yourOS vs xAI Grok Bot
Grok Bot works in xAI’s cloud. yourOS works on your own server.
In short
Grok Bot is xAI’s always-on agent, in beta since 11 August 2026. Each Bot works from a cloud computer in xAI’s cloud, with a browser, files and a terminal, signing in to your tools with your own credentials. It comes with SuperGrok Heavy and Cursor’s top plans. yourOS is a whole operating system on your own private server: a crew of agents for your days as well as your work, memory you can see, and an agent who phones businesses for you.
Your Bots share one cloud computer, with a browser, files and a terminal, in xAI’s cloud among everyone else’s.
Your Bots’ computer
Your own server. Nobody else’s data sits on it, and you control it.
Side by side
Grok Bot and yourOS, point by point.
Both keep working after you close your laptop. Where they work, what they’re for and who they answer to is where they part.
| What | Grok Bot, from xAI | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Always-on AI agents (“Bots”) from xAI, in beta2 | An operating system with an AI at its heart |
| Where it works | A cloud computer with a browser, files and a terminal, in xAI’s cloud, shared by your Bots2 | Your own private server, inside a private network. You rent it, you control it |
| Which AI | xAI’s Grok models2 | Frontier models like Claude Fable, Claude Opus and GPT-6 Astra, picked for each job |
| What it’s for | Work: sales outreach, recruiting, inbox triage, expenses, bug fixes3 | Your days as well as your work: calls, your calendar and journal, a wellbeing companion, and a crew for the rest |
| How many | Two to six Bots can work together in a group chat1 | A crew of eighteen to start, each with its own mind, and as many of your own as you like |
| Before acting | You can require approval for messages, publishing, deleting, buying and production changes1 | Money, messages and anything you can’t undo always wait for your OK. On a call, you say back a two-digit code |
| The phone | Phone calls aren’t among its published features2 | Phones businesses for you after your OK, and rings you back with news |
| Who can have it | Included with SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra ($200 a month) and Cursor Teams Premium ($120 a seat a month), with weekly limits2 | Coming soon. The launch date and price will be announced, in US dollars |
| Where you use it | Mac, Windows and iPhone; Android is coming1 | Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and Linux are coming soon |
Hi, I’m calling for Sam. Could we move Thursday’s check-up to next week?
We’ve got Tuesday at ten.
Tuesday at ten. Shall I take it?
The phone
It picks up the phone for you.
- It phones businesses for you: a table, the dentist, a hotel abroad. It asks first, then tells you how it went.
- Abroad, it makes the call in the local language, or translates both ways while you talk.
- Long jobs carry on after you hang up, and it rings you when there’s news.
Grok Bot, at launch: phone calls aren’t among its published features.2
A crew of your own
A few Bots, or a crew of eighteen.
Grok Bot puts two to six Bots in a group chat, for work. yourOS starts with a crew of eighteen for your work and your days, each with a job, a personality, a colour and a handwriting of their own. Pick one.
Roxy
Your concierge
I’ll keep your days in order, so you can live them.
Try asking Roxy
Busy morning, easy afternoon. I moved Sam to three so you can breathe after lunch.
What Roxy does: Reads your calendar, moves what can move, and tells whoever it affects.
Honestly
Which one suits you.
They’re built for different people. Here’s our fair reading.
Grok Bot may suit you if
- You already pay for SuperGrok Heavy or Cursor Ultra.
- You want a few Bots on sales, recruiting or code, working together.
- Your work, not your days, is what needs the help, and xAI’s cloud is fine.
yourOS suits you if
- You want your AI on a server that’s yours, in a private network.
- You want help with your days as well as your work: calls, your calendar, your journal.
- You want calls made for you, here or abroad.
- You want it to look and sound like yours: its name, colour, handwriting and voice.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
The short answers to what people ask us most.
Is yourOS an alternative to xAI’s Grok Bot?
Yes, if you want an agent that doesn’t work from someone else’s cloud. A Grok Bot works from a cloud computer in xAI’s cloud, signing in to your tools there. yourOS runs on your own private server, inside a private network, with a crew of agents for your days as well as your work.
How do I get Grok Bot?
At launch it comes with SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra at $200 a month and Cursor Teams Premium at $120 a seat a month, with weekly usage limits. It runs on Mac, Windows and iPhone, with Android to come. yourOS’s price will be announced, in US dollars.
Can Grok Bots work together?
Yes: two to six Bots can share a group chat and pass work between them. yourOS starts with a crew of eighteen, each with its own mind; when one needs something from another, only the answer crosses over, and only if you allow it.
Can Grok Bot make phone calls?
Phone calls aren’t among its published features at launch. Roxy phones businesses for you after your OK, can make the call in the local language or translate both ways, and rings you back when there’s news.
Which AI does Grok Bot use?
xAI’s own Grok models. yourOS has one AI service built in, from QQuantum, that draws on frontier models from several labs, like Claude Fable, Claude Opus and GPT-6 Astra, and picks the right one for each job.
Be first to meet her
Your first call starts here.
Roxy
On the call
Hello. I’m Roxy.