{"id":2752,"date":"2026-04-22T02:45:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/spacex-cuts-a-deal-to-maybe-buy-cursor-for-60-billion\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:45:37","slug":"spacex-cuts-a-deal-to-maybe-buy-cursor-for-60-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/spacex-cuts-a-deal-to-maybe-buy-cursor-for-60-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of rocket launch with SpaceX logo.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/STKB355_SPACEX_C.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">With an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/915244\/spacex-ipo-trillion-dollar-commercial-iss-nasa-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPO looming for Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX \/ xAI \/ X combo platter of companies<\/a>, SpaceX has announced an odd arrangement to either acquire the automated programming platform Cursor for $60 billion or pay a fee of $10 billion. Buying this startup that&rsquo;s focused on AI coding could help xAI&rsquo;s tools compete with market leader Anthropic, as well as the other competitors. A report by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/google-creates-strike-team-improve-coding-models\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Information<\/a><\/em> this week said Sergey Brin has directed Google&rsquo;s \u00ab\u00a0strike team\u00a0\u00bb to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/914996\/sergey-brin-said-google-needs-to-catch-up-to-anthropic-on-ai-coding-agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help its agentic AI tools catch up<\/a>, while Sam Altman reportedly declared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/836212\/openai-code-red-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a \u00ab\u00a0code red\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> at OpenAI last year before shutting down Sora to focus on the ChatGPT superapp and its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/913034\/openai-codex-updates-use-macos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Codex<\/a> too \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/916427\/spacex-cursor-potential-deal-acquisition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an IPO looming for Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX \/ xAI \/ X combo platter of companies, SpaceX has announced an 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