--- title: Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to... description: Grok Bot users found their weekly usage limits maxed out over Halloween weekend, some jumping from 50% to 100%. Elon Musk confirmed this wasn't a glitch,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-throttles-grok-bot-limits-due-to-unsustainably-high-costs-nmoekofnd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs | daily.dev og:description: Grok Bot users found their weekly usage limits maxed out over Halloween weekend, some jumping from 50% to 100%. Elon Musk confirmed this wasn't a glitch,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-throttles-grok-bot-limits-due-to-unsustainably-high-costs-nmoekofnd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NMOekofnD.png og:image:alt: Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Grok Bot users found their weekly usage limits maxed out over Halloween weekend, some jumping from 50% to 100%. Elon Musk confirmed this wasn't a glitch, saying the cost of serving Grok Bot was 'unsustainably high relative to revenue'. SpaceX recently reported AI makes up 52% of its income, with its Super Intelligence division turning a profit of $431 million, though its profit would have been higher without $1.2 billion in one-time costs from acquiring Cursor. Musk hasn't said how usage limits will change going forward. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did my Grok Bot usage limit suddenly jump to 100%? Elon Musk confirmed it wasn't a glitch; SpaceX throttled Grok Bot limits because the cost of serving the AI assistant was 'unsustainably high relative to revenue.' Some users saw usage jump from as low as 50% to 100% over Halloween weekend without increased use. Musk has not said how limits will change going forward. _Anyone budgeting around an AI assistant's usage caps can track cost-driven limit changes like this on daily.dev._ ### How much profit does SpaceX's AI division make from Grok Bot? SpaceX's renamed 'Super Intelligence' division turned a profit of $431 million, a rarity in the AI industry. AI now makes up 52% of SpaceX's company income. That profit would have been higher if not for $1.2 billion in one-time costs tied to its acquisition of Cursor. _Developers weighing AI vendor stability can follow financial signals like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [xAI burned $6.4B last year. 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