--- title: SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60B | daily.dev description: SpaceX closed a $60 billion stock acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI code editor, on August 14, 2026. Pricing (Free/$20/$60/$200... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-acquired-cursor-for-60b-vdfu5ka9r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60B | daily.dev og:description: SpaceX closed a $60 billion stock acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI code editor, on August 14, 2026. Pricing (Free/$20/$60/$200... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-acquired-cursor-for-60b-vdfu5ka9r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vdfu5kA9R.png og:image:alt: SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60B og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60B **[FireUp](https://daily.dev/sources/fireup-pro)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SpaceX closed a $60 billion stock acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI code editor, on August 14, 2026. Pricing (Free/$20/$60/$200 monthly tiers) and model access to Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.6 and Gemini remain unchanged for now. SpaceX and Anysphere are jointly developing a coding model on SpaceX's Colossus GPU cluster to compete with Claude Opus 4.8, with no release date announced. Concerns center on whether Cursor's model-agnostic routing to Anthropic and OpenAI (revenue currently leaving the SpaceX ecosystem) will eventually be curtailed in favor of a first-party model, and on data-handling given past issues with Grok Build uploading full Git repositories. Alternatives discussed include Windsurf, Zed, JetBrains AI, and Meta's new Muse Code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much did SpaceX pay to acquire Cursor's parent company Anysphere? SpaceX paid $60 billion in stock to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI code editor, with the deal closing on August 14, 2026. That is roughly 8 times what Microsoft paid for GitHub in 2018 ($7.5 billion in cash), and larger than Salesforce's $27.7 billion Slack acquisition or Adobe's blocked $20 billion Figma deal. _Developers tracking AI tool consolidation and vendor risk can follow deals like this one on daily.dev._ ### Did Cursor's pricing or model support change after the SpaceX acquisition? No, pricing plans (Free at $0, Pro at $20, Pro+ at $60, and Ultra at $200 per month) remain the same, and Cursor still supports Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.6, and Gemini models as of August 19, 2026. Existing subscriptions and enterprise agreements continue unchanged, though a jointly built SpaceXAI-Cursor model is in development on SpaceX's Colossus GPU cluster with no announced release date. _Anyone weighing whether to stick with Cursor can watch for pricing or model-access changes discussed on daily.dev._ ### What are the main alternatives to Cursor for AI-assisted coding? Options include Windsurf (Codeium), which is model-agnostic and considered closest in UX to Cursor; Zed, an open-source editor known for speed with configurable model access; JetBrains AI, which supports multiple providers within the JetBrains ecosystem; and Meta's newly launched Muse Code as an independent alternative outside the Musk and Microsoft ecosystems. _Developers comparing Cursor alternatives amid ownership uncertainty can research options through daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#spacex](https://daily.dev/tags/spacex) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-acquired-cursor-for-60b-vdfu5ka9r) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60B","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-acquired-cursor-for-60b-vdfu5ka9r","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-acquired-cursor-for-60b-vdfu5ka9r"},"datePublished":"2026-08-18T09:10:27.384Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:17:53.746Z","description":"SpaceX closed a $60 billion stock acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI code editor, on August 14, 2026. 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