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xAI expands Grok Bot to all Cursor Pro+ and Teams plans

· by Pondero Newsdesk

The short version

Ten days after its August 11 beta launch, xAI opened Grok Bot access to Cursor Pro+, Cursor Ultra, and all Cursor Teams tiers on August 21, 2026, adding a free trial for all remaining plans. The autonomous AI agent runs in a cloud environment, handles multi-app tasks unsupervised, and returns only for judgment calls.

xAI expands Grok Bot to all Cursor Pro+ and Teams plans

xAI launched Grok Bot in beta on August 11 behind its three highest subscription tiers. Ten days later the company opened it to four additional plans, added a free trial for everyone else, and moved from a controlled test to broad availability in a single announcement.

What happened

On August 21, 2026, xAI published an expansion update for Grok Bot, per the official xAI news page. The August 11 beta had restricted access to SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium subscribers. The August 21 update added SuperGrok Plus, Cursor Pro+, Cursor Teams Standard, and Cursor Teams Premium to the eligible list. A free trial with limited usage became available to all other plans on the same date.

Grok Bot is an AI agent that signs into a user's existing apps and services, then operates autonomously using a cloud environment with browser and terminal access. Per xAI, the agent surfaces to the user only when a judgment call is needed. Users can run multiple Bots in parallel inside group chat threads. xAI listed nine active job categories where Bots are currently handling real work, including sales prospecting, website building, email management, customer support, and meeting attendance with note-taking.

The macOS app shipped as version 0.24.0. Mac and iOS are the primary platforms, with Windows and Linux versions also available, per 9to5Mac. Android support is listed as coming soon.

Why it matters

The ten-day gap between beta launch and broad rollout is short. It indicates xAI encountered no significant reliability or capacity problems in the restricted period and chose to scale quickly. For developers on Cursor, the expansion means Grok Bot is now accessible on the plans most professionals already hold: Cursor Pro+ and any Cursor Teams tier.

For Cursor Pro+ users in particular, Grok Bot adds an always-on agent that runs entirely outside the editor. The core Cursor product focuses on code editing inside the IDE. Grok Bot handles surrounding work: browser research, inbox management, form submissions, and multi-app tasks that would otherwise require the developer to context-switch. The two capabilities compound rather than overlap.

9to5Mac reported that xAI and Cursor are in the process of merging into a single company. If that is accurate, embedding Grok Bot into Cursor's subscription tiers is an early preview of what the combined product will look like, not merely a partnership feature.

Developers on Cursor Pro+ can activate Grok Bot now without a plan change. If you are not yet on Cursor, Cursor Pro+ is the entry point for Grok Bot access.

What to watch next

xAI has not released usage data from the beta period, so there is no public signal yet on task completion rates or user retention across the expanded base. Android availability and whether Grok Bot reaches VS Code or JetBrains extensions have not been addressed by either company. Those two milestones would determine how broadly the agent can reach developers who do not use Cursor as their primary editor.

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