# Grok

> Grok is the AI assistant and model family developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, acquired by SpaceX in February 2026. It serves consumers, developers, and organizations through web and mobile apps, X, APIs, coding tools, voice, generative media, and agents that work across business applications. Grok is a brand and product family, rather than a separately verified corporation.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Elon Musk (Founder of xAI, Grok’s developer), Igor Babuschkin (Co-founder of xAI)
- **Products:** Grok assistant, Grok API, Grok Business and Grok Enterprise, Grok Imagine, Grok Build
- **Notable:** Launched Grok publicly in November 2023., Released Grok-1 base weights and architecture under Apache 2.0 in March 2024., Expanded from chat into APIs, enterprise knowledge, coding, voice, and persistent agents.

## Products & services

- **Grok assistant** — Conversational research, drafting, coding help, and search through web, iOS, Android, and X.
- **Grok API** — Usage-based access to Grok models for developers and application builders.
- **Grok Business and Grok Enterprise** — Team access, administrative controls, company knowledge search, and contractual data protections.
- **Grok Imagine** — Image and video generation and editing, including developer API access.
- **Grok Build** — Coding agent with an open-source harness and terminal interface.
- **Grok Bot** — Persistent agents with cloud computers that work across applications and seek approvals for delegated tasks.
- **Grok 4.7** — September 2026 reasoning model focused on coding and professional knowledge work.
- **Grok Voice 3.0** — Speech-to-speech API announced October 14, 2026, targeting conversation and support workflows.

## Achievements

- Launched Grok publicly in November 2023.
- Released Grok-1 base weights and architecture under Apache 2.0 in March 2024.
- Expanded from chat into APIs, enterprise knowledge, coding, voice, and persistent agents.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 14: Grok Voice 3.0 announced for the API.
- **2026-10** — October 12: X Subscription announced, combining Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor, and X Premium.
- **2026-09** — September 21: Grok 4.7 introduced for coding and knowledge work.
- **2026-08** — August 11: Grok Bot launched as persistent agents with their own computers.

## Links

- Website: https://grok.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spacexai/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/grok
- GitHub: https://github.com/xai-org

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Last updated: 2026-10-17