SpaceX Secures Option to Acquire AI Code Editor Cursor for $60 Billion

Elon Musk's SpaceX has struck a deal that gives it the option to acquire Cursor's parent company, Anysphere, for $60 billion. The agreement allows SpaceX to complete the purchase later this year, or pay $10 billion as part of the collaboration if it decides not to proceed.

The partnership pairs Cursor's established footprint among software engineers with SpaceX's Colossus training supercomputer, described as having the equivalent of one million H100 GPUs. The companies say the collaboration will focus on building some of the world's most useful AI models for coding and knowledge work. "We're very excited about working with them and we think SpaceX is basically the best company in the world when it comes to building out compute. The feats they have been able to pull off are extraordinary," said Oskar Schulz, president of Anysphere.

The move positions SpaceX more directly in the escalating race for developer tools. According to a report from Financial Times, the company is working to close the gap with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic, whose models have so far outpaced those from Musk's xAI lab. SpaceX has been integrating its AI efforts more closely with xAI ahead of a widely anticipated summer IPO.

Competitors have increasingly targeted Apple platforms, launching dedicated desktop experiences such as the Codex app for macOS. Apple has also moved to support these tools, adding agentic coding integrations from OpenAI and Anthropic directly into Xcode 26.3.

SpaceX confirmed the terms of the agreement in a post on X, noting that Cursor's product and reach among developers combined with its compute resources could accelerate progress in AI-assisted coding.