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SpaceX secures option to buy AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion
Tech

SpaceX secures option to buy AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX has struck a deal giving it the option to acquire Cursor, the AI-powered code editor that has quietly become one of Silicon Valley's hottest developer tools, for $60 billion — or alternatively pay $10 billion for a partnership. The move signals Elon Musk's ambition to muscle into an AI developer tools market currently dominated by OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Apr 21

SpaceX Says It Has Agreement to Acquire Cursor for $60B

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