SpaceX purchases Cursor, a Claude Code and OpenAI Codex competitor [U] - 9to5Mac

SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in race for an edge over Anthropic and OpenAI

SpaceX acquires Cursor for $60B, securing AI coding assistant distribution plus xAI's Colossus infrastructure to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI. The move signals AI tooling dominance requires massive compute and developer scale—expect consolidation around infrastructure-backed mega-players.