SpaceX acquires AI coding tool Cursor from Anysphere for $60 billion in stock, days after IPO
The Independent (UK)—Riding the momentum of its blockbuster IPO, SpaceX agreed to buy Anysphere — maker of the AI coding assistant Cursor — in an all-stock deal valuing the startup at $60 billion, the largest acquisition in SpaceX history. Cursor had been a direct competitor to Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex before the deal. The acquisition signals Musk's ambition to expand SpaceX's AI software capabilities beyond rocketry into developer tools.
- The Independent (UK) — Elon Musk’s SpaceX to buy AI coding firm in $60bn deal as valuation rockets after IPO
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- Hacker News — SpaceX acquires Cursor AI coding tool operator Anysphere for $60 billion
- Ars Technica — SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
- BBC — Business — Musk SpaceX acquires AI coding startup Cursor for 0 billion days after IPO
- Google News Top — SpaceX acquires AI coding startup Cursor in a $60 billion deal to accelerate its AI software capabilities
- CNBC — Technology — Cursor is owned by startup Anysphere — SpaceX is buying the parent company
- Channel News Asia — SpaceX secures massive 0 billion deal with Cursor to power AI coding tools
- The Verge — SpaceX officially acquires AI coding tool Cursor in a 60 billion dollar deal
- Business Insider — largest-ever acquisition in SpaceX history
- DNyuz — deal came days after SpaceX's landmark IPO — riding the post-listing momentum
- CBS News — SpaceX acquires AI coding assistant Cursor in 0 billion deal
- 9to5Mac — Cursor competed directly with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex before the acquisition
- Hacker News — SpaceX confirms acquisition of AI coding tool Cursor from Anysphere
- TechCrunch — all-stock deal structured and signed days after the blockbuster IPO