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SpaceXAI weighs four-tier Grok-X plan: $8 Lite, $100 Ultra

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TL;DR

  • Bloomberg reports SpaceXAI is weighing a four-tier subscription bundling Grok with X: free with stricter limits, $8 Lite, and $100 Ultra.
  • The $8 Lite tier pairs Grok access with X verification and fewer ads; Ultra includes access to a Grok Bot AI agent aimed at power users.
  • A separate September 14 announcement said SpaceXAI plans to unify Grok and Cursor subscription models within weeks, with no firm launch date named.

SpaceXAI is considering a four-tier subscription that would bundle Grok with X, ranging from a free plan with stricter usage limits to a $100-a-month 'Ultra' tier aimed at power users, Bloomberg reported. Between them sits an $8 'Lite' subscription offering Grok access plus verification and fewer ads on X.

The Ultra tier 'includes access to its Grok Bot AI agent and is intended for power users,' according to Bloomberg's summary. The reporting says the new structure has not yet been publicly launched but is 'expected to roll out soon.'

The pricing shakeup lands two weeks after a related move: SpaceXAI said on September 14 that it plans to unify the Grok and Cursor subscription models, with a rollout expected in the coming weeks. Bloomberg describes the overall shift as a 'unified, four-tiered pricing structure designed to broaden user adoption while monetizing its most intensive computing workloads.' This is our 59th xAI story in ninety days, most of them chronicling that consolidation under Musk.

Neither the Bloomberg piece nor the follow-on reporting names a firm launch date, and quotas for the free and Lite tiers are not spelled out.