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SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60 Billion: What It Means When Your IDE Answers to xAI

On June 16, SpaceX agreed to acquire Cursor for $60 billion — the largest VC-backed startup exit in history. Cursor's model neutrality now answers to a company with its own frontier AI lab. Here is what changes and what doesn't for engineering teams.