SpaceX Agrees to Buy AI Coding Agent Cursor for $60 Billion
The deal would make Cursor a wholly owned subsidiary as SpaceX expands its AI push and targets a $26 trillion market, the company said.
- On Tuesday, SpaceX announced it will acquire Cursor developer Anysphere in a $60 billion all-stock deal, with the acquisition expected to close in the third quarter of this year.
- This strategic move bolsters SpaceX's AI division, which merged with Elon Musk's xAI company earlier this year, targeting an addressable market for AI products worth $26 trillion roughly equivalent to U.S. GDP.
- Before the SpaceX agreement, Cursor was reportedly poised to secure a $2 billion funding round from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive, and Nvidia, valuing the startup at $50 billion and sparking the "vibe coding" trend.
- Musk's company previously held rights to either purchase Cursor or pay a $10 billion break-up fee to "work together," aiming to leverage Colossus, xAI's massive data center complex in Memphis, Tennessee.
- SpaceX seeks a competitive edge against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, which support competing tools like Claude Code and Codex, as shares have jumped since the company's successful Wall Street debut last Friday.
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SpaceX Jumps 14% Past $2.9 Trillion, Closes In on Microsoft, Apple After $60 Billion Cursor Deal
Shares of SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) are up 14% in early trading Tuesday, zooming to $219. This pushes the newly public rocket and connectivity giant’s market cap past $2.9 trillion, putting SPCX stock within striking distance of the world’s biggest tech names. The trigger is a blockbuster acquisition announcement. SpaceX confirmed it will acquire Anysphere, the company ... SpaceX Jumps 14% Past $2.9 Trillion, Closes In on Microsoft, Apple After $60 B…
Only a few days ago, SpaceX entered the stock market with a record value. Now, Elon Musk's company announces the acquisition of a start-up. The business will help the Group in the AI competition.
SpaceX announced that it will acquire artificial intelligence programming platform Cursor for about $60 billion worth of stock. SpaceX recently went public, giving the company a market value of more than $2 trillion.
SpaceX makes first acquisition post-IPO with coding leader Cursor
SpaceX has exercised its option to acquire Cursor, the innovative AI coding company, in an all-stock transaction valued at $60 billion. The deal, announced on June 16, marks a significant step in SpaceX’s expansion into advanced artificial intelligence, building on months of close collaboration between the companies. Cursor, officially operated by Anysphere, Inc., is an AI-native code editor and coding agent designed to transform software develo…
SpaceX, by Elon Musk, informs you to buy the programming startup with artificial intelligence Cursor for 60 billion dlars.
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