The latest AI news and updates of xAI — the AI company behind Grok, a frontier model family spanning reasoning, voice, and image generation, plus the Grok API. Covering xAI's latest product updates, launches, and company news from the past 90 days.
Grok BotOct 24Grok Bot now includes a Vault in Settings to securely save logins, payment cards, and contact information. The agent automatically fills these details during sign-ins and checkouts to complete tasks without manual input. This feature requires Grok Bot 0.75.2 or later.
Grok BotOct 23xAI’s Grok Bot now operates within phone-native apps, including Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Messages, Location, and Home controls. The update rolls out now on iOS and Android, requiring users to update the app and grant per-app permissions to enable these capabilities.
Grok BotOct 21xAI's Grok Bot now generates reports, memos, and dashboards as pages. These pages support collaborative editing with the agent, or the Bot can maintain them to ensure information stays current. This capability rolls out today to users on the latest mobile and desktop clients.
xAIOct 13xAI launched The X Subscription, a unified plan family ranging from Free to $200/month Ultra. The bundle shares a weekly usage pool across Grok and Cursor, with Premium and higher tiers including Grok Bot. Cursor subscribers receive twice the coding usage on Grok models, while third-party models in Cursor move to separate API pricing.
Grok BotOct 9xAI now provides Grok Bot with dedicated email addresses, enabling the agent to independently sign up for services, contact businesses, and schedule meetings. Inboxes are claimed by asking the bot or tagging @bot on X, while team admins must enable the feature for their organizations. The bot manages these communications directly to complete multi-step workflows.
Grok BotOct 8Grok Bot now connects to Shopify to automate store management. The integration allows the agent to check order status, track inventory levels, and update product listings directly. This update follows Shopify's release of new connectors for Grok and Grok Bot, providing direct access to business operations within the agent interface.
xAIOct 7xAI added its Grok 4.7 model to the Microsoft Foundry platform. This integration makes the model reachable through Microsoft’s managed infrastructure for enterprise AI development.
GrokOct 2xAI launched an Agent Dashboard for Grok Build, providing a single-screen view of all active coding sessions. The interface allows dispatching new agents, running tasks in parallel, and managing individual git worktrees. Access the dashboard by running grok dashboard from the shell or entering /dashboard within any active session.
xAIOct 1xAI added its Grok 4.7 model to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. This integration makes the model reachable through the platform's managed infrastructure for enterprise agent development.
Grok BotOct 1Grok Bot now proactively identifies tasks it can handle and offers assistance without requiring a prompt. This capability rolls out over the next few hours, with proactive suggestions excluded from usage limits. The agent monitors schedules and workflows to surface potential actions, such as resolving meeting conflicts, directly within the interface.
Grok BotSep 30Grok Bot now hands off coding tasks to Cursor, manages pull requests via GitHub and Origin plugins, and shares video demos of builds. xAI also released its internal engineering team’s bot configurations as installable templates. These templates include pre-configured skills, routines, and connectors for tasks like project management, research, and automated code auditing.
xAISep 29xAI makes its Grok 4.7 model available on Amazon Bedrock. This integration provides access to xAI’s reasoning and generative capabilities within the AWS ecosystem. The model is now reachable through Bedrock’s managed infrastructure.
Grok BotSep 28xAI launched Team Bots, shared Grok Bots that work alongside teams in Slack or the Grok Bot interface. Each bot retains specific context, plugins, and credentials for a shared role, while maintaining private memory for individual users. Team Bots are now available in public beta for Teams and Enterprise plans, supporting workflows like account briefings and engineering project coordination.
Grok BotSep 27The Finance integration connects bank, card, and investment accounts via Plaid, providing read-only access for spending analysis and subscription tracking. The agent identifies recurring charges and price increases directly within the chat interface. This feature is available by searching for Finance in the Grok Bot marketplace, with the agent never accessing or storing user login credentials.
Grok BotSep 23xAI shipped 53 performance fixes to the Grok Bot desktop app. Reconnecting after a flaky connection now takes 0.7s down from 60s, while waking a laptop takes 1s instead of 23s. Switching to the bot's Computer view now completes in 27ms, reduced from 868ms.
Grok BotSep 22xAI integrated Grok Bot into its customer support operations to manage ticket intake, resolution, and queue prioritization autonomously. The agent handles 175% more support volume without additional headcount, resolving tickets at a cost of $0.20 to $0.30 each. Grok Bot also synthesizes daily product feedback and automates 99% of refund requests, allowing the team to focus on complex cases.
xAISep 21xAI released Grok 4.7, which improves on Grok 4.6 at the same price and speed. The model features enhanced self-verification, better performance on long-horizon tasks, and updated safeguards. It is available now in Cursor, Grok Build, and the Grok API, with pricing starting at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens.
xAISep 18xAI released Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0, which it reports is twice as accurate as its predecessor for customer-support calls, spoken credentials, and short voice commands. The model is available today in the Grok Voice API at $0.10 per hour for batch and $0.20 per hour for streaming. Existing API integrations will automatically transition to the new model.
Grok BotSep 17xAI is adding voice capabilities to Grok Bot, its always-on agentic teammate. The update enables natural back-and-forth voice conversations directly within the agent interface. Voice support is rolling out to desktop and mobile applications over the next couple of days.
GrokSep 16Grok Build now features persistent memory, allowing the coding agent to retain project conventions, decisions, and facts across sessions. Powered by the new Grok 4.6 model, the tool introduces the /memory command to browse stored context and /dream to organize notes into topics. This update enables the agent to maintain continuity in complex, multi-step development workflows.
Grok BotSep 11Grok Bot now searches, reads, and sends Microsoft Teams chats and channel messages. The new plugin connects the agent directly to enterprise workplace communications.
Grok BotSep 11Grok 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.
GrokSep 9Grok 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 BotSep 9Grok 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.
GrokSep 9xAI 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 BotSep 8Grok 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.
GrokSep 5Grok released the Imagine Video 1.5 agent, powered by the new Image 2.0 model. The updated agent improves video quality and storytelling while enhancing continuity across multiple shots. The tool is now available on grok.com, iOS, and Android.
Grok BotSep 5The 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.
Grok BotSep 4xAI 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.
GrokSep 4Grok 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.
Grok BotSep 2xAI 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.
Grok BotSep 1xAI 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 BotAug 30Grok 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.
Grok BotAug 30xAI 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.
GrokAug 28xAI 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.
GrokAug 26Grok 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.
Grok BotAug 23xAI 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.
Grok BotAug 23xAI 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.
GrokAug 8xAI launched Imagine Image 2.0, featuring new precision editing tools like Magic Wand and Segmentation, plus Smart Resize and workflow templates. The model debuts at #2 on the Arena leaderboards for both text-to-image and image editing, with 1,320 and 1,439 points respectively. It is available now on Grok apps and the web, with API access planned for later.
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