Elon Musk has dismissed a Wall Street Journal report claiming SpaceX showed investors a 'handset-like prototype' for a slimmer-than-iPhone AI device, calling the story 'utterly false' on X on Wednesday. The denial comes amid speculation about whether SpaceX might be edging into consumer hardware, even as the company's public line has been that it is not developing a phone.
According to the WSJ, SpaceX had shown a prototype to some investors and other stakeholders before the company's record public offering in June, and the device was described as slimmer than an iPhone. The prototype was said to use a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, a proprietary operating system and AI technology from xAI, but all of that remains unconfirmed by SpaceX itself.
