SpaceX is said to be working on an “AI device” that could be a smartphone. The Wall Street Journal reports that Elon Musk showed investors a prototype. On x.com, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla denied the rumor.
Smartphone from SpaceX?
After electric vehicles, space witnesses, humanoid robots, his own small satellite network and an AI agent, will Elon Musk tackle his own smartphone next? The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported this week that the world’s richest man is said to have shown investors and stakeholders a prototype of a “cell phone-like” AI device.
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The presented gadget is said to be “slimmer and more elegant than an iPhone,” writes Techcrunch, citing the WSJ report. It remains unclear whether it is really a smartphone. Solutions similar to the Rabbit R1 or the Humane AI Pin would also be conceivable.
Technically speaking, SpaceX and its sister company Tesla would be well positioned to produce AI devices in larger numbers. “Access to the chips that are needed for the computing power of the devices” would be given, as Techcrunch writes. There is also already talk that SpaceX could launch its own Starlink mobile network. A smartphone with the proprietary SpaceX operating system and technology from xAI would fit in well.
Musk denies rumors
According to Musk, there is no truth to the rumor. On x.com he commented on a now deleted post on the topic with the words “totally wrong”. A move towards AI devices or even smartphones would be conceivable – especially since the ex-colleagues from OpenAI are also planning such a device, says Techcrunch. Elon Musk might want to prove he can do better.
In February 2026, Reuters reported on a possible SpaceX smartphone, but even then Musk contradicted the speculation. He wrote on x.com: “We don’t work on a phone.”
Between the lines, this could mean that one or more Musk companies are working on an AI device, but it will not have the shape or functionality of a smartphone. For Musk, who likes to make big promises about his vehicles, humanoid robots or AI applications, this would at least be a new tactic.
In the end, only time will tell whether and, if so, what is being worked on behind closed SpaceX doors. Currently the facts are thin.
