Artificial Intelligence
SpaceXAI considers combined Grok and X subscription
Bloomberg said a company document showed SpaceXAI considering a four-tier subscription that would combine Grok and X, with prices ranging from free access to a $100 monthly Ultra plan.
- Bloomberg reported that a SpaceXAI document showed the company weighing a single subscription for Grok and X with four price tiers.
- The free tier would keep Grok under stricter usage limits, while an $8 monthly Lite tier would add Grok access, a verified checkmark and fewer ads on X.
- The highest tier would cost $100 a month and would include Grok Bot, which SpaceXAI launched in August.
- Bloomberg said the fourth tier was not described in its report and that the overhaul was still under consideration.
- Bloomberg also said SpaceXAI was competing with Anthropic and OpenAI for business customers.
Bloomberg reported that a company document showed SpaceXAI considering a subscription that would bring Grok and X together under four tiers. The report said the plan had not been approved.
At the bottom, the free tier would keep Grok available with tighter limits. An $8 monthly Lite option would add Grok, a verified badge and less advertising on X.
Bloomberg said the top tier would cost $100 a month and target heavy users. It would include Grok Bot, the AI agent SpaceXAI launched in August, while the fourth tier was not described.
The article also noted that OpenAI had cut usage on its $200 Pro plan and introduced a $500 ChatGPT plan this week. Meta had also launched Meta One subscriptions worldwide, priced from $2.99 to $499 a month.
Named in this story
People
- Elon Musk
- owns SpaceX
Companies
- SpaceX
- is the parent company of SpaceXAI
- OpenAI
- offered the $200 Pro plan and the $500 ChatGPT plan
- Meta
- launched Meta One subscriptions worldwide
- Anthropic
- was named as a business-customer rival
Organisations
- SpaceXAI
- was weighing a combined subscription for Grok and X
Products and systems
- Grok
- is the chatbot SpaceXAI makes
- X
- is the platform SpaceXAI runs
- Grok Bot
- is the AI agent included in the Ultra tier
- ChatGPT
- was added to a $500 plan by OpenAI
- Meta One subscriptions
- were priced from $2.99 to $499 a month
How the source tells it
The register was mostly neutral and reportorial, with only slight competitive framing in the comparison to rivals' pricing.
No emotive framing was found in the original.