SpaceX now fundamentally an "infrastructure company," senior official says

According to a senior official at SpaceX, the company has fundamentally evolved from a rocket manufacturer into an infrastructure company with a heavy focus on artificial intelligence and data. Speaking at a conference, SpaceX's vice president of launch explained that the company is rapidly integrating AI tools like Grok across its operations to accelerate engineering and automate quality inspections. The official also defended the timeline for retiring the Falcon 9 in favor of Starship, citing the need for full reusability and significantly higher bandwidth capacity per launch to support future infrastructure goals. Open article →