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SpaceX bids $60 billion to acquire Cursor, an AI coding assistant, signaling a major bet on AI developer tools

SpaceX bids $60 billion to acquire Cursor, an AI coding assistant, signaling a major bet on AI developer tools

SpaceX announced a partnership with Cursor, an AI startup that writes and debugs code, and secured an option to purchase the company for $60 billion later this year. Cursor competes directly with GitHub Copilot and other AI coding assistants that software developers use daily.

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