SpaceX Agrees to Buy AI Coding Agent Cursor for $60 Billion
The acquisition will make Cursor a wholly owned subsidiary and bolster SpaceX's xAI division as it competes with OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise artificial intelligence.
- 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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