and environment, outperforming other frontier systems on BioSecBench-Refusal metrics.
xAI updated Grok Bot with new plugins for Microsoft account integration. These plugins provide direct access to Outlook, Calendar, and OneDrive, allowing the AI agent to read, write, and act within these applications. This update expands the agent's ability to perform multi-step tasks autonomously across a user's productivity tools.
Grok Bot now completes online purchases on behalf of users. The agent connects to Stripe Link to execute transactions, requiring explicit human approval for every spend request. Each payment utilizes a secure, single-use card to protect financial credentials. This capability is available to users in the US, with mobile support rolling out soon.
xAI adds template sharing to Grok Bot, allowing users to distribute custom agent configurations for specific workflows. The feature requires an update to the latest Grok Bot desktop or mobile application.
xAI released Grok 4.6 across its web, iOS, and Android platforms. The SuperGrok interface includes dedicated modes for building apps, expert-level reasoning, and fast responses. The model supports complex problem-solving and agentic queries, with Build, Heavy, Expert, Fast, and Auto modes available for task-specific execution.
Grok now supports Linear triggers on grok.com. The integration connects Linear accounts to triage issues, track work, and automatically initiate tasks when an issue is assigned. This event-driven automation responds directly to project management updates within the Grok platform.
xAI is expanding access to Grok Bot, its always-on AI agent service. The tool is now included for all SuperGrok Plus, Cursor Pro+, and Cursor Teams subscribers. Additionally, xAI offers a free trial with limited usage for all other users. Grok Bot operates autonomously on its own computer to manage tools and workflows 24/7.
xAI launched Grok Bot in early beta, providing persistent AI teammates that sign into tools to complete multi-step tasks autonomously. These bots operate 24/7 on their own cloud computers, learn routines from user workflows, and collaborate in shared threads. The beta is available today for SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium subscribers on desktop and iOS.
xAIJun 25xAI now supports SuperGrok and X subscriptions within the T3code agentic coding platform. Connecting an xAI account through T3code settings provides access to Grok models for terminal-based coding tasks. This integration routes model requests through existing subscriptions, eliminating the need for separate API keys or per-token billing.
xAIJun 18xAI launched native support for Grok models on Databricks Agent Bricks. This integration allows enterprise teams to build AI agents using Grok alongside other frontier and open-source models within the Databricks Lakehouse environment. The partnership, announced at the 2026 Data + AI Summit, provides access to Grok models directly where enterprise data resides.
xAIJun 17xAI launched Grok 4.3 on Amazon Bedrock, providing access to its reasoning-first model through the Mantle inference engine. The model features a 1M token context window and configurable reasoning effort for multi-step agent tasks. It supports tool calling, structured output, and response streaming, enabling integration into enterprise workflows for document analysis and research.
xAIJun 17xAI released Grok Imagine Video 1.5, moving the image-to-video model out of preview and into general API availability. The update introduces a Fast consumer variant that generates 720p video in about 25 seconds. The model also features improved motion physics, clearer audio synchronization, and new creative workflow tools including parallel agent execution and library search.
xAIJun 15xAI now supports SuperGrok and X Premium subscriptions within the Warp agentic development environment. Connecting an xAI account through Warp Agent Settings provides access to the grok-build-0.1 model for terminal-based coding tasks. This integration routes model requests through the user's existing subscription, eliminating the need for separate API keys or per-token billing.
xAIJun 15xAI launched its Grok Voice API, featuring real-time voice agents, text-to-speech, and speech-to-text capabilities. ServiceNow Research reports the underlying Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0 model reached the Pareto frontier on EVA-Bench, where no evaluated system beats it on accuracy without sacrificing conversational experience. The API is priced at $0.05 per minute for real-time voice conversations.
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