Elon Musk Says SpaceX Targeting Q4 2027 Launch for Nvidia-Powered AI System—Touts ‘Lower Cost, Denser and Lighter’ Design

SpaceXAI, the artificial intelligence arm of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX), is adopting Nvidia Corp.‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) Vera CPUs as Elon Musk touts a more cost-effective, space-optimized Vera Rubin system for orbital AI.

Space-Optimized Vera Rubin

On Monday, Musk took to the social media platform X, quoting a post by the chipmaker that revealed the Vera Rubin, touting it as “the first CPU built for agents is going to work at scale,” adding that SpaceX would be deploying the CPU.

Musk, in his post, said that SpaceX had “designed a space-optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 system for launch to orbit in Q4 next year, with significant scale in 2028.”

SpaceX, in partnership with Nvidia, has designed a space-optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 system for launch to orbit in Q4 next year, with significant scale in 2028 https://t.co/qdDq8YBkzl

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 24, 2026

In the same thread, Musk outlined that SpaceX’s design was “significantly simpler, lower cost, denser and lighter than a traditional rack.”

Our design is significantly simpler, lower cost, denser and lighter than a traditional rack

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 24, 2026

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SpaceX’s 10,000 Launches Goal, Ukraine’s Starlink Push

The news comes as Musk had earlier touted that SpaceX would be targeting 10,000 launches of the company’s Starship rocket annually by the end of the decade. The comments came as President Donald Trump outlined an updated space policy, targeting 1,000 launches by 2030.

Musk also predicted that SpaceX could perform the first-ever mid-air catch of an upper-stage rocket with Starship flight 14 in the coming months.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Musk to reconsider his opposition to letting Ukraine use Starlink internet over Russian territory as the war between Russia and Ukraine looks poised to enter its fifth year.

NVIDIA Earnings

NVIDIA is also going to host its second-quarter 2026 earnings call on Wednesday, with analysts expecting the chipmaker to report second-quarter revenue of $92.03 billion, which would be up nearly 100% from its $46.14 billion revenue the company reported in last year’s second quarter.

Price Action: SPCX shares were up 0.76% to $136.02 during overnight trading on Monday.

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