SpaceX reportedly showed investors an AI device prototype, Musk says the report is false

The Wall Street Journal reports that SpaceX showed investors a slim, handset-like AI device prototype running a proprietary OS, xAI technology, and Qualcomm Snapdragon chips. Elon Musk denied the report as "utterly false" on X. The device would align with SpaceX's broader wireless ambitions, including plans to sell Starlink phone service directly to US consumers after acquiring EchoStar's wireless spectrum. If real, SpaceX would compete with OpenAI's AI smartphone project (featuring Jony Ive and targeting 2028 mass production). The AI hardware space has a troubled history — Humane's AI Pin and Rabbit R1 both failed — though SpaceX has more manufacturing credibility via Tesla. Musk's denial leaves the situation unresolved: either WSJ's sources are wrong, or SpaceX is walking back a project it recently pitched to investors.

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