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Roundtable Says It Cut Scheduled Wake-Ups by 95% for Seven Grok Bots

November 2, 2026 at 06:16 EST

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Roundtable has announced that it runs seven Grok-based bots with 95% fewer scheduled wake-ups, activating each bot only when it has work to do.

Agent scheduling · Roundtable

Seven Grok bots wake only when there is work, cutting scheduled wake-ups by 95%

Instead of running on a fixed timetable whether or not a task is waiting, each bot is activated on demand. The company-reported figure is a 95% reduction in scheduled wake-ups across the seven bots, though the baseline and methodology have not been independently verified.

95%

Reduction in scheduled wake-ups (company-reported)

Grok-based bots covered by the figure

On demand

Bots activate only when a task is waiting

Scheduled wake-ups, drawn to scale

Each block is 5% of the original schedule. The original fixed timetable is set to 100; the reported 95% reduction leaves 5.

100

Fixed timetable (original)

Work-triggered (reported)

How the on-demand loop works

Task arrives

→

Bot activates

→

Task processed

→

Bot returns to idle

Idle runs that would have found nothing to do are removed from the schedule.

What the claim does not yet show

A 95% cut in wake-ups is a scheduling metric, not yet proof of lower cost or faster response.

No published baseline for the original schedule
No breakdown by individual bot
No independent confirmation of the figures
Unclear whether the 95% covers all scheduled activity or a subset
Cost savings and response latency after a task arrives are not reported

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