SpaceX Reportedly Cuts Grok Bot Quota; Musk Says Running Costs Too High Relative to Revenue
SpaceX has reportedly cut the usage quota for Grok Bot, with some users discovering over the weekend that their quota had been halved. Musk responded on X on Sunday that the cost of running Grok Bot is unsustainably high relative to revenue, but did not directly confirm the cut. Grok Bot can browse websites, reply to emails, and log into accounts, and its quota is shared with Grok and the coding platform Cursor; less than two weeks ago Musk had called it the fastest-growing product, and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell mentioned in early October that it had 800,000 paying users per week. OpenAI and Anthropic are also tightening their monthly subscription plans: OpenAI will merge Codex and Chat quotas starting in December, and Anthropic says the cost of an agent is 4 to 15 times that of a simple chat.
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The halving of user quotas and Musk's response on costs reveal the cost pressure on agent-type products under high-frequency use.
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SpaceX is apparently cutting Grok Bot usage limits. According to the Telegraph , several users saw their quotas slashed in half over the weekend. Elon Musk responded to complaints on X on Sunday, saying that "the cost of running Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue." He didn't confirm a cut outright, but the statement speaks for itself. One user reported waiting days for a fresh quota. Musk asked him whether a bigger subscription would be too expensive.
Grok Bot browses websites, answers emails, and logs into accounts, similar to Meta's Muse , OpenAI's Dot , or Anthropic's Claude Duet . It shares its quota with Grok and the coding platform Cursor . Less than two weeks ago, Musk called it his fastest-growing product, according to Forbes . SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell cited 800,000 paying users per week in early October, more than double the previous month's figure.
OpenAI and Anthropic are tightening their flat-rate plans too. OpenAI is merging Codex and Chat quotas starting in December and cracking down on account-hopping . Anthropic says an agent costs four to 15 times as much as a simple chat.