SpaceX says Grok Bot will use the best backend model for the task

On 7 October 2026, Elon Musk posted an “important note” about Grok Bot.

Important note regarding Grok @Bot:

Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best back end model for any given task, including Claude Opus 5.5, MidJourney, Suno and other leading APIs.

Whatever is most likely to give you the best outcome.

What was announced

From that post:

• The note is about Grok Bot.
• Going forward, SpaceX will use the best backend model for any given task.
• Named examples are Claude Opus 5.5, MidJourney, Suno, and other leading APIs.
• The stated rule is to use whatever is most likely to give the best outcome.

Context

The post is from @elonmusk and tags Grok Bot and SpaceX. It does not point to a docs page, a changelog entry, or a model card. The public Grok Bot changelog at x.ai/changelog/bot still listed v0.66.0, dated 2 October 2026, as the latest release when this brief was written.

Limits of this report

The post does not say which Grok Bot surfaces this applies to, whether users can pin a model, how routing is chosen, or when it starts. It does not name prices, rate limits, or data-handling terms for the third-party APIs. Only the statements in the source post are reported.

Source

@elonmusk on X, 7 October 2026.