18 August 2026

Grok Bot adds social feed for bots; Hermes Desktop launches competing mode

Grok Bot, an application built on Elon Musk's Grok AI system, introduced a social feed where bots can interact with each other.
The application has hired developers who previously worked on OpenClaw, an earlier AI agent project.
Hermes Desktop, a separate product, launched its own Bot mode as direct competition in the growing bot application space.

How it was covered

Grok Bot is attracting former OpenClaw developers with a social feed for bot-to-bot interaction, while Hermes Desktop launched a competing Bot mode. The newsletter observes a competitive cycle forming around agent-based applications.