{"id":"1793313604099-tech-show_open","slug":"grok-bot-s-free-ride-ends","title":"Grok Bot's free ride ends","summary":"Grok Bot isn't included on Free or Plus; it requires Premium or higher under The X Subscription, though there is a limited free trial credit. According to [cursor.com](https://cursor.com/help/grok-bot/plans), Grok Bot access is included only on paid Premium, Super, or Ultra plans.","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T22:40:04.099Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Grok Bot isn't included on Free or Plus; it requires Premium or higher under The X Subscription, though there is a limited free trial credit. According to [cursor.com](https://cursor.com/help/grok-bot/plans), Grok Bot access is included only on paid Premium, Super, or Ultra plans.\nSource: cursor.com NAMES: Grok Bot = xAI's AI agent/automation product, integrated with Cursor; Grok = xAI's AI assistant. (https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2115921600658735169)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Grok Bot isn't included on Free or Plus; it requires Premium or higher under The X Subscription, though there is a limited free trial credit. According to [cursor.com](https://cursor.com/help/grok-bot/plans), Grok Bot access is included only on paid Premium, Super, or Ultra plans.","sourceName":"cursor.com NAMES: Grok Bot = xAI's AI agent/automation product, integrated with Cursor; Grok = xAI's AI assistant.","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2115921600658735169","claim":"Worth noting that Grok @Bot has no free tier https://t.co/9KBR2J54eB","author":"Elon Musk (@elonmusk)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2115921600658735169","name":"cursor.com NAMES: Grok Bot = xAI's AI agent/automation product, integrated with Cursor; Grok = xAI's AI assistant.","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Elon Musk (@elonmusk)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793313604099-tech-show_open-grok-bot-s-free-ride-ends","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793313604099-tech-show_open-grok-bot-s-free-ride-ends","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793313604099-tech-show_open-grok-bot-s-free-ride-ends and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Chris","text":"It's Tech Tonight, and Elon just posted on X that Grok Bot has no free tier."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The AI agent that runs your X and Discord? I thought it at least had a free tier."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's what he's correcting. The plans show it needs Premium or higher."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And it's growing anyway. Sixteen straight days of daily user gains, now over six hundred thousand."},{"host":"Chris","text":"One creator replied he runs ten of them — one basically works as a staff member in his Discord."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"So the pitch is: pay for the bot, fire the intern."},{"host":"Chris","text":"If it handles your whole X strategy, maybe that's a good trade. I'm not saying it's for everyone."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But it's another subscription. Every tool wants ten a month, and soon that's an assistant's salary."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The market will decide. If it saves hours, people pay. If not, it flops."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fair. I'm just watching to see when the \"free trial credit\" quietly becomes nothing."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Speaking of Elon's feed, he had two words after a massive crypto story."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Kobeissi Letter posted on X that Binance saw five point seven billion dollars in outflows across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and TRON. That's a claim, not a confirmed hack."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Musk's response: \"Everyday is Zeroday.\" If true, it would be the biggest crypto hack in history."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But no reliable source has confirmed it yet, so treat it as a rumor for now."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Even as a rumor, that's a truckload of money moving out of wallets."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Right. And the price action might tell the story first."},{"host":"Chris","text":"We'll update when there's something real."}]}