SpaceXAI and Cursor launch Grok 4.5, their first joint AI model targeting OpenAI and Anthropic

SpaceXAI plans to launch new model with Cursor as soon as Wednesday, The Information reports

July 7 (Reuters) - SpaceXAI (SPCX.O), opens new tab and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, The ⁠Information reported, citing a memo sent to staff. The companies pushed back plans to launch the new model earlier ⁠this week in order to improve its efficiency, according ⁠to the report published on Tuesday. Reuters could ⁠not independently verify the report. Reporting ⁠by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

SpaceXAI and Cursor's first joint AI model could ship today

SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, The Information reports. An internal memo positions it against Anthropic's Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5, the clearest sign yet of where Musk's $60bn Cursor deal is heading. SpaceXAI and Cursor could ship their first jointly built AI model as soon as Wednesday, according to The Information. An internal memo pits it against Anthropic's Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5. Elon Musk's freshly renamed AI company is about to test itself against the frontier. SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed model as soon as Wednesday, The Information reports, citing an internal memo. The companies pushed the launch back earlier in the week to sharpen the model's efficiency, the memo said. They want it to process information fast. That would make it competitive, in some respects, with Anthropic's Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5. OpenAI has since won clearance for a broader GPT-5.6 rollout. A model with two parents The pairing is no coincidence. SpaceX will buy Cursor, the AI coding tool, in a $60bn all-stock deal. The two sides have built together for months. Musk said last month that SpaceX and Tesla staff had tested the joint model. Cursor chief executive Michael Truell told customers his firm had trained a model from scratch on Colossus, xAI's supercomputer. He said it would take on Anthropic and OpenAI head-on. The memo does not name the model. Musk has referred to an unreleased Grok in beta. Cursor also runs its own coding model, Composer. Cursor declined to comment. SpaceXAI did not respond to a request for comment. xAI, now SpaceXAI A launch this week would mark the first big product moment under the new name. Musk folded xAI into SpaceX and rebranded it SpaceXAI on Monday. He had flagged the plan in May, saying xAI would cease to exist as a separate company. The move came five months after the two firms merged. His pitch runs to data centres in orbit, powered by the sun. That vision sits years away. Cursor's tools give the company something to sell right now. Why it matters The model race now has a Musk-shaped entrant with deep pockets behind it. SpaceX poured $12.7bn into AI last year, more than three times its space spend. A model that truly rivals Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 would mark a genuine shot at the leaders. For now, the memo is a claim, not a benchmark. The proof arrives when the model ships, perhaps as soon as today.

SpaceXAI Will Reportedly Release a Major New AI Model This Week

SpaceXAI is reportedly launching what the company purports to be a new frontier AI model as early as Wednesday. This one, according to the Information, is the first SpaceXAI model built jointly with the AI startup Cursor, which SpaceX is currently in the process of acquiring for $60 billion. A version of the Grok AI model that shipped in May did at least incorporate data from Cursor, according to Elon Musk. Last month, Elon Musk posted on X that his company's latest unreleased model, Grok 4.5, was being beta tested behind the scenes at SpaceX and Tesla. He said its performance was comparable to some unspecified version of Claude Opus -- Anthropic's tier just below the controversially powerful Fable. The Information's report is more specific, saying the model is being compared internally to Claude Opus 4.8, along with OpenAI's GPT 5.5 -- the latest GPT model to be released, although GPT-5.6 exists, and is expected to be released soon. Cursor founder Michael Truell made an announcement last month of a model Cursor was working on that would supposedly compete with Frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI. He referred to this as the "next phase of the company" without directly stating the model was a project directly linked to SpaceXAI at the time. SpaceXAI is a rebranding of the company formerly known as xAI. It was announced Monday.

SpaceXAI: SpaceXAI plans to launch new model with Cursor as soon as Wednesday

Elon Musk's SpaceX ⁠said in June it would buy Anysphere, the startup behind popular AI coding agent Cursor, in an all-stock deal worth $60 billion to boost its presence in the lucrative enterprise AI tools market. SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, The Information reported, citing a memo sent to staff. The companies had pushed back plans to launch the model earlier this week in order to improve its efficiency, added the ⁠report ⁠published on Tuesday. Advanced AI models are at the center of the AI boom and the new model is expected to process information quickly, making it competitive in some respects with Anthropic's Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT 5.5, according to the report. Cursor declined to comment when contacted by Reuters, ⁠while SpaceXAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters could not independently verify the report. Elon Musk's SpaceX ⁠said in June it would buy Anysphere, the startup behind popular AI coding agent Cursor, in an all-stock deal worth $60 billion to boost its presence in the lucrative enterprise AI tools market. Cursor is a key competitor to Anthropic and OpenAI, but faces growth challenges due to a lack of access to computing power. The acquisition is expected to give SpaceXAI, formerly known as xAI, a stronger hold in AI coding, which is proving to ⁠be an area with high revenue potential. XAI was acquired by SpaceX in February. SpaceX also joined the Nasdaq-100 on Tuesday, less than a month after its stock market debut on June 12, making it among the fastest inclusions to the index thanks to the Nasdaq's revised rules for newly listed companies looking to enter widely tracked benchmarks.

SpaceXAI unveils Grok 4.5 model with Cursor partnership By Investing.com

Investing.com -- SpaceXAI introduced a new artificial intelligence model on Wednesday developed with AI coding startup Cursor. The model aims to improve performance in finance, legal and coding tasks as Elon Musk's company works to compete with rivals including Anthropic PBC and OpenAI. The software, named Grok 4.5, represents the first joint AI model created by the two companies. The release follows SpaceX's formal agreement to acquire Cursor in a deal valuing the startup at $60 billion. According to a blog post published Wednesday, the new model can handle complex, extended tasks. Software engineering remains a primary focus area, matching priorities of other leading AI developers. Grok 4.5 expands beyond Cursor's previous models by addressing a broader range of applications, including legal and financial services work. The model also features enhanced cybersecurity capabilities. The collaboration with Cursor forms part of SpaceXAI's wider push to advance in the AI sector and expand its business customer base. Musk stated earlier this year that his AI startup, previously called xAI before merging with SpaceX, had lagged in coding capabilities. This acknowledgment led to staffing changes aimed at rebuilding the venture. SpaceXAI launched its first coding agent in May to compete with Anthropic's products. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.