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Morning Edition · Thursday, October 15, 2026Published at 2:37 AM EDT · New York
xAI Folds Grok, Cursor and X Premium Into One Subscription and Bills Claude and GPT Separately at API List Prices
The $30 Premium tier replaces about $90 of separate subscriptions with a weekly token pool shared between Grok and Cursor, a bundle SpaceX can offer since agreeing to buy Cursor's maker Anysphere for $60 billion in stock.
xAI launched The X Subscription, which puts Grok, the Grok Bot, the Cursor code editor and X Premium on one plan. Paid tiers include a pool of Grok model usage that both Grok and Cursor draw from. The pool refreshes weekly, although custome…
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