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SpaceX shows investors a slim AI smartphone prototype powered by xAI technology

SpaceX just showed investors a smartphone thinner than iPhone—powered by xAI. The play: control the entire stack from chip to 'everything app.'

Reporting by The Decoder 1 min brief
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Why it matters

SpaceX is moving beyond rockets and satellites into consumer hardware, integrating xAI's models directly into a proprietary device ecosystem. This signals vertical integration of AI infrastructure from training (xAI) through inference (on-device) to distribution (smartphone OS)—a bet that AI's value accrues to companies that own the full stack.

The key facts

11 to know

  1. Prototype smartphone thinner than iPhone

  2. Runs Qualcomm Snapdragon chip

  3. Integrates xAI technology

  4. Custom operating system

  5. Musk targeting 'everything app' model (WeChat-style)

  6. Shown to investors (not public launch)

  7. SpaceX prototype smartphone thinner than iPhone

  8. Powered by xAI technology integration

  9. Qualcomm Snapdragon chip

  10. Modeled after WeChat 'everything app' strategy

  11. Shown to investors (not public release)

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Publisher excerpt: SpaceX showed investors a prototype AI smartphone that's supposedly thinner than an iPhone and integrates xAI tech. The device runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip with its own operating system. Musk wants to build an "everything app" modeled after WeChat.
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