SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish
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If SpaceX is exploring a handset-like AI device, the strategic play is likely vertical integration—Starlink, xAI, and hardware as a single stack. Hardware and telco incumbents should assume that “AI phone” experiments are also distribution experiments and start mapping where their customer touchpoints are vulnerable.
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