SpaceX Showed Investors Prototype of Elon Musk’s New AI Device
The sleek, handset-like prototype was designed to integrate AI technology from SpaceX’s xAI
- SpaceX has developed a prototype handset-like device, slimmer than an iPhone, to reshape AI interaction, showing it to investors.
- The prototype, running a proprietary OS with xAI technology, aligns with Musk’s “everything app” philosophy for his ventures.
- The project is an early-stage effort, with its future uncertain, amid other companies also exploring specialized AI hardware.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX SPCX -5.02%decrease; red down pointing triangle has developed a prototype for a handset-like device designed to reshape how humans interact with artificial intelligence that SpaceX has shown investors recently.
The rocket and AI company showed the prototype, which features a sleek design that is slimmer than an iPhone, to some investors and other stakeholders ahead of the company’s mega initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The device featured a sleek design that was slimmer than an iPhone, the people said.
The prototype was designed to run on a proprietary operating system and integrate AI technology from SpaceX’s xAI, some of the people said. The device would use a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, they said.
SpaceX told some investors that the project was at an early stage. The design could change and it is unclear whether such a device will be made.
Representatives for SpaceX and Qualcomm didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.