xAI is now officially known as SpaceXAI

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has been rebranded as SpaceXAI, five months after SpaceX acquired the firm. The new branding and logo were announced on X, with the merged entity now focusing on building orbital data centers to meet AI energy demands. SpaceXAI has filed with the FCC to launch a million satellites for space-based data centers.

xAI is now officially known as SpaceXAI The new branding and logo were announced on X. xAI has been officially rebranded as SpaceXAI, five months after Elon Musk's AI and space companies had merged https://www.engadget.com/ai/elon-musks-spacex-has-acquired-his-ai-company-xai-221617040.html . Musk revealed https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2052105373621121284 the combined company's new name back in May, explaining that xAI will no longer be a separate company under SpaceX. Now, in a post on X, xAI has announced that it's now SpaceXAI and has unveiled the merged company's new logo. xAI's account https://x.com/SpaceXAI on the social network now also shows the new company's name, though SpaceX still has a separate account posting about its space vehicles, designs and launches. We are now @SpaceXAI . pic.twitter.com/ema66xDWC9 — SpaceXAI @SpaceXAI July 6, 2026 When SpaceX acquired xAI in February, Musk said that "global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions." He added that moving the resource-intensive operations of data centers to space is "the only logical solution." Yes, SpaceXAI is looking to build orbital data centers. In fact, SpaceX filed an application https://www.engadget.com/science/space/spacex-wants-to-launch-a-constellation-of-a-million-satellites-to-power-ai-needs-175607771.html with the Federal Communications Commission FCC to launch a million satellites that will be used to create a space-based data center even before the merger was announced. To note, xAI acquired X in 2025 https://www.engadget.com/social-media/xai-elon-musks-ai-company-just-purchased-x-elon-musks-social-media-company-221503759.html , so the social network is now also under the SpaceXAI brand. SpaceX along with xAI and X went public https://www.engadget.com/2192937/engadget-podcast-making-sense-of-spacexs-messy-ipo-and-its-messier-ceo/ in June, with stocks closing at $161 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/12/spacex-ipo-spcx-live-updates.html , giving the company a value of $2.1 trillion. According to Stocktwits , the new brand has yet to be reflected in official filings, but the xAI website https://x.ai/ already shows the new logo and company name.