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SpaceX-Cursor partnership and $60B option

SpaceX / Anysphere (Cursor) · 21 April 2026

SpaceX announces a Cursor partnership with an option to buy it for $60B later in 2026, or pay $10B for the joint work.

Pairs Cursor's product and distribution with SpaceX's Colossus compute (SpaceX claims ~1M H100 equivalents) to train a coding and knowledge-work model. Came after Cursor had been seeking a $50B valuation round and after two Cursor engineers moved to xAI.

Date
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Lab
SpaceX / Anysphere (Cursor)
Kind
product
Access
app only

Figures

MeasureValueMeasured by
Option price$60B acquisition or $10B for work
decision 'later this year'
company

DevOps.com's June article says SpaceX had merged with xAI in 2026-02 (not opened for this April announcement).

Sources

  1. techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/spacex-is-working-with-cursor-and-has-an-option-to-buy-the-start

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