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SpaceX locks in $60 billion Cursor deal to close gap with rivals in AI coding race
Key takeaways
- Tuesday’s deal follows a blockbuster Nasdaq debut for the rockets-to-AI company last week, in which its valuation surged to more than $2 trillion.
- The acquisition will give x AI, which was acquired by Space X in February, a stronger hold in AI coding, one of the first areas where companies have turned AI into a real source of revenue from businesses.
- Cursor is one of several Silicon Valley startups that have drawn waves of developers by using AI to automate coding, making it a key rival to market leaders Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Elon Musk’s Space X is buying the startup behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, Anysphere, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal to boost its presence in the lucrative enterprise AI tools market.
Tuesday’s deal follows a blockbuster Nasdaq debut for the rockets-to-AI company last week, in which its valuation surged to more than $2 trillion.
The acquisition will give x AI, which was acquired by Space X in February, a stronger hold in AI coding, one of the first areas where companies have turned AI into a real source of revenue from businesses.
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