Elon Mush Launches Space XAI

It was only a matter of time, but xAI has a new name now that it's under the SpaceX banner. Say hello to SpaceXAI. No, you don't have to give points for creativity to Elon Musk for this one — though it's a pretty obvious change, given the journey xAI has been on over the past several months.

To recap, Musk's SpaceX acquired also-Musk-owned xAI in February. It's a move Musk has become known for in recent years, having merged X (formerly Twitter) into xAI in 2025. Now, nearly all of Musk's various companies (except Tesla) are under the same company, which helped push SpaceX to a massive IPO last month that briefly made Musk a trillionaire.

In any case, SpaceXAI made things official on X this week, debuting a new logo to boot.

We are now @SpaceXAI. pic.twitter.com/ema66xDWC9

— SpaceXAI (@SpaceXAI) July 6, 2026

It's a change that we've known was coming for a little while. In May, Musk said xAI would be "dissolved as a separate company, so it will just be SpaceXAI, the AI products from SpaceX." Now, the combined rocket-slash-AI company is focused on plans to put AI data centers into orbit, with the goal of potentially demonstrating the launch of AI satellites by the end of 2027.

Recently, SpaceX has been showing off a prototype of a "handset-like device" to investors, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.

The device is reportedly focused on bringing AI capabilities to users, running on the company's own operating system and integrating xAI's technology to power its AI features. It's been described as having a "sleek design" and being "slimmer than an iPhone." The device is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset.

However, Musk weighed in on the Wall Street Journal report, calling it "utterly false" on his social media platform, X, without elaborating any further.

Musk has previously denied reports from earlier this year that SpaceX was working on a phone that would connect directly to Starlink satellites.