Louis Amira

Your AI coworkers shouldn't have a landlord.

November 10, 2026 · On X

Grok Bot's recent issues stem from you suddenly having to care which model was powering it. You couldn't see it, and you couldn't bring plans you already pay for. (We wrote about it on November 9.)

OpenBot fixes all three. Here's why I'm so excited.

The setup screen, in one line: "Sign in with a plan you already have, or use an API key." The big labs are there. As is Unbiased AI.

OpenBot's "Connect your AI" screen: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, xAI, Unbiased AI, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

On November 9 I said a bot should work like Google Flights: Google doesn't own planes, it puts all the airlines on one screen. Same idea.

No landlord: it's open source and runs on your own laptop. (Bring your own cloud 🤫?!?) Nobody can change the terms overnight, or evict your bot. Grok Bot runs on a cloud computer, and its own help page says it doesn't show which model answered you.

Why this team: CopilotKit says the majority of the Fortune 500 use it, and it has 38,000+ GitHub stars. OpenBot itself has 10,000+ more. A friend introduced us (hi @aviel!), and we quickly realized we see the future in the same way.

Why Pareto fits: we make blended models, so several models work on every request. You pick it once and stop caring which one is on. Think auto updates. Like your bot read a bunch of textbooks, the news, learned some recipes and workout routines, all while you slept.

That was Grok Bot's promise, before the bill came.

With us under the hood, $10 a month gets 50M tokens each week. Run far more bots, or feed your main one.

My bet from November 9 stands: by November 30, Grok Bot follows their lead and lets you plug in another company's plan. They should!

If you'd rather not wait and pray, here's how to move your bot over. You can hand it straight to your agent.

p.s. Remember the Sphere at the top? OpenBot did that. Did it buy the ad space, or just generate an image? Who knows! I bet if you ask it, you just might find out.

I co-founded Circuit & Chisel, which makes Pareto. We're partners with OpenBot. Drafted with agents, edited by me.