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xAI's latest release turns its AI agent into a shared teammate that can sit in on meetings and track team decisions
Grok Bot 1.0 is out, and it no longer wants to be your personal assistant. It wants a seat at the team meeting.
The release, which landed on or around November 11, 2026, lets the bot join Slack and participate in video calls.
What Grok Bot 1.0 actually does #
The update comes from xAI, which is operating under the SpaceXSI branding for this release. The core idea is a shift in philosophy. Instead of a single person prompting a single tool, the bots are designed to function as teammates.
On the workplace chat side, Grok Bot now integrates natively with both Slack and Microsoft Teams. That means the bot lives where much of the daily back-and-forth already happens, rather than in a separate window you have to remember to open.
On the meeting side, the bot can join video calls across three platforms: Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams shows up on both lists, which makes it the one platform where the bot can handle the chat and the call.
Then there is the multiplayer piece. Bots can now be shared among users, so a whole team can work with the same agent instead of each person maintaining a private one.
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The proactive part #
According to the research findings, the bots can follow conversations involving multiple people, react to deadlines, and keep track of decisions as they get made.
They can also notice tasks that have been left unfinished. When something needs attention, the bot can escalate the issue to a human teammate.
The bots also track team context across both conversations and meetings. So a decision made on a Zoom call and a follow-up question in Slack can, in theory, be connected by the same agent rather than living in two disconnected silos.
From beta to 1.0 in 92 days #
The public beta started on August 11, 2026, giving users an early look at the features that are now fully operational in version 1.0.
That puts the gap between beta and official release at 92 days.
Who gets access #
Availability is tiered by subscription level, and the most talked-about features sit behind higher-priced plans.
Shared bot functionality requires a Team or Enterprise plan. If you want the enhanced meeting capabilities, including the bot joining calls, you will need an Ultra plan.
Disclosure: This article was edited by Diego Almada Lopez. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.