SpaceX apparently wants to put AI in your pocket, and not through an app store. The company reportedly showed investors a prototype device, described as a slim handset thinner than an iPhone, designed to fundamentally change how people interact with artificial intelligence.
The catch: Elon Musk says it doesn’t exist.
The Wall Street Journal reported on July 1, 2026, that SpaceX presented the prototype to investors, integrating AI technology derived from xAI, the company SpaceX acquired back in February 2026. The device reportedly runs on Qualcomm chipsets with a proprietary operating system, and leverages Grok models to deliver what’s being described as a next-generation AI interaction experience. Musk responded on X by calling the report “utterly false.”
What we know about the device
The device is distinct from Neuralink, Musk’s brain-computer interface venture. Where Neuralink aims to merge human cognition with computing at the neural level, this prototype, if real, would function as a consumer hardware product.
