SpaceX Strikes Deal to Train Coding AI on Colossus Supercomputer, Secures Option to Buy Cursor for $60 Billion
Elon Musk's space company announced a deep partnership with Cursor AI to build what it calls the world's best coding and knowledge-work AI — and disclosed an acquisition option that would make it one of the largest AI deals ever.
SpaceX disclosed a sweeping partnership with Cursor AI on Tuesday, announcing that the two companies will jointly develop coding and knowledge-work AI trained on SpaceX's Colossus supercomputer. Buried in the announcement: SpaceX has secured the right to acquire Cursor outright later this year for $60 billion, as @SpaceX confirmed in a post that quickly went viral.
The deal is remarkable on multiple levels. Cursor, the AI-powered code editor that has become the default tool for a growing share of professional developers, confirmed the partnership in its own post, linking to a blog detailing the collaboration. "We're partnering with SpaceX to improve Composer," @cursor_ai wrote, referencing the agent-driven coding feature that has been Cursor's primary differentiator against competitors like GitHub Copilot and Windsurf.
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