Parker explains that Grokbot can act without a routine by checking connected apps and reaching out after events such as email or calendar updates. Examples include flagging a delayed flight that affects a scheduled Uber, preparing meeting briefs from calendar and company context, and reminding users about promised tasks. Proactive messages run in the background and do not count against usage; connecting more apps and teaching the bot preferred formats can improve its suggestions.
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Roshan, product lead at SpaceX, hosts a Grokbot update with engineers Parker and Ari, covering proactive assistance, Team Bots, voice mode, and audience questions.
Ari demonstrates creating a Team Bot for GTM questions, connecting tools such as Databricks, Slack, Granola, and Gong, and adding skills and files before publishing it to teammates. Team Bots can be used in Grokbot or Slack, draw on a mix of shared and personal credentials, and keep shared memories as teammates correct their answers. Ari says teams have used bots for data questions, legal and IT triage, and even nightly product testing that produced 15 to 20 proposed fixes.
Roshan demonstrates voice mode as a way to talk with bots using existing connectors, with options to change voice, speed, and language. In the demo, his primary bot Cora checks Slack, surfaces a meeting pre-read task, and asks PM Pete to follow up on that task and mobile checkout funnel work. Roshan also describes using voice for morning briefings and quick notes; Ari uses it to think through ideas aloud.
The hosts answer questions about access, integrations, and controls. They say Team Bots are available to Cursor Teams and Enterprise accounts, with SuperGrok Teams support planned, and describe manager and user roles with controls over who can use a bot. They also mention read-only X access without a plugin, Microsoft connectors, a 1Password integration, and that proactivity is enabled by default.
Takeaways
- Connect the apps that hold relevant work context so proactive suggestions can draw on calendars, messages, and documents.
- Tell a primary bot what meeting briefs should include, then refine its format through feedback.
- Give a Team Bot a defined job, relevant skills, and vetted data sources before sharing it with colleagues.
- Use shared memories to capture corrections so a Team Bot can improve future answers for the team.
- Use voice mode when speaking is faster than typing, including for quick briefings and brainstorming.
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- works at
“We're all on the Grokbot team here at SpaceX.”
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- role at
“I'm an engineer working specifically on productivity.”
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Grokbot: Proactivity can initiate suggestions based on connected information, memories, chat history, and user preferences.“We built the ability for Grokbot to do that and wake on its own.”
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- featureGrokbot: Proactivity runs as a background job and does not count against user usage.
“This is a background job, so we don't charge users for productivity.”
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- integrates with
“my bot is connected not only to my calendar, but also to all our company context. I have Notion information”
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- previously at
“originally at Cursor and now at SpaceX”
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- role at
“I'm a PM, originally at Cursor and now at SpaceX.”
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- integrates with
“everyone on the team can DM it, talk to it in Slack”
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- featureteam bots: A creator can configure shared bots with skills, secrets, plugins, and information for team use.
“one person can create a bot and load it up with all the skills, secrets, plugins”
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- integrates withGTM Helper integrates with
Salesforce“Salesforce is a personal plugin.”
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- integrates withGTM Helper integrates with Databricks
“Databricks is one example; everyone who uses this Databricks plugin uses a shared key”
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- featureteam bots: Shared team memory can retain corrections and improve later answers.
“It has a shared team memory store that allows it to learn as you keep using it.”
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- featureGrokbot: Team Bots are available for Cursor Teams or Enterprise linked accounts; SuperGrok Teams access was planned for the coming weeks.
“this works if you're using a Cursor Teams or Enterprise linked account for Grokbot”
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Voice Mode: Supports two-way spoken conversations, configurable voices and speed, and bot-to-bot task coordination.“they’re two-way voice chats with your bots”
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- featureteam bots: Team Bot access can be restricted to managers, users, groups, or individual people.
“You can also set which users are allowed to use your app and see it in the app.”
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- integrates with
“Connect your 1Password account, then choose the credentials you want to share with Grokbot.”
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