SpaceX Just Bought Cursor for $60B — Your AI Coding Tool Is Now a Rocket Company
On August 14, 2026, SpaceX closed a deal that would have sounded like science fiction a year ago: it acquired Cursor — the AI coding app most developers in this chat have probably installed — for $60 billion, all stock. It’s one of the largest tech acquisitions ever, and it pulls AI coding directly into a rocket company. Here’s what actually happened, and why it matters if you write code for a living. ...