SpaceX Buys AI Coding Startup Cursor for $60 Billion
Digest more
Cursor, which the San Francisco company calls itself these days, struck a deal in April with SpaceX giving the larger company an option to buy it at that price or pay it $10 billion if it failed to do so.
The company launched its tool in 2023 and had topped $1 billion in annualized revenue by the end of 2025. Cursor previously disclosed its relationship with SpaceX in an April blog post, stating that it sought to accelerate its model training for Composer,
Coding tools are becoming an increasingly big target for Google and Microsoft as they try to catch up to Anthropic and OpenAI.
Organizations need to break the infinite renewal cycle of AI learning from the flawed data of previous AI models.
After scathing accusations of skimping on due diligence, as well as other feedback to my article on trying to use an ‘AI coding assistant’ for the first time, the only rational,
Researchers warn Agentjacking can abuse Sentry errors to make AI coding agents run malicious code on developer machines.
Women are using AI, but men are more likely to use it for work, coding and paid tools, raising questions about who turns AI fluency into career power.
SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding assistant Cursor, in a stock deal valued at $60 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. The transaction ranks among the largest acquisitions in the history of AI software and highlights the growing importance of AI-powered tools that help developers write and manage code.
