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SpaceX purchases Cursor, a Claude Code and OpenAI Codex competitor [U]

9to5Mac · Jun 16, 2026, 1:05 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

When SpaceX isn’t landing rockets, it’s apparently landing AI company deals. In February, the firm behind Starlink absorbed xAI, which includes Twitter-turned-X. In April, SpaceX inked a deal with Cursor, a competitor to Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex.

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