SpaceX has acquired Anysphere, the company behind AI coding assistant Cursor, for $60 billion in a stock deal, just days after SpaceX's Nasdaq IPO. The acquisition is driven by xAI's need to close the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic in AI-assisted coding, while also addressing a significant talent shortage within the division. Cursor gains access to SpaceX's large chip stockpile, and the two companies are already jointly developing a new AI model.
