SpaceX Buys AI Coding Startup Cursor for $60 Billion
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Written off after the rise of Anthropic’s Claude Code, Cursor now looks to reclaim its crown as a vibe-coding heavyweight with SpaceX’s backing
SpaceX's SpaceXAI should get a solid boost from its Cursor acquisition, but it will still need to compete with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.
Aman Sanger, co-founder of Anysphere, leads Cursor's AI-powered coding platform to a $60 billion SpaceX deal, marking a major milestone in AI and software innovation in 2026.
SpaceX has agreed to buy AI startup Cursor for $60 billion in stock, concluding a deal that was first announced earlier this year. In April, the two companies signed a partnership that saw SpaceX agree to either invest $10 billion into Cursor or buy it outright for $60 billion.
