SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion

Ars Technica
By Samuel AxonJun 16, 2026, 12:37 pm8 pts
SpaceX will acquire AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction, the companies announced today. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. It comes just two days after SpaceX's unprecedented IPO and a few months after the merger of SpaceX and xAI, which brought a significant…

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