SpaceX Officially Acquired Cursor for $60bn, Eyes Cognition Next
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Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup
Elon Musk's SpaceX attempted to acquire AI coding startup Cognition as it works to catch up to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the AI race, Bloomberg reported Wedesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Cognition CEO Scott Wu disputed the report soon after it published, writing on X that
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SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX, according to an announcement on the Cursor blog. Elon Musk's SpaceX -- which also acquired Musk's xAI earlier this year -- announced a deal in April for the companies to develop technology together; the deal also gave SpaceX the option
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SpaceX has officially acquired AI coding startup Cursor - Engadget
Cursor says it now has the computing power to develop low-cost AI models. Cursor, the startup that became famous for its AI coding tool, is now officially owned by SpaceX. The companies announced the acquisition in June, but the process apparently started in April, when they teamed up for Cursor's
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Five days after buying Cursor for $60bn, SpaceX tried to buy Cognition
Five days after completing its $60bn purchase of Cursor, SpaceX approached Cognition, whose chief executive responded in public that the company is not for sale SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition about an acquisition, Bloomberg reports, and Cognition did not engage. Chief executive
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SpaceXAI completes its Cursor acquisition following Grok Bot and Grok 4.6 release
When SpaceX isn't landing rockets, it's apparently landing AI company deals. In February, the firm behind Starlink absorbed xAI, which includes Twitter-turned-X. In April, SpaceX inked a deal with Cursor, a competitor to Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex. As of August 14, the purchase has been
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Cognition CEO denies SpaceX acquisition
Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported on Thursday that SpaceX had explored a deal to acquire Cognition as it looks to strengthen its position in the AI race against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Cognition CEO Scott Wu has denied a Bloomberg report that Elon Musk's SpaceX had
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SpaceX Closes $60B Cursor Deal -- Why Musk Wanted It - SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX)
SpaceX Closes $60 Billion Cursor Deal: Here's Why This Could Turn Elon Musk's AI Ambitions Into Reality Elon Musk's SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) closed its $60 billion all-stock purchase of Cursor on Friday, sealing a deal it struck just weeks after pulling off the biggest IPO in history. Cursor
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SpaceX held talks to acquire AI coding startup Cognition - report By Investing.com
Investing.com -- SpaceX approached artificial intelligence coding startup Cognition AI Inc. about a potential acquisition, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, marking what would have been its second major takeover in recent months as it expands its AI capabilities. The acquisition discussions are no
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Can SpaceX Leap to the AI Frontier? By Investing.com
Investing.com -- SpaceX's acquisition of AI coding platform Cursor could help transform the company from a provider of computing capacity into an integrated artificial intelligence platform, creating substantial upside if execution meets Morgan Stanley's expectations. SpaceX agreed in June to
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SpaceX completes record $60 billion acquisition of AI coding platform Cursor By Investing.com
Investing.com -- SpaceX finalized its acquisition of Anysphere, Inc., the developer of the popular AI coding tool Cursor, in an all-stock transaction valued at $60 billion. Confirmed via an SEC Form 8-K, the historic deal resulted in the issuance of approximately 391 million SpaceX Class A shares
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SpaceX closed its $60 billion acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor, gaining the largest GPU fleet globally. Days later, the company approached Cognition about a potential deal, though CEO Scott Wu denied talks and stated his company is not for sale.
SpaceX Completes $60 Billion Cursor Acquisition
SpaceX officially acquired Cursor, marking one of the largest deals in AI history at $60 billion
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. The AI coding startup, popular among software engineers building apps with AI capabilities, now operates under SpaceX following a partnership that began in April 20263
. According to Cursor's announcement, the acquisition grants access to "the largest fleet of GPUs in the world," positioning the company to develop low-cost AI coding tools with unprecedented computing infrastructure2
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Source: 9to5Mac
The deal originated from a $10 billion collaboration in April, where SpaceX provided Cursor access to xAI's Colossus infrastructure to scale model training efforts
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. Cursor had been bottlenecked by compute limitations despite releasing increasingly capable agentic coding models like Composer 1.5 and Composer 25
. SpaceX exercised its acquisition option in June as the company went public, with the transaction closing in mid-August2
.SpaceX's Push into AI Through Strategic Acquisitions
SpaceX's acquisition strategy reflects Elon Musk's aggressive timeline for AI revenue dominance. Musk told employees that "in about four or five years, AI will be 99% of the value" of SpaceX, requiring substantial enterprise market penetration
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. The company acquired xAI earlier in 2026, then went public in a blockbuster IPO in June with market capitalization reaching nearly $2.3 trillion at its peak1
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The Cursor deal strengthens SpaceX's position against competitors like Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex in the agentic coding software market
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. SpaceX and Cursor jointly released Grok 4.6 this month, a model scoring higher on benchmarks for coding and complex multi-step agentic tasks1
. The model was trained for real-life tasks including general coding, web development, and computer-aided design3
.Cognition Denies SpaceX Acquisition Approach
Just five days after closing the Cursor acquisition, SpaceX approached Cognition about a potential deal, Bloomberg reported
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. Cognition CEO Scott Wu swiftly disputed the report on X, stating the company "is not for sale" and that the two companies "haven't been talking"1
. Bloomberg's report suggests deal talks are no longer active but indicates ongoing discussions about collaboration, potentially involving Cognition using SpaceX's computing capacity1
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Source: TechCrunch
Cognition remains one of the largest independent AI coding startups. The company raised $1 billion in late May at a $25 billion post-money valuation and entered early talks for new funding at a $40 billion valuation
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. Its Devin AI agent serves enterprise customers including Mercedes-Benz, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and GE Aerospace1
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Computing Infrastructure Becomes Strategic Leverage
SpaceX has been monetizing its GPU fleet by renting computing capacity to AI players like Anthropic and Google until the company needs that capacity for internal use
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. This infrastructure advantage positions SpaceX uniquely in the AI landscape, with ambitions including building data centers in space1
.For European developers, the consolidation raises concerns as essential AI coding tools concentrate within an American conglomerate that also operates rockets and satellite networks
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. The xAI business remains relatively early-stage compared to competitors, having faced challenges including Grok's controversies like the "MechaHitler" incident and nonconsensual sexual imagery scandals while pursuing enterprise customers1
.Watch how SpaceX leverages Cursor's technology and whether Cognition eventually becomes dependent on SpaceX's computing infrastructure through collaboration, even without an acquisition. The rapid consolidation signals that AI-assisted coding has emerged as one of the clearest paths to monetize AI technology, as demonstrated by Anthropic's meteoric growth fueled largely by Claude Code
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