Elon Musk, the CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

(NASDAQ:SPCX), has refuted reports that his company is developing a handheld AI device.

Musk took to X and responded to the reports by labeling them as "utterly false".

The original post about the report was deleted later on.

Utterly false— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2026 Earlier this year, Musk said a Starlink phone was "not out of the question" and could be AI-optimized, but later clarified that SpaceX is not developing a smartphone.