Musk says Grok Bot’s costs were ‘unsustainably high’ after users’ weekly limits suddenly ran out

Some subscribers to SpaceX’s AI agent found their allowances maxed out over Halloween weekend.

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Monday, Nov. 2, 2026In the Monday, Nov. 2, 2026 edition

Illustration of a laptop on a wooden desk showing a settings page with a weekly usage bar filled to 100%, next to a coffee mug. — AI-generated illustration; not Grok Bot’s actual screen. The usage page shown is from a made-up app. Some Grok Bot subscribers found their weekly allowances used up over Halloween weekend. — AI-generated illustration

Elon Musk said the cost of running Grok Bot, SpaceX’s AI assistant, was “unsustainably high relative to revenue,” after some subscribers found their weekly usage allowances suddenly used up. Musk made the comment Nov. 1 in a reply on X, and TechCrunch first reported the change Nov. 2.

Grok Bot is an AI agent, software that does tasks for a person rather than just answering questions. SpaceX’s product page says each Grok Bot gets its own cloud computer and can use apps for its owner around the clock. Weekly allowances limit how much work it can do.

Plans start at $30 a month, and higher tiers buy more weekly use, the product page says. Over Halloween weekend, some users saw their meters jump from as low as 50% to 100%, even without using the bot overnight, TechCrunch reported. Musk confirmed it was not a glitch but has not said how limits will change.

The limits hit a product that SpaceX has held up as a success. SpaceX said in a filing last month that AI now makes up 52% of company income, TechCrunch reported.

Source: Elon Musk, reply on X, Nov. 1, 2026; TechCrunch, “Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs,” Nov. 2, 2026; SpaceX/xAI, Grok Bot product page

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