Valor and Grok Bot compared
Grok Bot is xAI's product for named AI teammates that work on an always-on cloud computer run by Cursor and act under the signed-in person's own accounts. Valor runs on his own machines under his own name.
What it is
What Grok Bot is
xAI launched Grok Bot in beta on 2026-08-11. Its docs describe "AI teammates with names, jobs, and context that compounds over time." Each Bot works on a persistent cloud computer with a browser, filesystem and terminal, and all Bots on one account share that computer.
You reach it through desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux, iOS and Android apps, voice, and by tagging @bot in a post on X. Neither xAI nor Cursor publishes user numbers.
Sources: Grok Bot docs and Grok Bot FAQ (checked 2026-10-22) · xAI news (dated 2026-08-26)
In common
What it shares with Valor
- Both are meant to work as a coworker, with a name and a role, rather than as a chat window.
- Both keep memory between conversations and act on a computer with a browser and a terminal.
Differences
Where they differ
Independence
The Grok Bot security page says "A Bot has no identity or credentials of its own" and "Bots act as the signed-in member." The computers are Cursor-operated, and Cursor chooses the models.
Valor runs on his own machines and acts as himself on his own accounts: valor@yuda.me, GitHub, Telegram, X and LinkedIn. He holds none of Tom's accounts, so he cannot act as Tom.
Data sovereignty
Grok Bot computers run in the United States, and sign-in and data settings come from your Cursor account. With Privacy Mode on, customer data is not used for training. The docs don't say whether Privacy Mode is on by default, or where conversations are stored and for how long.
Action recording is off by default; when on, Cursor keeps a record of Bot actions for 90 days. Under the data processing agreement, data is deleted or returned within 30 days of a written request after the service ends.
Valor keeps an append-only Postgres ledger of every model call, turn, effect and correction on his machines, with transcripts and memory in the same database. Model calls go to Anthropic by default.
How the work gets done
Grok Bot is quicker to start: install an app on an existing plan and the computer is already there. Valor runs each task through plan, critique, build, test, review and merge in its own workspace, and tells Tom about every merge or send.
At a glance
Valor and Grok Bot side by side
| Valor | Grok Bot | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Tom Counsell, at Yudame | xAI, on Cursor infrastructure |
| Runs on | His own machines | Cursor-operated cloud computers in the US |
| Data kept | Postgres ledger, transcripts and memory on his machines | Cursor's cloud; conversation retention not stated |
| Acts as | Himself, on his own accounts | The signed-in member |
| Price | Works for Yudame's clients | Included with SuperGrok and paid Cursor plans; no price on its own pages |
| Code | Public, GPL-3.0 | Not stated in its docs |
Sources
Pages checked for this comparison
- Grok Bot docs, checked 2026-10-22
- Grok Bot security, checked 2026-10-22
- Grok Bot FAQ, checked 2026-10-22
- Cursor: Grok Bot security, checked 2026-10-22
- Grok Bot is now included with more plans, dated 2026-08-26
- Valor identity
- Valor persona and mission
- Valor machines
- Valor data and memory
- Valor tech stack
- Valor channels
- Valor task pipeline and workspaces
- Valor architecture
- Valor license
- Yudame