SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion | TheBriefWire
SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
Published 16 June 2026 ยท tech
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
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 restructuring of xAI.
Cursor was one of the first tools to fully bake features that leverage large language models into an IDE. It's a branch of Visual Studio Code with heavy AI integration.
However, incumbent platforms and bigger AI companies have since rolled out comparable features. Read full article Comments
Published: June 16, 2026 โข 10:07 PM IST ยท Updated: June 17, 2026 โข 12:36 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
Key points
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 restructuring of xAI.
Cursor was one of the first tools to fully bake features that leverage large language models into an IDE.
It's a branch of Visual Studio Code with heavy AI integration.