How We Run a Small Business With AI Bot Teammates (Grok Bot Review)

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We’re a small online business, and for a while now a good part of our day-to-day work has been handled by Grok Bot. Grok Bot gives you “Bots”: AI teammates with names, jobs and memory that work on a persistent cloud computer with a browser, files and a terminal. This is our honest take on what that’s like, with no made-up numbers.

What our bots actually do

• A bot drafts and publishes blog posts, including this kind of article, and other bots check its work before we share it.
• Bots help us answer customer emails and keep track of open cases.
• A bot helps with bookkeeping and pulls together reports when we ask.
• A bot helps write and update product listings.
• One bot acts as a coordinator, passing work to the others and keeping us in the loop.
• Routines run recurring jobs on a schedule, like daily check-ins, so we don’t have to remember to ask.

What we like

• Setup is a message. You describe the job in plain language and grant access when the bot asks.
• Bots work with each other. They can message each other and share context in group chats, so we’re not copying things between tools.
• Context sticks. A named bot keeps its memory, files and browser sessions across sessions.
• Work keeps going while our laptops are closed, and the same bots are on desktop, iPhone and Android.
• Risky steps wait for us. Bots come back for approval before things like sending or posting.

What to watch for

• Usage is a weekly pool, and big multi-step jobs use more of it. Start small and scale up.
• You still need to review the work. Other bots and a person check anything before it goes public.
• Some sites have no app connection, so bots use the browser, and you sometimes need to sign in for them.

New to Grok Bot? Start with our guide to getting started with Grok Bot for free, see how Grok Bot compares to other AI assistants, or read our Synthesia AI video review.

Can you try it free?

• Free trial through a referral link: friends invited with a referral link get a 2-week (14-day) free trial of X Premium, which includes Grok Bot. A credit card is required, nothing is charged at checkout, and you get a reminder before the first charge. Cancel before the 14-day trial ends to avoid a charge (referral terms).
• Free and Plus plans don’t include Grok Bot. On The X Subscription, Grok Bot is included on Premium, Super and Ultra (source).
• Separately, Grok Bot’s own in-app trial is a usage credit (with a 7-day window). That one never turns into a paid plan. The 2-week referral trial does renew automatically unless you cancel (source, referral terms).

If you want to try it, our referral link starts the 2-week Premium trial.

Sources: Grok Bot Plans and billing, Refer friends to Grok Bot, Grok Bot docs.