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Peng and Lauren are the lead designer and engineer for Grok Bot at SpaceXAI. In our interview, they showed me 14 bots that they use for work and life, from a design bot that helps Peng mock up designs to an entire team of engineering bots that help Lauren ship faster.
Peng, Lauren, and I talked about:
(00:00) The bots that the Grok Bot team actually uses (01:23) Peng’s chief of staff bot buys supplies and lists gear (06:31) Putting PM, design, and eng bots in the same room (10:07) Turning a street photo into a diorama on Peng’s website (14:16) How Lauren’s bots test their own work before merging (17:59) Dr. Eggbot, Lauren’s bot that designs and audits your bots (21:27) The assistant bot that booked Lauren’s multi-city trip (25:22) Eng bots that sometimes land PRs before Lauren reads them (38:59) How to trust your bots with more work, one skill at a time
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Where to find Peng Zheng:
X: https://x.com/pengzheng_ Website: https://www.pengzhe.ng/
Where to find Lauren Tan:
X: https://x.com/poteto Dr. Eggbot: https://x.ai/bot/marketplace/bots/dr-eggbot-v2
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